Waverley Novels: From the Last Rev. Ed., Containing the Author's Final Corrections, Notes, &c, Volumen 12S.H. Parker and B.B. Mussey, 1852 |
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... terminated our pleasant tour , to which our equipment gave unusual facilities , as the ship's company could form a strong boat's crew , independent of those who might be left on board the vessel , which permitted iv INTRODUCTION TO.
... terminated our pleasant tour , to which our equipment gave unusual facilities , as the ship's company could form a strong boat's crew , independent of those who might be left on board the vessel , which permitted iv INTRODUCTION TO.
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... vessel , which permitted us the freedom to land wherever our curiosity carried us . Let me add , while reviewing for a moment a sunny portion of my life , that among the six or seven friends who per- formed this voyage together , some ...
... vessel , which permitted us the freedom to land wherever our curiosity carried us . Let me add , while reviewing for a moment a sunny portion of my life , that among the six or seven friends who per- formed this voyage together , some ...
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... vessel , called the Revenge , bearing twenty large guns , and six smaller , commanded by JOHN Gow , or GoFFE , or SMITH , came to the Orkney Islands , and was discovered to be a pirate , by various acts of insolence and villany ...
... vessel , called the Revenge , bearing twenty large guns , and six smaller , commanded by JOHN Gow , or GoFFE , or SMITH , came to the Orkney Islands , and was discovered to be a pirate , by various acts of insolence and villany ...
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... vessel , accompanied only by his son , a handsome boy of about fourteen years old . His own age might exceed forty . The Dutch skipper introduced him to some of the very good friends with whom he used to barter gin and gingerbread for ...
... vessel , accompanied only by his son , a handsome boy of about fourteen years old . His own age might exceed forty . The Dutch skipper introduced him to some of the very good friends with whom he used to barter gin and gingerbread for ...
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... vessel in the Roost ! " Mertoun looked to the north - westward , and an object was visible amid the rolling tide . " She shows no sail , " he observed ; and immediately added , after looking at the object through his spy - glass , " She ...
... vessel in the Roost ! " Mertoun looked to the north - westward , and an object was visible amid the rolling tide . " She shows no sail , " he observed ; and immediately added , after looking at the object through his spy - glass , " She ...
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Página 187 - Goes on to sea, and knows not to retire. With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves : Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea-wasp flying on the waves.
Página 119 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Página 235 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Página 194 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
Página 31 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes, Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Página 60 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history...
Página 162 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames didst cut thy way, With...