The Further Adventures of the Little TravellerJames Blackwood, 1857 - 112 sider |
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... captain , honest and blunt , and full of that daring spirit and love of adventure that so enchants the minds of boys . With him I visited the docks where his ship lay , and many and long were the conversations we had about foreign parts ...
... captain , honest and blunt , and full of that daring spirit and love of adventure that so enchants the minds of boys . With him I visited the docks where his ship lay , and many and long were the conversations we had about foreign parts ...
Side 12
... Captain Billingsley , my father's cousin , was ordered to get his vessel ready to take stores to the Baltic . On re- ceiving his sailing orders the captain made rapid preparations for the voyage , and , just before he sailed from ...
... Captain Billingsley , my father's cousin , was ordered to get his vessel ready to take stores to the Baltic . On re- ceiving his sailing orders the captain made rapid preparations for the voyage , and , just before he sailed from ...
Side 13
... captain's face ; I glanced at my mother , and caught her tearful eye ; I watched my father's brow , bent over the letter as he read it — and I cried out : " Captain , take me - I'll go in the storekeeper's place . " There was nothing ...
... captain's face ; I glanced at my mother , and caught her tearful eye ; I watched my father's brow , bent over the letter as he read it — and I cried out : " Captain , take me - I'll go in the storekeeper's place . " There was nothing ...
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... captain and three mates , who were known on board as the first , second , and third officers ; the chief engineer with his mates and crew , whose business it was to regulate the fires and keep the steam up night and day ; eighteen ...
... captain and three mates , who were known on board as the first , second , and third officers ; the chief engineer with his mates and crew , whose business it was to regulate the fires and keep the steam up night and day ; eighteen ...
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... captain among the passengers . I ran eagerly to the gangway to receive him as soon as he should arrive , and I was pleased to see that he discovered me and waved his hand before the boat came alongside . I had not long to wait . Two or ...
... captain among the passengers . I ran eagerly to the gangway to receive him as soon as he should arrive , and I was pleased to see that he discovered me and waved his hand before the boat came alongside . I had not long to wait . Two or ...
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ADVENTURES amusing Annie's Antwerp appear Astyages boats Bocca Tigris BOOK OF BEAUTY breast bright called Canton Canton river Captain Billingsley carried cathedral child China Chinese cloth Cologne coloured CUTHBERT BEDE Cyrus dark dear deck dream Egypt English eyes Fairy fancy father Fcap feet flower French friends gilt edges grew happy heart honour houses hundred island JAMES BLACK JAMES BLACKWOOD JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES king land light little Annie LITTLE TRAVELLER London looked Maelar masts miles Mont Blanc morning mother mountains never night North Star numerous Illustrations palace passed Paternoster Row Persia pleasant present Price reader Rhine river round sail sailors Saucy Annie scene ship shore side sketches smiling snow soon spirit story stranger streets style tears tell thought Venetians Venice Verdant Green vessel volume voyage wall watch wind
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Side 57 - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand...
Side 103 - THE summer and autumn had been so wet, That in winter the corn was growing yet : 'Twas a piteous sight to see, all around, The grain lie rotting on the ground.
Side 115 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Side 84 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Side 85 - And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips — "The foe! They come! they come ! " And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering
Side 85 - And there was mounting in hot haste; the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder, peal on peal, afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips, "The foe! they come, they come!" And wild and high the
Side 84 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But, hark!
Side 104 - He laid him down and closed his eyes; — But soon a scream made him arise, He started and saw two eyes of flame On his pillow from whence the screaming came.
Side 103 - The poor folk flock'd from far and near ; The great barn was full as it could hold Of women and children, and young and old. Then when he saw it could hold no more, Bishop Hatto he made fast the door ; And while for mercy on Christ they call, He set fire to the barn...
Side 104 - And in at the windows and in at the door, And through the walls by thousands they pour, And down from the ceiling and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the bishop they go.