The life of a midshipman [signed E.N.].H. Colburn, 1829 - 80 sider |
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... spirits ; his lessons were to him no matter of annoyance , and a few hours were always sufficient to con the tasks which his father had assigned to him . In his attention to these , his thoughts were always in earnest ; and the gentle ...
... spirits ; his lessons were to him no matter of annoyance , and a few hours were always sufficient to con the tasks which his father had assigned to him . In his attention to these , his thoughts were always in earnest ; and the gentle ...
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... spirits soon re- turned , and Frank found new sources of amuse- ment and occupation in the business of a public school , to which he was shortly after sent by his father . Mr. Hartwell had long perceived with regret the continued growth ...
... spirits soon re- turned , and Frank found new sources of amuse- ment and occupation in the business of a public school , to which he was shortly after sent by his father . Mr. Hartwell had long perceived with regret the continued growth ...
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... spirit wilder wishes sent , Roused by the roar of the fierce element . LORD BYRON . THE first step of this excursion was to Frank like entering into a new world ; he had never before been more than a few miles distant from Elm Grove ...
... spirit wilder wishes sent , Roused by the roar of the fierce element . LORD BYRON . THE first step of this excursion was to Frank like entering into a new world ; he had never before been more than a few miles distant from Elm Grove ...
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... spirits and glowing language ; he kept chatting to him all the way ; told him of the splendour of London , the beauty of the river Thames , which connected it with the sea , the crowds of shipping in its harbour , and the wealth and ...
... spirits and glowing language ; he kept chatting to him all the way ; told him of the splendour of London , the beauty of the river Thames , which connected it with the sea , the crowds of shipping in its harbour , and the wealth and ...
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... spirit , the energy , the pleasure , and the ambition of a naval commander . Again and again was this false and dangerous pic- ture studied , and conned , and thought upon , by Frank ; in the ... spirits , and his fond- 66 THE LIFE OF.
... spirit , the energy , the pleasure , and the ambition of a naval commander . Again and again was this false and dangerous pic- ture studied , and conned , and thought upon , by Frank ; in the ... spirits , and his fond- 66 THE LIFE OF.
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affectionate Ariel arrived Avonmore began board the Syren boat boatswain brig bursting cabin caique Captain Hartwell Captain Medwin CHAPTER choly companions course crew crowded D'Aubrey dark deck delight disobedience distant duty Elm Grove Elsmere Emily England eyes fancied farewell father feelings felt following morning fond forced friends Godfrey grandmamma grief hammock hand happy harbour Hartwell's Harvey heard hope hurried immediately instant island Isle of Wight kind Lambro length letter London look Malta mamma manly Markham melan melancholy ment midshipman mind misery mother ness never night once Pacific parlour pirates pleasure Poor Frank Portsmouth rectory regatta replied rose round sail sailor scarcely scene scudding seat ship shore side sigh sinking sleep Smyrna soon sorrow Southampton taffrail tears thought tion told turned uncle vessel village walk watch weeping whilst wind window yacht yataghan
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Side 1 - SWEET AUBURN! loveliest village of the plain; Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain, Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid, And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed : Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Side 58 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Side 173 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Side 103 - How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Side 185 - To mark the sufferings of the babe That cannot speak its woe ; To see the infant tears gush forth, Yet know not why they flow ; To meet the meek, uplifted eye That fain would ask relief, Yet can but tell of agony — This is a mother's grief.
Side 46 - Merrily, merrily, goes the bark On a breeze from the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay That guard famed Staffa round.
Side 71 - The western sun beyond the farthest height, When slowly he forsakes the fields of light. No more the freshness of the falling dew, Cool and delightful, here shall bathe my head, As from this western window dear, I lean, Listening, the while I watch the placid scene...
Side 251 - On thy calm joys with what delight I dream, Thou dear green valley of my native stream ! Fancy o'er thee still waves th' enchanting wand, And every nook of thine is fairy land, And ever will be, though the axe should smite In Gain's rude service, and in Pity's spite, Thy clustering alders, and at length invade The last, last poplars, that compose thy...
Side vi - ... and therefore he will be a grocer. An early and accidental association of ideas is formed, by which happiness Is united with some peculiar mode of life, and a choice is made before reason or experience can possibly have suggested a cause for judicious preference. The choice of boys at an early age is certainly too ill-founded to direct their parents in fixing their future mode of life. What success can be expected in a plan of conduct which originates in the whim of an infant...
Side iii - Midshipman, intended to correct an injudicious predilection in boys for the life of a sailor.