The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... walk by day , and is seen at night directing the horrible pageants of the troubled dream . It thus lives eternally , and can only be destroyed by the continuous commission of greater crimes . This is a beneficial arrangement of ...
... walk by day , and is seen at night directing the horrible pageants of the troubled dream . It thus lives eternally , and can only be destroyed by the continuous commission of greater crimes . This is a beneficial arrangement of ...
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... walk off with when broadsides were pouring in of round and grape . He swore he could not under- stand it ; and , as he really loved his poor little wife devotedly , he , being in harbour at the time , moped for the first fortnight in ...
... walk off with when broadsides were pouring in of round and grape . He swore he could not under- stand it ; and , as he really loved his poor little wife devotedly , he , being in harbour at the time , moped for the first fortnight in ...
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... walk , with a long leg and a short one . The master - at - arms and ship's corporals were some time collect- ing every third man , for the captains of the messes did not seem to be actuated by that public spirit which induced the eight ...
... walk , with a long leg and a short one . The master - at - arms and ship's corporals were some time collect- ing every third man , for the captains of the messes did not seem to be actuated by that public spirit which induced the eight ...
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... walk . The table was , from first to last , well furnished with good wines , though Sir Octavius was never known , fond as he was of his glass , to commit , at sea , an excess in drinking . very On the second course , the pease - soup ...
... walk . The table was , from first to last , well furnished with good wines , though Sir Octavius was never known , fond as he was of his glass , to commit , at sea , an excess in drinking . very On the second course , the pease - soup ...
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... walks ? " " By parish clock Three hours , sans intermission . " " Is't true ? What said the shadowy preacher ? ” " Those who heard it know not ; for their hearts Did palpitate so loudly . " " A very awful ghost ! " OLD PLAY . As Sir ...
... walks ? " " By parish clock Three hours , sans intermission . " " Is't true ? What said the shadowy preacher ? ” " Those who heard it know not ; for their hearts Did palpitate so loudly . " " A very awful ghost ! " OLD PLAY . As Sir ...
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