The old sailor's jolly boat, steered by M.H. BarkerMatthew Henry Barker 1844 |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 76
Сторінка 14
... passed for a high Dutch- man , or a low Dutchman , or any other barbarian . Such was Dick Fitton ! but there was one occasion in which he escaped punishment for the indulgence of his easily besetting sin . We were cruizing off the South ...
... passed for a high Dutch- man , or a low Dutchman , or any other barbarian . Such was Dick Fitton ! but there was one occasion in which he escaped punishment for the indulgence of his easily besetting sin . We were cruizing off the South ...
Сторінка 16
... passed , onward came the boat with that enormous cocked hat in the stern sheets , and now we could plainly discern the tri - coloured cockade ; onward she came till a little open on our larboard bow , when down went her foresail and she ...
... passed , onward came the boat with that enormous cocked hat in the stern sheets , and now we could plainly discern the tri - coloured cockade ; onward she came till a little open on our larboard bow , when down went her foresail and she ...
Сторінка 23
... passed , " Cette a moi , " pointing to himself . " Why , aye , Muster Setter Moore , if that's your name— -you was the man as was forud in the eyes of her , " said Dick " and Johnny here was chock aft , so up I springs and makes a leap ...
... passed , " Cette a moi , " pointing to himself . " Why , aye , Muster Setter Moore , if that's your name— -you was the man as was forud in the eyes of her , " said Dick " and Johnny here was chock aft , so up I springs and makes a leap ...
Сторінка 26
... passed his examination at home ) Mr. Driscoll , between whom , though they were not messmates , the most perfect friendship and fami- liarity existed . " I cannot for the life of me conjecture , Harry , what can have come over the ...
... passed his examination at home ) Mr. Driscoll , between whom , though they were not messmates , the most perfect friendship and fami- liarity existed . " I cannot for the life of me conjecture , Harry , what can have come over the ...
Сторінка 34
... passing day should glide , Contented on my native soil with what that soil supplied , With wealth enough to treat a friend and something for the poor , That smiling beggars I might send rejoicing from the door . And when at length my ...
... passing day should glide , Contented on my native soil with what that soil supplied , With wealth enough to treat a friend and something for the poor , That smiling beggars I might send rejoicing from the door . And when at length my ...
Загальні терміни та фрази
Admiral afterwards amongst answered appeared arms arn't avast Ayah beautiful boat boatswain boatswain's mate Captain Carl command dark dead deck door Earl enemy exclaimed eyes fear Feargus feelings fire fleet follow French frigate gallant Garonne George Rooke grog guns hand Harry head heard heart hope horse Ipse Dixit Jack Moberly Jeanette jist lady landlord larned laugh leftenant Lieutenant light Lolonois looked Lord Lord High Admiral Loringe Master Paulet mate Mealey midshipman mind minutes morning never night officer once owld Pearson Pierre pirates poor Post Captains prisoners Rear Admiral replied responded returned rock round Royal Navy sail says seaman seemed Shamus ship shore shouted smile soon Spaniards stood strong tell thing thought took uttered vessel veteran Vice-Admiral voice watch waterman West Indies wherry whilst whistle wife Wildgust wounded yer honour young
Популярні уривки
Сторінка 32 - I love thee, and it is my love that speaks— There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, 'I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark'....
Сторінка 232 - How oft when men are at the point of death Have they been merry! which their keepers call A lightning before death: O, how may I Call this a lightning?
Сторінка 107 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Сторінка 382 - Had I a heart for falsehood framed, I ne'er could injure you ; For though your tongue no promise claimed, , Your charms would make me true. To you no soul shall bear deceit, No stranger offer wrong ; But friends in all the aged you'll meet, And lovers in the young. But when they learn that you have...
Сторінка 353 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Сторінка 279 - I well remember the street on London Bridge, narrow, darksome, and dangerous to passengers, from the multitude of carriages: frequent arches of strong timber crossing the street, from the tops of the houses to keep them together, and from falling into the river. Nothing but use could preserve the repose of the inmates, who soon grew deaf to the noise of falling waters, the clamors of watermen, or the frequent shrieks of drowning wretches.
Сторінка 33 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Сторінка 107 - This music crept by me upon the waters; Allaying both their fury, and my passion, With its sweet air: thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather: — But 'tis gone.
Сторінка 144 - O cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint, With saints dost bait thy hook ! Most dangerous Is that temptation that doth goad us on To sin in loving virtue...
Сторінка 308 - September, with such power and effect that in a short time the town was set on fire, and, by the repeated discharges of our artillery, was kept in flames in...