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Pagina 6
... give the veteran a full view from his window , of her busy , but orderly deck . 66 The only auditors which this nautical Nestor had for his critical comments upon the rising generation of our sea- men , were two female relatives , who ...
... give the veteran a full view from his window , of her busy , but orderly deck . 66 The only auditors which this nautical Nestor had for his critical comments upon the rising generation of our sea- men , were two female relatives , who ...
Pagina 9
... give weight to his words.— What the deuce would you do of a squally night , if you were to be squeamish about letting fly an oath at a fellow . for keeping fast the taupsle haliards , or delicate about damning the watch sky - high , for ...
... give weight to his words.— What the deuce would you do of a squally night , if you were to be squeamish about letting fly an oath at a fellow . for keeping fast the taupsle haliards , or delicate about damning the watch sky - high , for ...
Pagina 13
... give up service , and go into the country to see his friends . - This would have been to Crank a separation of soul and body , so that Tiller was sure to gain his object , and the point was decided by the captain at last jocosely ...
... give up service , and go into the country to see his friends . - This would have been to Crank a separation of soul and body , so that Tiller was sure to gain his object , and the point was decided by the captain at last jocosely ...
Pagina 15
... give you a drop of his blood as a drop of his bottle . " 66 Probably so ; but I make it a rule never to distrust the cloth ; and , to its honour be it said , I've never yet been deceived . But , hollo ! who have we here ? " " The ...
... give you a drop of his blood as a drop of his bottle . " 66 Probably so ; but I make it a rule never to distrust the cloth ; and , to its honour be it said , I've never yet been deceived . But , hollo ! who have we here ? " " The ...
Pagina 21
... give it a bright appearance . Masts . SA sailor's term for a nicety .- " Exactness . " - As little reason , per- haps , can be given for the use of the term in this sense , as for calling a beverage , made out of burnt biscuit and water ...
... give it a bright appearance . Masts . SA sailor's term for a nicety .- " Exactness . " - As little reason , per- haps , can be given for the use of the term in this sense , as for calling a beverage , made out of burnt biscuit and water ...
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Sailors and Saints: Or, Matrimonial Manoeuvres, Volume 1 William Nugent Glascock Volledige weergave - 1829 |
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a-head acquaintance afore alarm aloft already anxiety appeared Bay of Biscay better boat boatswain Bob Law Brace brig Burton Camperdown canvass capstan captain carronade Cheltenham commander cottage coxswain crew cried Crank cruize dear deck doctor duty Emily Emily's endeavoured enemy epaulette excited exclaimed fair favourite feelings fellow felt female fire forecastle frigate grog guns hand Hasty haul head heart heave hoisted hope interrupted lady lieutenant look mast master matron midshipman mind morning nature never observed occasion officers old gentleman party perceived perhaps person poor port post-captain racter recollection render rigging round sail sailor sarfus seamen seemed Senna ship ship's singular soger soon sort spirit Spitfire Spitfire's Spithead Staunch sure tack there's thing Thomas thought Tiller tion tone topman turn uncle vessel veteran weather weather gage wind wish word yards yawl young
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Pagina 68 - God in Externals could not place Content. Fortune her gifts may variously dispose, And these be happy call'd, unhappy those ; But...
Pagina 39 - Cassius' dagger through; See what a rent the envious Casca made: Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabbed; And as he plucked his cursed steel away, Mark how the blood of Caesar followed it, As rushing out of doors, to be resolved If Brutus so unkindly knocked, or no; For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel: Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!
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Pagina 9 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
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Pagina 69 - STERNHOLD and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's Psalms, To make the heart full glad : But had it been poor David's fate To hear thee sing, and them translate, By Jove, 'twould have made him mad. Rhyme to Lisbon. By the same. • HERE'S a health to Kate, Our Sovereign's mate, Of the Royal House of Lisbon : But the devil take Hyde, And the Bishop beside That made her bone of his bone.
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...
Pagina 140 - IT cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune : favour, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue. But chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
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