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Página 199
Captain Reud , I must suppose , wished to try the degree of intrepidity of his
officers , by permitting the chase to give us several rounds of weighty objections
against any more advance of familiarity on our parts . A quarter of a century ago
there ...
Captain Reud , I must suppose , wished to try the degree of intrepidity of his
officers , by permitting the chase to give us several rounds of weighty objections
against any more advance of familiarity on our parts . A quarter of a century ago
there ...
Página 200
To your station , doctor , ” said the captain harshly . “ Spoilt a good hat in trying to
make a bad joke ; " and he shuffled himself below , “ Your gig , Captain Reud ,
knocked all to shivers , ” said a petty officer . This was the unkindest cut of all .
To your station , doctor , ” said the captain harshly . “ Spoilt a good hat in trying to
make a bad joke ; " and he shuffled himself below , “ Your gig , Captain Reud ,
knocked all to shivers , ” said a petty officer . This was the unkindest cut of all .
Página 201
Before dark every thing appeared to be as if nothing had occurred , with the
exception of the captain ' s gig and the doctor ' s hat ; and bauling our wind , in
company with our prize , we made sail towards that quarter in which we had left
our ...
Before dark every thing appeared to be as if nothing had occurred , with the
exception of the captain ' s gig and the doctor ' s hat ; and bauling our wind , in
company with our prize , we made sail towards that quarter in which we had left
our ...
Página 205
It is coming now , " thought I . Lieutenant Silva looked at first embarrassed , and
then a little stern ; it was evident , that that which the captain was pleased to
designate as highly - toned intellectual conversation , was , despite his literary ...
It is coming now , " thought I . Lieutenant Silva looked at first embarrassed , and
then a little stern ; it was evident , that that which the captain was pleased to
designate as highly - toned intellectual conversation , was , despite his literary ...
Página 206
Before I began , the captain had sent for the master , and the honourable Mr . - - ,
so I had a very respectable audience . I had no sooner finished the passage , “
After we had paved our way down the river , " than with one accord , and
evidently ...
Before I began , the captain had sent for the master , and the honourable Mr . - - ,
so I had a very respectable audience . I had no sooner finished the passage , “
After we had paved our way down the river , " than with one accord , and
evidently ...
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Página 321 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Página 64 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain? What fields, or waves, or mountains? What shapes of sky or plain? What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain?
Página 60 - Grief made the young Spring wild, and she threw down Her kindling buds, as if she Autumn were, Or they dead leaves; since her delight is flown, For whom should she have waked the sullen year?
Página 63 - I dare not guess; but in this life Of error, ignorance, and strife. Where nothing is, but all things seem. And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be. Like all the rest, a mockery.
Página 321 - 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.
Página 64 - I vowed that I would dedicate my powers To thee and thine : have I not kept the vow ? With beating heart and streaming eyes, even now I call the phantoms of a thousand hours Each from his voiceless grave : they have in...
Página 65 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear, Till death like sleep might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Página 61 - Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life...
Página 64 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Página 64 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.