Poor JackDana Estes & Company, 1840 - 281 páginas |
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... Land to put his Foot upon , and say , " This is my own " CHAP . L. An Adventure which at first promised to be the most unfortunate , and eventually proved the most fortunate in my Life - CHAP . LI . Being the last Chapter , the Reader ...
... Land to put his Foot upon , and say , " This is my own " CHAP . L. An Adventure which at first promised to be the most unfortunate , and eventually proved the most fortunate in my Life - CHAP . LI . Being the last Chapter , the Reader ...
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... land ( she was a milk - woman ) , and that she had dry- nursed a young baronet , and was now , not merely a ladies ' maid , but a lady's ladies ' maid . All this important and novel com- munication sunk deep in my father's mind , and ...
... land ( she was a milk - woman ) , and that she had dry- nursed a young baronet , and was now , not merely a ladies ' maid , but a lady's ladies ' maid . All this important and novel com- munication sunk deep in my father's mind , and ...
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... land , and then it fell calm . Gun - boats four miles off , using their sweeps - out boats in chase ; -I was coxswain of the first pinnace , — a devilish fast boat , messmate , I can tell you , with a smart brass gun , - pulled two feet ...
... land , and then it fell calm . Gun - boats four miles off , using their sweeps - out boats in chase ; -I was coxswain of the first pinnace , — a devilish fast boat , messmate , I can tell you , with a smart brass gun , - pulled two feet ...
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... land . I was beginning to be useful to the watermen , and was very often rewarded with a piece of bread and cheese or a drink of beer out of their pots . The first year after my father's visit , I was seldom given a meal , and ...
... land . I was beginning to be useful to the watermen , and was very often rewarded with a piece of bread and cheese or a drink of beer out of their pots . The first year after my father's visit , I was seldom given a meal , and ...
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... land conveyances now they have made place for railroads and omnibuses . Formerly , the F wherry conveyed the mariner and his wife with his sea. DR . TADPOLE'S HOUSE . POOR JACK . 65 CHAP XI In which the Doctor lets out some very novel ...
... land conveyances now they have made place for railroads and omnibuses . Formerly , the F wherry conveyed the mariner and his wife with his sea. DR . TADPOLE'S HOUSE . POOR JACK . 65 CHAP XI In which the Doctor lets out some very novel ...
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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...