The port admiral, by the author of 'Cavendish'. |
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Էջ ix
... soul within the room - himself excepted Thanking you once more , believe me ever to re- main , my dear Sir William , Yo Our affectionate old messmate , to the broad conceptions of humour , or a feeling DEDICATION . ix.
... soul within the room - himself excepted Thanking you once more , believe me ever to re- main , my dear Sir William , Yo Our affectionate old messmate , to the broad conceptions of humour , or a feeling DEDICATION . ix.
Էջ 8
... , and hinted that the soul within was yet redeemed by some few noble traits ; but this was rarely seen . " You are now ready for sea , of course ? " he remarked to the captain , interrupting the silence as he 8 THE PORT ADMIRAL ,
... , and hinted that the soul within was yet redeemed by some few noble traits ; but this was rarely seen . " You are now ready for sea , of course ? " he remarked to the captain , interrupting the silence as he 8 THE PORT ADMIRAL ,
Էջ 38
... " see that a sentry is placed over him - with ball cartridge- to restrain that cursed tongue . - Remember , he is to speak to no living soul . " Within a few minutes after the captain and his superior 38 THE PORT ADMIRAL ,
... " see that a sentry is placed over him - with ball cartridge- to restrain that cursed tongue . - Remember , he is to speak to no living soul . " Within a few minutes after the captain and his superior 38 THE PORT ADMIRAL ,
Էջ 51
... soul ; then on each sunny island of the past , we view the lifeless herbage of a former spring - the scattered embers of a pristine fire - the dried - up channel of an ancient stream ; while over all are scattered the withered ...
... soul ; then on each sunny island of the past , we view the lifeless herbage of a former spring - the scattered embers of a pristine fire - the dried - up channel of an ancient stream ; while over all are scattered the withered ...
Էջ 52
... soul to something higher than mortality . This it is at which the sceptic wavers - the sufferer feels fresh hopes - the villain dreads - but which none con- scientiously deny . The officers were now gathering aft upon the poop , some ...
... soul to something higher than mortality . This it is at which the sceptic wavers - the sufferer feels fresh hopes - the villain dreads - but which none con- scientiously deny . The officers were now gathering aft upon the poop , some ...
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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.