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Pagina 9
... † The " Royal William , " which lay for many years guard - ship at Spit- head . She was said to have been the oldest ship in the service , before broken up . When the captain was afloat , Tom Tiller had served SAILORS AND SAINTS . 9.
... † The " Royal William , " which lay for many years guard - ship at Spit- head . She was said to have been the oldest ship in the service , before broken up . When the captain was afloat , Tom Tiller had served SAILORS AND SAINTS . 9.
Pagina 10
... Tiller's last interrogatory , it may be necessary to inform the reader , that , in addition to the flag - staff , the captain had placed in his garden two brass ship's swivels , which had originally been taken from the taffrail of a ...
... Tiller's last interrogatory , it may be necessary to inform the reader , that , in addition to the flag - staff , the captain had placed in his garden two brass ship's swivels , which had originally been taken from the taffrail of a ...
Pagina 12
... Tiller completed a triumph on which Hogarth would have exercised his pencil with pleasure . He was a tough tar , so nearly his master's age , that the old gentleman , when in very good humour , used to joke with him fami- liarly on ...
... Tiller completed a triumph on which Hogarth would have exercised his pencil with pleasure . He was a tough tar , so nearly his master's age , that the old gentleman , when in very good humour , used to joke with him fami- liarly on ...
Pagina 13
... Tiller uniformly accompanied the remark with an unconscious stare , as if ignorant of her meaning , and an obvious anxiety to leave the room ; though the next morning , while dressing his master , he never neglected to signify his ...
... Tiller uniformly accompanied the remark with an unconscious stare , as if ignorant of her meaning , and an obvious anxiety to leave the room ; though the next morning , while dressing his master , he never neglected to signify his ...
Pagina 20
... Tiller and the bowman , descended to the beach to examine the watering - place . The one - eyed tar having pointed out the road , the lieutenant preceded his com- panions , neither of whom were remarkable for taciturnity . Indeed , from ...
... Tiller and the bowman , descended to the beach to examine the watering - place . The one - eyed tar having pointed out the road , the lieutenant preceded his com- panions , neither of whom were remarkable for taciturnity . Indeed , from ...
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Sailors and Saints: Or, Matrimonial Manoeuvres, Volume 1 William Nugent Glascock Volledige weergave - 1829 |
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Pagina 140 - Therefore, if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see fortune: for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky ; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together. So are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
Pagina 142 - But Juan had got many things to leave, His mother, and a mistress, and no wife, So that he had much better cause to grieve Than many persons more advanced in life ; And if we now and then a sigh must heave At quitting even those we quit in strife, No doubt we weep for those the heart endears...
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