The night watch; or, Tales of the sea, Volume 1Henry Colburn, 1828 |
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... . Country Society 32 CHAPTER IV . Country Visits . 42 CHAPTER V. Leaving Home . - Going on Board 53 CHAPTER VI . Life at Sea . Sunday Morning 66 CHAPTER VII . Advice to Midshipmen & 79 Battle of Trafalgar CHAPTER VIII . CHAPTER IX .
... . Country Society 32 CHAPTER IV . Country Visits . 42 CHAPTER V. Leaving Home . - Going on Board 53 CHAPTER VI . Life at Sea . Sunday Morning 66 CHAPTER VII . Advice to Midshipmen & 79 Battle of Trafalgar CHAPTER VIII . CHAPTER IX .
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... 32 CHAPTER IV . Country Visits 42 CHAPTER V. Leaving Home . - Going on Board 53 3323 CHAPTER VI . Life at Sea . Sunday Morning 89 66 CHAPTER VII . Advice to Midshipmen 79 CHAPTER VIII . Page Battle of Trafalgar 96 • CHAPTER.
... 32 CHAPTER IV . Country Visits 42 CHAPTER V. Leaving Home . - Going on Board 53 3323 CHAPTER VI . Life at Sea . Sunday Morning 89 66 CHAPTER VII . Advice to Midshipmen 79 CHAPTER VIII . Page Battle of Trafalgar 96 • CHAPTER.
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... morning and even- ing saw them praying for support to that Al- mighty Being , to whom they were taught to look for protection , not only as the great first cause of those wonderful objects of nature which were continually displaying ...
... morning and even- ing saw them praying for support to that Al- mighty Being , to whom they were taught to look for protection , not only as the great first cause of those wonderful objects of nature which were continually displaying ...
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... morning after market days usually found him an hour longer in the presence of his mistress . It was on one of these occasions that he had , unseen by the world , doffed his hat and bent his body alike against its natural curvature and ...
... morning after market days usually found him an hour longer in the presence of his mistress . It was on one of these occasions that he had , unseen by the world , doffed his hat and bent his body alike against its natural curvature and ...
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... morning - rooms , where Charlotte and her gover- ness were at their daily occupations . The group on horseback was no other than the Dunstanvilles , advancing at a brisk rate towards the house ; while Carlo , a favourite spaniel ...
... morning - rooms , where Charlotte and her gover- ness were at their daily occupations . The group on horseback was no other than the Dunstanvilles , advancing at a brisk rate towards the house ; while Carlo , a favourite spaniel ...
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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...