Sailors and Saints: Or Matrimonial ManœvresJ. & J. Harper, 1829 |
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11. oldal
... never stand up to my sticks at this rate.- You'll have me springing some o ' my spare spars , and I'm sure they're quite ticklish enough already . " Anxious as other writers may be of achieving the pic- turesque in description , we must ...
... never stand up to my sticks at this rate.- You'll have me springing some o ' my spare spars , and I'm sure they're quite ticklish enough already . " Anxious as other writers may be of achieving the pic- turesque in description , we must ...
15. oldal
... never to distrust the cloth ; and , to its honour be it said , I've never yet been deceived . But , hollo ! who have we here ? " " The commodore , by all that's blue ! " said the bow- man , who had previously learned from the fishermen ...
... never to distrust the cloth ; and , to its honour be it said , I've never yet been deceived . But , hollo ! who have we here ? " " The commodore , by all that's blue ! " said the bow- man , who had previously learned from the fishermen ...
18. oldal
... are interested in the honour of the service , and in keeping the secret , it shall , for the sake of the veteran , never be explained in a note of ours . " Well , Sir , " said the lieutenant , 18 SAILORS AND SAINTS .
... are interested in the honour of the service , and in keeping the secret , it shall , for the sake of the veteran , never be explained in a note of ours . " Well , Sir , " said the lieutenant , 18 SAILORS AND SAINTS .
19. oldal
... never admits of delay , perhaps you will have the politeness to oblige me with your assistance ? " " Certainly , Sir , every officer in His Majesty's navy is entitled to my good offices , especially on a point of ser- vice . If you're ...
... never admits of delay , perhaps you will have the politeness to oblige me with your assistance ? " " Certainly , Sir , every officer in His Majesty's navy is entitled to my good offices , especially on a point of ser- vice . If you're ...
20. oldal
... never would forgive - a block or marlinspike falling from aloft , was always three dozen in my time . " This hint seemed to be little relished by the lieutenant's attendant , who , turning up the whites of his eyes , muttered , in an ...
... never would forgive - a block or marlinspike falling from aloft , was always three dozen in my time . " This hint seemed to be little relished by the lieutenant's attendant , who , turning up the whites of his eyes , muttered , in an ...
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a-head acquaintance afore alarm aloft already anxiety appeared Bay of Biscay better boat boatswain Bob Law Brace brig Burton Camperdown canvass capstan captain carronade Cheltenham commander cottage coxswain crew cried Crank cruize dear deck doctor duty Emily Emily's endeavoured enemy epaulette excited exclaimed fair favourite feelings fellow felt female fire forecastle frigate grog guns hand Hasty haul head heart heave hoisted hope interrupted lady lieutenant look mast master matron midshipman mind morning nature never observed occasion officers old gentleman party perceived perhaps person poor port post-captain racter recollection render rigging round sail sailor sarfus seamen seemed Senna ship ship's singular soger soon sort spirit Spitfire Spitfire's Spithead Staunch sure tack there's thing Thomas thought Tiller tion tone topman turn uncle vessel veteran weather weather gage wind wish word yards yawl young
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68. oldal - God in Externals could not place Content. Fortune her gifts may variously dispose, And these be happy call'd, unhappy those ; But...
39. oldal - Cassius' dagger through; See what a rent the envious Casca made: Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabbed; And as he plucked his cursed steel away, Mark how the blood of Caesar followed it, As rushing out of doors, to be resolved If Brutus so unkindly knocked, or no; For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel: Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!
95. oldal - And let me the canakin clink, clink ; And let me the canakin clink : A soldier's a man ; A life's but a span ; Why then let a soldier drink.
9. oldal - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
77. oldal - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
69. oldal - STERNHOLD and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's Psalms, To make the heart full glad : But had it been poor David's fate To hear thee sing, and them translate, By Jove, 'twould have made him mad. Rhyme to Lisbon. By the same. • HERE'S a health to Kate, Our Sovereign's mate, Of the Royal House of Lisbon : But the devil take Hyde, And the Bishop beside That made her bone of his bone.
140. oldal - Therefore, if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see fortune: for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky ; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together. So are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
142. oldal - But Juan had got many things to leave, His mother, and a mistress, and no wife, So that he had much better cause to grieve Than many persons more advanced in life ; And if we now and then a sigh must heave At quitting even those we quit in strife, No doubt we weep for those the heart endears...
140. oldal - IT cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune : favour, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue. But chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
23. oldal - Admiralty, that the approach of the equinoctial new moon rendering it unsafe to proceed immediately out of the Chesapeake with the combined expedition, to act upon the plans which had been concerted prevj.