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... , ' sloop - of - war at Portsmouth , ready for sea and waiting orders ; there was also an intimation that Harold had better join with all convenient speed . No time was to be lost in procuring an outfit 20 HAROLD OVERDON .
... , ' sloop - of - war at Portsmouth , ready for sea and waiting orders ; there was also an intimation that Harold had better join with all convenient speed . No time was to be lost in procuring an outfit 20 HAROLD OVERDON .
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... ready certainly , and impudent fellows to boot , he thought , when they all sherried after the landlord's pretty daughter to get a kiss ; but then , as they observed , a kiss pleased them and didn't hurt her ; then there was a mother ...
... ready certainly , and impudent fellows to boot , he thought , when they all sherried after the landlord's pretty daughter to get a kiss ; but then , as they observed , a kiss pleased them and didn't hurt her ; then there was a mother ...
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... ready to start through his cheek , then said , " He didn't . know nothing about her , not at all . " At the same time his look was meant to con- vey a very different idea . He knew all about her , her duties and belongings , but then in ...
... ready to start through his cheek , then said , " He didn't . know nothing about her , not at all . " At the same time his look was meant to con- vey a very different idea . He knew all about her , her duties and belongings , but then in ...
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... ready , be- sides a case or so of brandy . Thus Boodle levied black - mail , and the frogs purchased their freedom ; for all the good they did , the sloop and her crew might as well have been up Portsmouth 42 HAROLD OVERDON .
... ready , be- sides a case or so of brandy . Thus Boodle levied black - mail , and the frogs purchased their freedom ; for all the good they did , the sloop and her crew might as well have been up Portsmouth 42 HAROLD OVERDON .
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... ready - made baby too ; d - n me , I'll take mother's advice , and turn over a new leaf ; it's more respectable , and I shall stand a better chance of having a warrant ; so here's off to a splice and luck . " He finished his grog , and ...
... ready - made baby too ; d - n me , I'll take mother's advice , and turn over a new leaf ; it's more respectable , and I shall stand a better chance of having a warrant ; so here's off to a splice and luck . " He finished his grog , and ...
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anxious appeared arms arrived assuredly astonished beautiful became betimes bless boat Boodle Boodle's Bowden Brest brig brigantine Brilliant Captain Darby Carrol Castle CHAPTER Commander countenance daughter dear dear Ruth deck deuce duty Edgar Galbraith enemy English eyes father favour fear feelings fleet French frigate Genoa Glenelg hand handsome happened happy Harold Overdon head heart honour hope Jack Jack Bond Jarvis John Bond knew Lady Ruth lieutenant looked Lord Edgar Lordship managed Master Bond Merry Elms mind morning mother navy never night officer once party passed pirates Port Admiral Portsmouth position Post-captain present pretty quiet quietly remained round Royal Navy Ruby sail sailor Schneider Sextant ship shore Sir Gilbert Gascoigne Sir Jeremy sloop-of-war smiled soon sooner Squire stood strong sure Tallentire thing thought tion took turned understrapper vessel watch wish young
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Página 228 - When lost — what recks it, by disease or strife? Let him who crawls enamoured of decay Cling to his couch, and sicken years away ; Heave his thick breath, and shake his palsied head : Ours the fresh turf, and not the feverish bed.
Página 228 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense — the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way 1 164 ADDRESS TO INDEPENDENCE.
Página 266 - I'm sure — Who was first the inventor of kissing. Master Adam, I verily think, was the man, Whose discovery will ne'er be surpass'd : Well, since the sweet game with creation began, To the end of the world may it last.
Página 228 - Let him who crawls enamour'd of decay, Cling to his couch, and sicken years away; Heave his thick breath, and shake his palsied head; Ours — the fresh turf, and not the feverish bed. While gasp by gasp he falters forth his soul, Ours with one pang — one bound — escapes control.
Página 205 - Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well: Even though unforgiving, never 'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. Would that breast were bared before thee Where thy head so oft hath lain, While that placid sleep came o'er thee Which thou ne'er canst know again: Would that breast, by thee glanced over, Every inmost thought could show!
Página 224 - Landgrave's naturalization of you ; but go pretty often and feed with him. Choose the company of your superiors, whenever you can have it ; that is the right and true pride.
Página 152 - their hand was against every man, and every man's hand was against them.
Página 91 - Pierre, one ship of war could reach Sydney, and render the English fleet utterly powerless to move from their moorings. On every foreign station, whether on the Atlantic, or Pacific side of America, or in the East, the French naval force has been quietly and unostentatiously increased, so that if war were to break out, they would be in the ascendant in every quarter. In these days of telegraphic communication...
Página 52 - If you want a thing done properly, you must do it yourself.