The life of a midshipman [signed E.N.].H. Colburn, 1829 - 80 sider |
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Side x
... watch . - Sea - sickness CHAPTER X. Miseries of a midshipman . - Unpleasant discove- ries . - Arrival at Malta CHAPTER XI . Absent friends . - Letters . - A cruise . - An ad- venture 85 105 116 128 CHAPTER XII . A sea - fight and its ...
... watch . - Sea - sickness CHAPTER X. Miseries of a midshipman . - Unpleasant discove- ries . - Arrival at Malta CHAPTER XI . Absent friends . - Letters . - A cruise . - An ad- venture 85 105 116 128 CHAPTER XII . A sea - fight and its ...
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... watch the many boats which were scudding past , and the ships which were taking advantage of the favourable morning breeze , to glide up the British Channel on their way to the Thames and to London , their white sails shining in the sun ...
... watch the many boats which were scudding past , and the ships which were taking advantage of the favourable morning breeze , to glide up the British Channel on their way to the Thames and to London , their white sails shining in the sun ...
Side 42
... watch the numberless ships which were con- tinually passing and repassing , laden with the manufactures of England , or bearing along to her ports the wealth and the produce of distant countries . Here he would muse for hours , and ...
... watch the numberless ships which were con- tinually passing and repassing , laden with the manufactures of England , or bearing along to her ports the wealth and the produce of distant countries . Here he would muse for hours , and ...
Side 52
... watch the progress of the gay regatta . About noon they drew near to shore , which was covered with crowds of spectators , and carriages filled with ladies in the most elegant dresses ; whilst the sea was almost concealed by the fleets ...
... watch the progress of the gay regatta . About noon they drew near to shore , which was covered with crowds of spectators , and carriages filled with ladies in the most elegant dresses ; whilst the sea was almost concealed by the fleets ...
Side 53
... watch the race , and in every quar- ter thousands of telescopes were directed to- wards the beautiful Ariel and her companions . Whilst the umpires were agreeing on prelimi- naries , the little fleet kept cruising about the shore ; the ...
... watch the race , and in every quar- ter thousands of telescopes were directed to- wards the beautiful Ariel and her companions . Whilst the umpires were agreeing on prelimi- naries , the little fleet kept cruising about the shore ; the ...
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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.