The night watch; or, Tales of the sea, Bind 1Henry Colburn, 1828 |
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Side xxxv
... sail was again obliged to be taken in . Every ear now listened for the leadsman's voice , and though " a quarter seven , " and " a half six , " had often been hailed with delight on entering their native ports , yet , on an open coast ...
... sail was again obliged to be taken in . Every ear now listened for the leadsman's voice , and though " a quarter seven , " and " a half six , " had often been hailed with delight on entering their native ports , yet , on an open coast ...
Side ix
... sailing along the very margin of those dangers where three of the finest ships of the British navy had been wrecked but a few years before , and where so many hundreds of English seamen had found a watery grave , or only escaped the ...
... sailing along the very margin of those dangers where three of the finest ships of the British navy had been wrecked but a few years before , and where so many hundreds of English seamen had found a watery grave , or only escaped the ...
Side 59
... sail , he was at once struck by comparison with the enormous size of the object before him ; while the diminutive appearance of the men who were aloft , and the number of officers in diffe- rent uniforms near the flag - staff , busied ...
... sail , he was at once struck by comparison with the enormous size of the object before him ; while the diminutive appearance of the men who were aloft , and the number of officers in diffe- rent uniforms near the flag - staff , busied ...
Side 60
... sail from the jetty , was soon alongside of the line - of - battle ship commanded by his uncle . Scrambling up the ... sails , which had been loosed to dry , were fluttering unrestrained in the 60 THE NIGHT WATCH .
... sail from the jetty , was soon alongside of the line - of - battle ship commanded by his uncle . Scrambling up the ... sails , which had been loosed to dry , were fluttering unrestrained in the 60 THE NIGHT WATCH .
Side 61
... sails , " he said , " Hoist him in , " and took no farther notice till the sails were furled - an evolution which astonished Morland more than all he had seen . A general bustle seemed to prevail through the ship : the fore- ladders ...
... sails , " he said , " Hoist him in , " and took no farther notice till the sails were furled - an evolution which astonished Morland more than all he had seen . A general bustle seemed to prevail through the ship : the fore- ladders ...
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Side 125 - I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere...
Side 109 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Side 103 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Side 103 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Side xxxv - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Side 103 - twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song. That bower and its music I never forget, But oft when alone, in the bloom of the year, I think — is the nightingale singing there yet ? Are the roses still bright by the calm BENDEMEER?
Side 42 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Side 12 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.
Side xv - As the Chameleon, who is known To have no colors of his own : But borrows from his neighbour's hue His white or black, his green or blue...
Side 139 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply Passion as they...