Harold Overdon, ashore and afloat, Volumen 6 |
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... wish my son to get disgusted with the service . " The tar continued : " Now old Boodle's father kept a jimcrack shop in High Street , and he's cap'en ; then there's the first lieu- tenant , he's a beauty , he is his father's HAROLD ...
... wish my son to get disgusted with the service . " The tar continued : " Now old Boodle's father kept a jimcrack shop in High Street , and he's cap'en ; then there's the first lieu- tenant , he's a beauty , he is his father's HAROLD ...
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... , thus displaying to the admiring ladies as bonny a curly head as you would wish to see , to say nothing of a remarkably pleasing phy- siognomy beneath it . " Want an extension of leave to get spliced ! 62 HAROLD OVERDON . ;
... , thus displaying to the admiring ladies as bonny a curly head as you would wish to see , to say nothing of a remarkably pleasing phy- siognomy beneath it . " Want an extension of leave to get spliced ! 62 HAROLD OVERDON . ;
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... wish , recollect I am stretching a point ; let your future conduct while under my pendant be such as to convince me that matrimony enhances rather than depre- ciates the value of a seaman - be off with you ! " Will tugged hard at one of ...
... wish , recollect I am stretching a point ; let your future conduct while under my pendant be such as to convince me that matrimony enhances rather than depre- ciates the value of a seaman - be off with you ! " Will tugged hard at one of ...
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... you your liberty , but , inasmuch as it is im- possible for me to send you on shore in the style I could wish , it becomes necessary for me to inquire if you can swim ? " " Mais oui , monsieur , oui , oui , 72 HAROLD OVERDON .
... you your liberty , but , inasmuch as it is im- possible for me to send you on shore in the style I could wish , it becomes necessary for me to inquire if you can swim ? " " Mais oui , monsieur , oui , oui , 72 HAROLD OVERDON .
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... wishes to give a moral influence to the King of Naples , and hopes to discomfort his enemies . The Emperor of France ... wish their numbers trebled , ay , quadrupled , as easily might be managed . Our navy is the sticking point , and ...
... wishes to give a moral influence to the King of Naples , and hopes to discomfort his enemies . The Emperor of France ... wish their numbers trebled , ay , quadrupled , as easily might be managed . Our navy is the sticking point , 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.