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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... quarters ; most of the English seamen sound asleep , the Lascars and Chinese sitting up in groups , expressing in their own tongues their fear of the approaching com- bat , in which , whether risked for national honour or individual ...
... quarters ; most of the English seamen sound asleep , the Lascars and Chinese sitting up in groups , expressing in their own tongues their fear of the approaching com- bat , in which , whether risked for national honour or individual ...
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... quarter of an hour was to be witnessed the unusual spectacle of a fleet of merchant ships ex- changing broadsides with the best equipped and highest disciplined squadron that ever sailed from France . In less than an hour was presented ...
... quarter of an hour was to be witnessed the unusual spectacle of a fleet of merchant ships ex- changing broadsides with the best equipped and highest disciplined squadron that ever sailed from France . In less than an hour was presented ...
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... quarter - deck , ) and draw off about half a pint of very offensive smell- ing water . To this add a gill of vinegar and a ship's biscuit broke up into small pieces . Stir it well up with the fore - finger ; and then with the fore ...
... quarter - deck , ) and draw off about half a pint of very offensive smell- ing water . To this add a gill of vinegar and a ship's biscuit broke up into small pieces . Stir it well up with the fore - finger ; and then with the fore ...
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... quarter of an hour . I'm determined I will know what it is , " continued Mrs. Plausible , getting up and ringing the bell . " Thomas , do you know what all that noise is about ? " said Mrs. Plausible , when the servant answered the bell ...
... quarter of an hour . I'm determined I will know what it is , " continued Mrs. Plausible , getting up and ringing the bell . " Thomas , do you know what all that noise is about ? " said Mrs. Plausible , when the servant answered the bell ...
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... - men made their appearance one by one on the quarter - deck , scrutinising their gloves as they bade adieu to the side - ropes , to ascertain if they had in any degree been defiled by the adhesive properties 118 NEWTON FORSTER ;
... - men made their appearance one by one on the quarter - deck , scrutinising their gloves as they bade adieu to the side - ropes , to ascertain if they had in any degree been defiled by the adhesive properties 118 NEWTON FORSTER ;
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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...