The port admiral, by the author of 'Cavendish'. |
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Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 305
... Croiser , I'll shew you my pet ; " then producing a gold whistle , suspended round her neck , she applied it to her lips , which , till then , would have been deemed in- adequate to send forth such shrill tones , however aided by ...
... Croiser , I'll shew you my pet ; " then producing a gold whistle , suspended round her neck , she applied it to her lips , which , till then , would have been deemed in- adequate to send forth such shrill tones , however aided by ...
Էջ 15
... Croiser , brother , Captain Croiser . " " Good name ; -Captain Croiser , happy to make your acquaintance . My name , Sir , is the Rev. Na- thaniel Salisbury . I have the honour to be the rec- tor of Donomore , in the see of Durham ...
... Croiser , brother , Captain Croiser . " " Good name ; -Captain Croiser , happy to make your acquaintance . My name , Sir , is the Rev. Na- thaniel Salisbury . I have the honour to be the rec- tor of Donomore , in the see of Durham ...
Էջ 63
... Croiser moved on before , as the surest method of recovering the self - pos- session of both . Margarita made some indistinct reply , to the ef- fect that she " imagined she had gathered the best already , but if Captain Croiser could ...
... Croiser moved on before , as the surest method of recovering the self - pos- session of both . Margarita made some indistinct reply , to the ef- fect that she " imagined she had gathered the best already , but if Captain Croiser could ...
Էջ 66
... Croiser of himself , losing in that mournful re- membrance of our nature , all the bliss of such a scene . " Dearest Chatty , let me pause ! ” cried Marga- rita , obliged to give in . " Yes , you shall , love , " replied Charlotte , ar ...
... Croiser of himself , losing in that mournful re- membrance of our nature , all the bliss of such a scene . " Dearest Chatty , let me pause ! ” cried Marga- rita , obliged to give in . " Yes , you shall , love , " replied Charlotte , ar ...
Էջ 83
... Croiser's present ! Tell me , Margiée ! Is it not Croiser of whom you were thinking ? " Marga- rita was silent . An answer was however unneces- sary ; her confused look and the sudden suffusion of her cheek betrayed the truth . " How ...
... Croiser's present ! Tell me , Margiée ! Is it not Croiser of whom you were thinking ? " Marga- rita was silent . An answer was however unneces- sary ; her confused look and the sudden suffusion of her cheek betrayed the truth . " How ...
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Admiral's appeared arms arrived beauty beheld beneath Blunderbuss boat bosom breeze cabin Captain Bombast Captain Croiser Charlotte Chatty command countenance crew dark Davy Jones dear deck delight exclaimed fear feeling fellow forecastle gale gentle give Græme Grooves guns hand head heard heart honour hour instant lads Lady Sapphira latter light lips Longbow look Lord Falconer Marengo Margarita Margiée ment mind morning Mount Edgecumbe mutineers never night Nine-fathom officer once orlop deck party passed pause poop poor Port Admiral present Puff quarter-deck Ranno Rannolini reader replied returned Richard Salisbury round sail sailor scarcely scene seamen seemed seen ship ship's side Sir Richard sister smile soul spirit stood stranger sure taffrail Tarpaulin tell thee there's thing thou thought tion turned vessel voice walk waves wind young younker
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Էջ 273 - Wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?
Էջ 59 - When youthful Love, warm-blu.shing strong, Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, Th' adored Name, I taught thee how to pour in song, To soothe thy flame "I saw thy pulse's maddening play, Wild send thee Pleasure's devious way. Misled by Fancy's meteor ray, By Passion driven; But yet the light that led astray, Was light from Heaven.
Էջ 63 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Էջ 88 - There was in him a vital scorn of all : As if the worst had fall'n which could befall, He stood a stranger in this breathing world, An erring spirit from another hurled...
Էջ 245 - Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Էջ 240 - Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might...
Էջ 231 - Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools, the pageant of a day ; So perish all whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others' good, or melt at others
Էջ 67 - Thy throne had still been thine, or never been; For daring made thy rise as fall : thou seek'st Even now to re-assume the imperial mien, And shake again the world, the thunderer of the scene!
Էջ 88 - A thing of dark imaginings, that shaped By choice the perils he by chance escaped ; But 'scaped in vain...
Էջ 275 - tis thine to cleanse his heart From every gross, unholy part ; Thine, in domestic solitude, To win him to be wise and good ; His pattern, guide, and friend, to be, To give him back the heaven he forfeited for thee.