The night watch; or, Tales of the sea, Volume 1Henry Colburn, 1828 |
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... believe that which he did not understand ; on which the astonished parent , who pretended to no more theology than what his own observation of na- ture and experience had taught him , asked his son what he did understand . " Do you believe ...
... believe that which he did not understand ; on which the astonished parent , who pretended to no more theology than what his own observation of na- ture and experience had taught him , asked his son what he did understand . " Do you believe ...
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... believe no person is quite happy at leav- ing home ; for , whatever that home is , the feel- ings go with the song , " there is no place like it : " besides , it has been truly said , that leaving any spot under a possibility of its ...
... believe no person is quite happy at leav- ing home ; for , whatever that home is , the feel- ings go with the song , " there is no place like it : " besides , it has been truly said , that leaving any spot under a possibility of its ...
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... believe no person is quite happy at leav- ing home ; for , whatever that home is , the feel- ings go with the song , " there is no place like it : " besides , it has been truly said , that leaving any spot under a possibility of its ...
... believe no person is quite happy at leav- ing home ; for , whatever that home is , the feel- ings go with the song , " there is no place like it : " besides , it has been truly said , that leaving any spot under a possibility of its ...
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... believe me , there is not one of them but is more or less proud of his country , and , at heart , glories in serving under her flag . “ A lack of rational occupation often leads to this kind of folly ; therefore , I advise you , when ...
... believe me , there is not one of them but is more or less proud of his country , and , at heart , glories in serving under her flag . “ A lack of rational occupation often leads to this kind of folly ; therefore , I advise you , when ...
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... idle habits . " Your father has instructed you so well in your religious and moral principles , as to leave me little to say on those subjects . I have had some experience , however ; and , believe me , 88 THE NIGHT WATCH .
... idle habits . " Your father has instructed you so well in your religious and moral principles , as to leave me little to say on those subjects . I have had some experience , however ; and , believe me , 88 THE NIGHT WATCH .
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Page 125 - I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere...
Page 109 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 103 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Page 103 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Page xxxv - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 103 - twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song. That bower and its music I never forget, But oft when alone, in the bloom of the year, I think — is the nightingale singing there yet ? Are the roses still bright by the calm BENDEMEER?
Page 42 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Page 12 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.
Page xv - As the Chameleon, who is known To have no colors of his own : But borrows from his neighbour's hue His white or black, his green or blue...
Page 139 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply Passion as they...