The night watch; or, Tales of the sea, Volumen 21828 |
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... frigate was in the very act of weighing for the East Indies ; and before our sails were half furled , a boat was sent on board with a lieutenant , to muster our men , to see if there was a lawful possibility of impressing any of us ...
... frigate was in the very act of weighing for the East Indies ; and before our sails were half furled , a boat was sent on board with a lieutenant , to muster our men , to see if there was a lawful possibility of impressing any of us ...
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... frigate ; and as the smoke cleared away , the officer saw his boat- of arbitrary power , wherein it frequently happens that the officer under whom the man is to serve , and is bound to obey and respect , is no other than the person who ...
... frigate ; and as the smoke cleared away , the officer saw his boat- of arbitrary power , wherein it frequently happens that the officer under whom the man is to serve , and is bound to obey and respect , is no other than the person who ...
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... broad off to the tide , and in less than ten minutes we were on board the frigate , which * The signal for sea , and all persons to repair on board . was already under weigh , and veering before the wind 28 THE NIGHT WATCH .
... broad off to the tide , and in less than ten minutes we were on board the frigate , which * The signal for sea , and all persons to repair on board . was already under weigh , and veering before the wind 28 THE NIGHT WATCH .
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... frigate was in an excellent state of discipline . I was put to do my duty in the fore - top , and seeing little chance of altering my situation till my father - in - law should buy my discharge by substitutes , I determined to do my ...
... frigate was in an excellent state of discipline . I was put to do my duty in the fore - top , and seeing little chance of altering my situation till my father - in - law should buy my discharge by substitutes , I determined to do my ...
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... frigate , ' paying off , ' soon stag- gered along before the wind , and threading the intricate channels which led to the harbour , bounded almost at once from breaking to smooth water , when gliding to a sheltered birth , she swung ...
... frigate , ' paying off , ' soon stag- gered along before the wind , and threading the intricate channels which led to the harbour , bounded almost at once from breaking to smooth water , when gliding to a sheltered birth , she swung ...
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Página 47 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Página 191 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part, why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, So obvious and so easy to be quenched, And not, as feeling, through all parts diffused, That she might look at will through every pore?
Página 5 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.
Página 129 - tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so: to me it is a prison.
Página 43 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.
Página 175 - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Página 133 - He hath of marks about him plenty: You shall know him among twenty. All his body is a fire, And his breath a flame entire, That being shot, like lightning, in, Wounds the heart, but not the skin.
Página 191 - ... obéissance ; plus sensible au souvenir des bienfaits qu'à celui des outrages, il ne se rebute pas par les mauvais traitements, il les subit, les oublie, ou ne s'en souvient que pour s'attacher davantage; loin de s'irriter ou de fuir, il s'expose de luimême à de nouvelles épreuves; il lèche cette main, instrument de douleur, qui vient de...
Página 188 - How our hearts burnt within us at the scene ! Whence this brave bound o'er limits fixt to man His God sustains him in his final hour ! His final hour brings glory to his God ! Man's glory heaven vouchsafes to call her own. We gaze, we weep ; mixt tears of grief and joy ! Amazement strikes ! devotion bursts to flame ! Christians adore ! and infidels believe...
Página 69 - On came the whirlwind — steel-gleams broke Like lightning through the rolling smoke ; The war was waked anew, Three hundred cannon-mouths roar'd loud, And from their throats, with flash and cloud, Their showers of iron threw.