Poor JackDana Estes & Company, 1840 - 281 páginas |
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... high compliment : as for being asked to his table , there were but few who could boast of having had that I have since heard a different version of the result of this battle . honour , and even those few perhaps not more than POOR JACK .
... high compliment : as for being asked to his table , there were but few who could boast of having had that I have since heard a different version of the result of this battle . honour , and even those few perhaps not more than POOR JACK .
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... heard it he could hardly believe his good fortune in having achieved such a conquest ; but , as the sequel will prove , his marriage did not turn out very happily . He used to say to me , " Jack , take my advice , and never marry above ...
... heard it he could hardly believe his good fortune in having achieved such a conquest ; but , as the sequel will prove , his marriage did not turn out very happily . He used to say to me , " Jack , take my advice , and never marry above ...
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... heard on the other , and I used to hang over the board and listen there were drunken men and drunken women , and occasionally scolding and fighting . My mother , having made up her mind to be saving , had taken a lease of the house and ...
... heard on the other , and I used to hang over the board and listen there were drunken men and drunken women , and occasionally scolding and fighting . My mother , having made up her mind to be saving , had taken a lease of the house and ...
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... heard them , she was always very angry , and told them that her child had not such a vulgar name : at which many would laugh , and make a point of calling out " Jenny " to Virginia whenever they passed and saw her at the door . When I ...
... heard them , she was always very angry , and told them that her child had not such a vulgar name : at which many would laugh , and make a point of calling out " Jenny " to Virginia whenever they passed and saw her at the door . When I ...
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... heard my mother mention his name , as if he still existed . my My father came in one day very unexpectedly , for he had given no notice of his return ; and it so happened that as he came in , mother was beating me with the frying - pan ...
... heard my mother mention his name , as if he still existed . my My father came in one day very unexpectedly , for he had given no notice of his return ; and it so happened that as he came in , mother was beating me with the frying - pan ...
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afterwards appeared asked beach Bessy better boat boatswain Bramble called captain CHAP coxswain cried dear deck Dick doctor door eyes feel Felix fellow Fisher's Alley French frigate gave give Greenwich guns hand handspike head hear heard Hoist the colours Hospital James O'Connor knew Lady Hercules Lady O'Connor ladyship laughing leave lieutenant liquorice live look lugger man-of-war mate messmate midshipman mind Morlaix morning mother mudlarker never night Oh-e-oh old Nanny passed perceived Peter Anderson pilot pipe Poor Jack pretty pulled recollect replied my father river round sail Saunders seamen shillings ship shore Sir Hercules Sir James sister soon Spicer stairs suppose Tadpole taffrail talk tell there's thing thought told Tom Saunders took turned vessel Virginia walked widow wind wish young
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Página 43 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread, She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Página 114 - Spanish ladies, Farewell, and adieu to you ladies of Spain ! For we've received orders for to sail for old England, But we hope in a short time to see you again.
Página 116 - Then a signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor All in the Downs, that night for to sleep; Then stand by your stoppers, let go your shank-painters, Haul all your clew-garnets, stick out tacks and sheets.
Página 90 - If you think, sir, that you can manage the ship better than I can, you had better take the command.' I was in the waist at the time, with a good many more men, and we heard what the carpenter said, and what answer the lieutenant gave.
Página 43 - Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie. He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum And said:
Página 114 - Dick turned uneasily on the sofa, for he could hear the bows of the Barralong crashing into the green seas on her way to the Southern Cross. Then came the chorus — "We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors, We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt seas, Until we take soundings in the Channel of Old England From Ushant to Scilly 'tis forty-five leagues." "Thirty-five — thirty-five," said Dick petulantly. " Don't tamper with Holy Writ. Go on, Nilghai.
Página 112 - Perceiving that he was dressed so differently from the other pensioners, one of the ladies' curiosity was excited ; and at last she called him to her, and said : — " ' Pray, my good man, why do you wear a yellow coat, when the other pensioners have blue ones ? ' " ' Bless your handsome face, ma'am !' replied Dick, ' don't you really know ?' ** ' No, indeed ! ' replied she. "'Well, then, ma'am, perhaps you may have heard of the glorious battle of the Nile, in which Nelson gave the French such a...
Página 4 - Mediterranean ; that he was made captain of the foretop, and sailed six years in the East Indies ; and, at last, was rated captain's coxswain in the Druid frigate, attached to the Channel fleet cruising during the peace. Having thus condensed the genealogical and chronological part of this history, I now come to a portion of it in which it will be necessary that I should enter more into detail. The frigate in which my father eventually served as captain's coxswain was commanded by a Sir Hercules...
Página 88 - Here Ben shoved the ale to Turner, who drank a little and proceeded ; while Ben took a swig and passed it round. -'' Well, you see, messmates, the first lieutenant had been washing the decks on the morning before, and the carpenter had been ordered to let the water in, when it was found that the water-cock which was about three feet below the water line, was out of order, and it was necessary that it should be repaired. The foreman came off from the dock-yard, and stated that it was necessary that...
Página 78 - ... where else, although there were several schools more appropriate : she declared that Virginia should not mix with the vulgar ungenteel girls of the place ; and that, if she had demeaned herself by marrying below her rank, at all events her daughter should be brought up as she ought to be. The neighbours laughed at her, but my mother did not care; she worked hard, and always was ready to pay the quarter's bill for schooling whenever it was due. To me, Sunday was a day of rejoicing ; I was so glad...