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... , perchance from the journals of the SECOND TENTH , scenes and adventures may be gleaned which will lighten up the columns of our paper , and win at The Cape of Good Hope . And now , least the attention , of our indulgent.
... , perchance from the journals of the SECOND TENTH , scenes and adventures may be gleaned which will lighten up the columns of our paper , and win at The Cape of Good Hope . And now , least the attention , of our indulgent.
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... scene , which had been so gay and splendid on the night before . THE SERGEANTS ' BALL . The Officers ' mess - hut had scarcely resumed its wonted appearance after the ball of the 11th August , when " there was a sound of revelry " ing ...
... scene , which had been so gay and splendid on the night before . THE SERGEANTS ' BALL . The Officers ' mess - hut had scarcely resumed its wonted appearance after the ball of the 11th August , when " there was a sound of revelry " ing ...
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... scene their light . And then at last , the bugles blew The three Gs , loud and clear ; And straightway struck the fiddles up , And the dancers glided near . But stop ! amidst these crowded halls , We look , and look in vain , For all ...
... scene their light . And then at last , the bugles blew The three Gs , loud and clear ; And straightway struck the fiddles up , And the dancers glided near . But stop ! amidst these crowded halls , We look , and look in vain , For all ...
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... Scene Lyons , and the neighbourhood . Mr. Pettibone Funk Fathom Mrs. Pettibone Mary Time 1795 to 1798 . AFTER WHICH ... scenes you tread ; And make you sigh while others joy , For those alas , now fled.- Then think of him who mourns with ...
... Scene Lyons , and the neighbourhood . Mr. Pettibone Funk Fathom Mrs. Pettibone Mary Time 1795 to 1798 . AFTER WHICH ... scenes you tread ; And make you sigh while others joy , For those alas , now fled.- Then think of him who mourns with ...
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... Scene.- The New Forest , Hampshire , and on its borders.mance of Kirkpatrick . Color Sergeant Hungerford did well After which , THE IRISH TUTOR , Cast as before . On the 29th of August the Sergeants performed Wallace Monteith WALLACE ...
... Scene.- The New Forest , Hampshire , and on its borders.mance of Kirkpatrick . Color Sergeant Hungerford did well After which , THE IRISH TUTOR , Cast as before . On the 29th of August the Sergeants performed Wallace Monteith WALLACE ...
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Página 123 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 281 - November nth, 1762. We have now been enclosed in the ice seventeen days. The fire went out yesterday, and our master has been trying ever since to kindle it again without success. His wife died this morning. There is no relief.
Página 256 - And, but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now, And but for that chill, changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Página 256 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...
Página 128 - I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine ; And, while the wings of fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left.
Página 123 - That lay in the house that Jack built. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 31 This is the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, 5 That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 127 - Love, now a universal birth, From heart to heart is stealing, From earth to man, from man to earth: — It is the hour of feeling.
Página 281 - About midnight the wind rose to a gale, accompanied by thick showers of snow, while a succession of thundering, grinding, and crashing noises gave fearful evidence that the ice was in motion. The vessel received violent shocks every moment, for the haziness of the atmosphere prevented those on board from discovering in what direction the open water lay, or if there was actually any at all on either side of them.
Página 281 - It was two miles beyond the entrance of this canal that a ship made its appearance about noon. The sun shone brightly at the time, and a gentle breeze blew from the north. At first some intervening icebergs prevented Captain Warrens from distinctly seeing anything but her...
Página 281 - Captain Warrens and his seamen hurried from the spot without uttering a word. On entering the principal cabin, the first object that attracted their attention was the dead body of a female, reclining on a bed in an attitude of deep interest and attention. Her countenance retained the freshness of life, and a contraction of the limbs alone showed that her form was inanimate.