The Naval Foundling, Bind 3

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Lea and Blanchard, 1839
 

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Side 31 - Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy; Blood and destruction shall be so in use, And dreadful objects so familiar, That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war; All pity chok'd with custom of fell deeds: And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge. With Ate by his side come hot from hell. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry Havoc...
Side 109 - tis hoisted at the peak, or nail'd to splinter'd mast: Though rent by service or by shot, all tatter'd it may be, Old England's tars shall still maintain its dread supremacy. Hail to the flag— the gallant flag, that Nelson proudly bore, When hostile banners waved aloft, amid the cannon's roar ! When France and Spain in unison the deadly battle close, And deeper than its own red hue the vital current flows. Hail to the flag— the gallant flag ! for it is Victory's own...
Side 31 - ... mouths do ope their ruby lips, To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy; Blood and destruction shall be so in use, And dreadful objects so familiar, That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war; AH pity chok'd with custom of fell deeds: And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in...
Side 142 - Upon the return of the squadron to port he was promoted to the rank of Master and Commander and appointed to the command of the Tisiphone fireship then fitting out at Sheerness.
Side 72 - Jimmy regarded him coolly, without moving from the chair in which he had seated himself. Spike, on the other hand, seemed embarrassed; he stood first on one leg and then on the other, as if he were testing the respective merits of each and would make a definite choice later on. 'You scoundrels!

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