Newton Forster; or, The merchant service, by the author of 'The king's own'.James Cochrane and Company, 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1832 |
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... once he had returned to England on leave , and with the full intention of remaining there , if he could be comfortable ; but a few months in his native country only made him more anxious to return to India . His habits , his tastes ...
... once he had returned to England on leave , and with the full intention of remaining there , if he could be comfortable ; but a few months in his native country only made him more anxious to return to India . His habits , his tastes ...
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... once . Isabel was firm ; and Newton , who did not think himself authorised to interfere , was a silent witness to the continued persuasions and expostulations of the two elder , and the refusal of the younger sister Nearly half an hour ...
... once . Isabel was firm ; and Newton , who did not think himself authorised to interfere , was a silent witness to the continued persuasions and expostulations of the two elder , and the refusal of the younger sister Nearly half an hour ...
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... once were , like all sublunary matter , they too yield to Time , ) why , if all were re- maining on the earth , the frolic gambols of the May - day sweep would shake about those gems , which now are to be found in profusion only where ...
... once were , like all sublunary matter , they too yield to Time , ) why , if all were re- maining on the earth , the frolic gambols of the May - day sweep would shake about those gems , which now are to be found in profusion only where ...
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... arrive safely at the end of his journey , not to pass by others . Why am I no longer ambitious ? once I was , but ' twas when I was young and foolish . Then methought " It were an easy leap to pluck bright 36 NEWTON FORSTER ;
... arrive safely at the end of his journey , not to pass by others . Why am I no longer ambitious ? once I was , but ' twas when I was young and foolish . Then methought " It were an easy leap to pluck bright 36 NEWTON FORSTER ;
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... once establish that those by - laws which afford protection to the well - governing of the merchant service in gene- ral , are not sufficient to maintain the necessary discipline on board of the East India ships . The OR , THE MERCHANT ...
... once establish that those by - laws which afford protection to the well - governing of the merchant service in gene- ral , are not sufficient to maintain the necessary discipline on board of the East India ships . The OR , THE MERCHANT ...
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Seite 151 - No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Seite 136 - Mine through sunshine, storm, and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes.
Seite 113 - Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme •; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find...
Seite 14 - Then there were sighs, the deeper for suppression, And stolen glances, sweeter for the theft, And burning blushes, though for no transgression, Tremblings when met, and restlessness when left...
Seite 74 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us ! — Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked, or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee, Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane: O, answer me: Let me not burst in ignorance!
Seite 251 - Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
Seite 251 - ... such as he has assigned to his hero. Be this as it may, society is for ever indebted to the memory of De Foe for his production of a work, in which the ways of Providence are simply and pleasingly vindicated, and a lasting and useful moral is conveyed through the channel of an interesting and delightful story.
Seite 27 - Rich in the gems of India's gaudy zone, And plunder piled from kingdoms not their own, Degenerate trade ! thy minions could despise The heart-born anguish of a thousand cries ; -Could lock, with impious hands, their teeming store, While...
Seite 201 - Hope, of all passions, most befriends us here ; Passions of prouder name befriend us less. Joy has her tears ; and transport has her death : Hope, like a cordial, innocent, though strong, Man's heart, at once, inspirits and serenes...
Seite 251 - by what charm it is that these ' Surprising Adventures' should have instantly pleased, and always pleased, it will be found, that few books have ever so naturally mingled amusement with instruction. The attention is fixed, either by the simplicity of the narration, or by the variety of the incidents ; the heart...