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... . W. Greath atch , saip ? The Domine made use of his eyes in dumb parlance to Mary , who answered him with bright glances . her own London Published by Richard Bentley , 1838 . BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT , R.N. C. B. pinat Greath atch.
... . W. Greath atch , saip ? The Domine made use of his eyes in dumb parlance to Mary , who answered him with bright glances . her own London Published by Richard Bentley , 1838 . BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT , R.N. C. B. pinat Greath atch.
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Frederick Marryat. BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT , R.N. C. B. pinat Greath atch Sc . Its old Jerry Abershan , " said he : " I know him well , and now I know where we are . " LONDON : CUMMING , DUBLIN BELL & BRADLE TE , EDINBURGH . JACOB FAITHFUL ...
Frederick Marryat. BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT , R.N. C. B. pinat Greath atch Sc . Its old Jerry Abershan , " said he : " I know him well , and now I know where we are . " LONDON : CUMMING , DUBLIN BELL & BRADLE TE , EDINBURGH . JACOB FAITHFUL ...
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... captain and officers , and was the delight of the forecastle . His memory was retentive , and his stock of songs incredible ; at the same time , he seldom or ever sang more than one or two stanzas of a song in the way of quotation , or ...
... captain and officers , and was the delight of the forecastle . His memory was retentive , and his stock of songs incredible ; at the same time , he seldom or ever sang more than one or two stanzas of a song in the way of quotation , or ...
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... captain asked me if I would enter , and I thought that I might as well sarve the king handsomely , so I volunteered . It's always the best thing to do , when you're taken , and can't I've seen The only help yourself , for you are JACOB ...
... captain asked me if I would enter , and I thought that I might as well sarve the king handsomely , so I volunteered . It's always the best thing to do , when you're taken , and can't I've seen The only help yourself , for you are JACOB ...
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... captain was not a particular man ; according to some peo- ple's idea of the sarvice , she wasn't in quite man - of - war fashion , but she was a happy ship , and the men would have followed and fought for the captain to the last drop of ...
... captain was not a particular man ; according to some peo- ple's idea of the sarvice , she wasn't in quite man - of - war fashion , but she was a happy ship , and the men would have followed and fought for the captain to the last drop of ...
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a'ter appeared arms barge Barnaby Battersea Beazeley better boat Brentford cabin called Captain Turnbull cried deck Domine's Drummond eyes fast father feel Fleming followed frigate Fulham girl give grog half hand happy hath head hear heard heart hour human natur Jacob Faithful Jerry Abershaw Knapps lady laughing lieutenant lighter looked Marables master master's mate mind minutes morning mother never night nose old Stapleton old woman passed perceived Pigtown pipe poor pulled Putney Bridge Quince recollect replied Mary replied old replied the Domine replied Tom returned river river Thames round sail Sarah schooner ship shore soon suppose Tagliabue tell thee there's thing thou thought Titania told Tom's took Turnbull's turned walked watch waterman Wharncliffe What's wherry wife Wimbledon Common wind Winterbottom wish young young Tom
Popular passages
Page 116 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Page 68 - No glory I covet ! no riches I want ! Ambition is nothing to me ! The one thing I beg of kind Heaven to grant, Is a mind independent and free.
Page 96 - Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
Page 85 - That you be carried from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck till you are dead ; and may the Lord have mercy on your soul...
Page 246 - By Jove, I am not covetous of gold : Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost ; It yearns me not if men my garments wear : Such outward things dwell not in my desires : But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Page 256 - I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Page 122 - COME o'er the sea, Maiden, with me, Mine through sunshine, storm, and snows ; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes.
Page 245 - Away, Away, you trifler! Love! I love thee not, I care not for thee, Kate : This is no world To play with mammets and to tilt with lips : We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns, And pass them current, too.
Page 230 - Though he win the wise, who frown'd before, To smile at last ; He'll never meet A joy so sweet, In all his noon of fame, As when first he sung to woman's ear His soul-felt flame, And, at every close, she blush'd to hear The one loved name.
Page 245 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.