The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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Page 15
... taken to com- merce , with great assiduity , whilst the ladies had taken themselves to the different watering - places with an assiduity equal to that of their brothers , in hopes that they themselves might speedily be taken to be ...
... taken to com- merce , with great assiduity , whilst the ladies had taken themselves to the different watering - places with an assiduity equal to that of their brothers , in hopes that they themselves might speedily be taken to be ...
Page 17
... taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord ? " We know not ; but she secluded herself for days , and weeks , and months , and ate only sufficient to nourish her grief ; for her corporeal frame was fast dying . There was no ostentation ...
... taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord ? " We know not ; but she secluded herself for days , and weeks , and months , and ate only sufficient to nourish her grief ; for her corporeal frame was fast dying . There was no ostentation ...
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... taken seven from sixteen ? " 66 66 Nine , uncle . " " The boy , at least , can do something useful . Now , sir , what practical knowledge have you acquired in these nine years that you have been studying Greek and Latin , beyond the ...
... taken seven from sixteen ? " 66 66 Nine , uncle . " " The boy , at least , can do something useful . Now , sir , what practical knowledge have you acquired in these nine years that you have been studying Greek and Latin , beyond the ...
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... taken out the kernels he cracked the hulls , and gravely allowed them to find their specific gravity in salt water - that is , having plundered the ships he sank them . He then showed some indications of paying a visit to our ...
... taken out the kernels he cracked the hulls , and gravely allowed them to find their specific gravity in salt water - that is , having plundered the ships he sank them . He then showed some indications of paying a visit to our ...
Page 33
... taken himself off twenty - seven hours before . The English squadron was forced to remain eighteen hours off this port to take in water and a few absolute necessaries , during which delay , the Commodore's temper was so detestably bad ...
... taken himself off twenty - seven hours before . The English squadron was forced to remain eighteen hours off this port to take in water and a few absolute necessaries , during which delay , the Commodore's temper was so detestably bad ...
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