Jacob Faithful, Band 2E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834 |
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... laid down upon her bed - a wise pre- caution when a person can no longer stand . The fact was , that my honoured mother , although her vir- tue was unimpeachable , was frequently seduced by liquor ; and , although constant to my father ...
... laid down upon her bed - a wise pre- caution when a person can no longer stand . The fact was , that my honoured mother , although her vir- tue was unimpeachable , was frequently seduced by liquor ; and , although constant to my father ...
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... laid down on the deck , and indulged in the profound speculations of a boy of eleven years old . I was watching the stars above me , which twinkled faintly , and appeared to me ever and anon to be extinguished and then relighted . I was ...
... laid down on the deck , and indulged in the profound speculations of a boy of eleven years old . I was watching the stars above me , which twinkled faintly , and appeared to me ever and anon to be extinguished and then relighted . I was ...
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... laid down my knife , and not until strong symptoms of suffocation played round the re- gions of my trachea , did I cry out , hold , enough . " Somebody has made an epigram about the vast ideas which a miser's horse must have had of corn ...
... laid down my knife , and not until strong symptoms of suffocation played round the re- gions of my trachea , did I cry out , hold , enough . " Somebody has made an epigram about the vast ideas which a miser's horse must have had of corn ...
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... laid up for my use . Thus ends the history of my mother's remains , which proved more valuable to me than ever she did when living . In her career she somewhat reversed the case of Se- mele , who was first visited in a shower of gold ...
... laid up for my use . Thus ends the history of my mother's remains , which proved more valuable to me than ever she did when living . In her career she somewhat reversed the case of Se- mele , who was first visited in a shower of gold ...
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... laid down my spoon , and stooping my head , applied my mouth to the edge of the plate , and sucked the remainder down my throat without spilling a drop . I looked up for approba- tion , and was very much astounded to hear Mrs. Drummond ...
... laid down my spoon , and stooping my head , applied my mouth to the edge of the plate , and sucked the remainder down my throat without spilling a drop . I looked up for approba- tion , and was very much astounded to hear Mrs. Drummond ...
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a'ter amusing anchor appeared barge Barnaby Bracegirdle Bill Short boat bottle Brentford cabin called Captain Turnbull caricature cluck cried deck Domine's Drummond exclaimed the Domine eyes fast father feelings Fleming Gazette give grog half hand head heard heart hour Jacob Faithful Knapps knew laughing legs lighter liquor little Sarah looked Madame Marables master matron mind mond morning mother mouth never Newfoundland dog night nose observed old Tom's overboard pannikin perceived PETER SIMPLE pipe Poll poor pulled Putney Bridge recollect replied old replied old Tom replied the Domine river River Thames round sail scouse ship shore skiff soon staysail suppose Take it coolly tell thee ther there's thing thought tide TOM CRINGLE'S LOG Tomkins Tommy took turned usher Volumes walked watch wharf What's wife Wimbledon Common wind wish yarn young young Tom
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Seite 109 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Seite 145 - A man's a fool who strives by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ; For if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't — and there's an end on't.
Seite 107 - Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
Seite 118 - I didn't want for to live, Poll, when I thought you false.' " "Then Polly might have answered in the words of the old song, master; but her poor heart was too full, I suppose." And Tom sang, "Your Polly has never been false, she declares, Since last time we parted at Wapping Old Stairs.
Seite 94 - ... to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, there to be hanged by the neck till you are dead; and may God, in his infinite goodness, have mercy on your soul!
Seite 137 - COME O'ER THE SEA. COME o'er the sea, Maiden, with me, Mine thro' sunshine, storm, and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes.
Seite 122 - And swig the flowing can. And fiddle a little, And foot it a little.
Seite 81 - I was in a Greenlandman, my first ship, and pulled ashore to my mother's cottage under the cliff. I thought the old soul would have died with joy.
Seite 119 - A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together ! [Cries, and drops his face on arm, upon table.