The port admiral, by the author of 'Cavendish'. |
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Արդյունքներ 98–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... a daughter of the land of broils . Their only child , following his example , had domesticated himself at the Cove of Cork , where his dexterity in the trade he had adopted soon rendered him a thriving man 12 THE PORT ADMIRAL ,
... a daughter of the land of broils . Their only child , following his example , had domesticated himself at the Cove of Cork , where his dexterity in the trade he had adopted soon rendered him a thriving man 12 THE PORT ADMIRAL ,
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William Johnstoun N. Neale. trade he had adopted soon rendered him a thriving man . A long life of utility and happiness ap- peared before him , until , in an evil hour , it pleased certain of his Majesty's officers to attack , overpower ...
William Johnstoun N. Neale. trade he had adopted soon rendered him a thriving man . A long life of utility and happiness ap- peared before him , until , in an evil hour , it pleased certain of his Majesty's officers to attack , overpower ...
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... soon learn . I have long marked you for an insolent scoundrel , and I'll teach you to rely less on your own cunning and more on your obedience . Captain Grummet , send instantly for your clerk , let him disrate this Græme from his ...
... soon learn . I have long marked you for an insolent scoundrel , and I'll teach you to rely less on your own cunning and more on your obedience . Captain Grummet , send instantly for your clerk , let him disrate this Græme from his ...
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... soon at her disposal , but her heart accompa- nied her hand , and both were given to a gallant and amiable subaltern - Lieutenant Somers ; the cadet of a good family , whose means were hardly sufficient for their support . However they ...
... soon at her disposal , but her heart accompa- nied her hand , and both were given to a gallant and amiable subaltern - Lieutenant Somers ; the cadet of a good family , whose means were hardly sufficient for their support . However they ...
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... soon may soothing accents work upon a female ear - more especially when they proceed from a quarter where surliness only is expected - the dear ma- dam , ' the friendly shake of the hand , and the expressed wish to be of service to her ...
... soon may soothing accents work upon a female ear - more especially when they proceed from a quarter where surliness only is expected - the dear ma- dam , ' the friendly shake of the hand , and the expressed wish to be of service to her ...
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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.