The night watch; or, Tales of the sea, Volumen 21828 |
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... shot . To support this first lie , I soon told many others ; and I don't know whether it was from that circumstance , together with not having much to care for , and my arm being an excuse for idleness , but I became a complete vaga ...
... shot . To support this first lie , I soon told many others ; and I don't know whether it was from that circumstance , together with not having much to care for , and my arm being an excuse for idleness , but I became a complete vaga ...
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... by twenty - four pound shots slung by ropes from the main - yard , and vibrated to and fro on the surface of the water , occasionally splashing the persevering Israelites THE MASTER . 55 CHAPTER IX Pay-day on Board-Sailing 55 35.
... by twenty - four pound shots slung by ropes from the main - yard , and vibrated to and fro on the surface of the water , occasionally splashing the persevering Israelites THE MASTER . 55 CHAPTER IX Pay-day on Board-Sailing 55 35.
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... shot ; and though the life buoy had been cut away , and the helm put down , yet the vessel was several hundred yards from us before her way could be stopped , and in the hollow of the waves she appeared double the distance . " He was a ...
... shot ; and though the life buoy had been cut away , and the helm put down , yet the vessel was several hundred yards from us before her way could be stopped , and in the hollow of the waves she appeared double the distance . " He was a ...
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... shot like a brilliant meteor across the political hemisphere , at once to dazzle and to darken , leaving us bewildered at its power ; till " His glory , like a circle in the water , Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself , Till , by ...
... shot like a brilliant meteor across the political hemisphere , at once to dazzle and to darken , leaving us bewildered at its power ; till " His glory , like a circle in the water , Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself , Till , by ...
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... shot : 6 She's about , ' cried several tongues at once , and the bow - guns presently spoke to her in harsh lan- guage through the mist : ' Give her some grape , ' band of the frigate from which I had escaped , THE MASTER . 67.
... shot : 6 She's about , ' cried several tongues at once , and the bow - guns presently spoke to her in harsh lan- guage through the mist : ' Give her some grape , ' band of the frigate from which I had escaped , THE MASTER . 67.
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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.