Jacob FaithfulHauman, 1838 |
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... keep the cold out of her stomach , which the humid atmo- sphere from the surrounding water appeared to warrant . My father took his pipe for the same reason ; but , at the time that I was born , he smoked and she drank , from morning to ...
... keep the cold out of her stomach , which the humid atmo- sphere from the surrounding water appeared to warrant . My father took his pipe for the same reason ; but , at the time that I was born , he smoked and she drank , from morning to ...
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... keep me quiet . I shall therefore pass it over , and commence at the age of five years , at which early period I was of some little use to my father . Indeed , I was almost as forward as some boys at ten . This may appear strange ; but ...
... keep me quiet . I shall therefore pass it over , and commence at the age of five years , at which early period I was of some little use to my father . Indeed , I was almost as forward as some boys at ten . This may appear strange ; but ...
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... keep alive , " he went into the cabin to indulge in his potations , leaving me in possession of the deck , and also of my supper , which I never ate below , the little cabin being so unpleasantly close . Indeed , I took all my meals al ...
... keep alive , " he went into the cabin to indulge in his potations , leaving me in possession of the deck , and also of my supper , which I never ate below , the little cabin being so unpleasantly close . Indeed , I took all my meals al ...
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... keep away the flies . Thus was I fairly embarked upon an element new to me my mother earth ; and it may be just as well to examine now into the capital I possessed for my novel enterprise . In person I was well looking ; I was well made ...
... keep away the flies . Thus was I fairly embarked upon an element new to me my mother earth ; and it may be just as well to examine now into the capital I possessed for my novel enterprise . In person I was well looking ; I was well made ...
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... keep them , and take great care of them , " answered he . 66 Well , " replied I , after a little consideration , " if you'll take care of the old woman , you may have her , ” — and the bargain was concluded . Singular that the first ...
... keep them , and take great care of them , " answered he . 66 Well , " replied I , after a little consideration , " if you'll take care of the old woman , you may have her , ” — and the bargain was concluded . Singular that the first ...
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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.