The First Lieutenant's Story, Volume 140Routledge, 1856 - 455 pages |
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... better when work comes , " would be the kind - hearted answer . Yet , when in passing along the decks , his " Have a care , young gentlemen , " was heard , it was invariably treated with respect ; and the " Ay , ay , sir , " was never ...
... better when work comes , " would be the kind - hearted answer . Yet , when in passing along the decks , his " Have a care , young gentlemen , " was heard , it was invariably treated with respect ; and the " Ay , ay , sir , " was never ...
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... better than the entrance side of the house would have led me to suppose ; and the windows , opening to the ground , showed a cool and leafy garden beyond , whose grateful fragrance was delightful , as I left the dark , dank passage ...
... better than the entrance side of the house would have led me to suppose ; and the windows , opening to the ground , showed a cool and leafy garden beyond , whose grateful fragrance was delightful , as I left the dark , dank passage ...
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... better to come to her , for a time , than to take another house just at this moment . So the only difference lies in my foolish thoughts , except , to be sure , you were not here then . " " And does that make it more disagreeable ? " I ...
... better to come to her , for a time , than to take another house just at this moment . So the only difference lies in my foolish thoughts , except , to be sure , you were not here then . " " And does that make it more disagreeable ? " I ...
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... better than any of us what keeps him here . " She did not answer directly , but her colour rose , and continued mounting higher and higher . But after a few moments she raised her eyes , in which there was an expression of trouble , and ...
... better than any of us what keeps him here . " She did not answer directly , but her colour rose , and continued mounting higher and higher . But after a few moments she raised her eyes , in which there was an expression of trouble , and ...
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... better not , so returned on deck . As soon as I got there , Bruce , the shipmate I have men- tioned , took my arm , and walked off with me away from the others . " Lies the wind in that quarter ? " he whispered . " I thought as much ...
... better not , so returned on deck . As soon as I got there , Bruce , the shipmate I have men- tioned , took my arm , and walked off with me away from the others . " Lies the wind in that quarter ? " he whispered . " I thought as much ...
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Page 329 - Blest power of sunshine ! — genial Day, What balm, what life is in thy ray ! To feel thee is such real bliss, That had the world no joy but this, To sit in sunshine calm and sweet, — It were a world too exquisite For man to leave it for the gloom, The deep, cold shadow of the tomb.
Page 156 - O'er youth's bright locks, and beauty's flowery crown, — Yet must thou hear a voice — restore the dead ! Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee ! — Restore the dead, thou sea ! BRING FLOWERS.
Page 25 - Yet, fill'd with all youth's sweet desires, Mingling the meek and vestal fires Of other worlds with all the bliss, The fond, weak tenderness of this ! A soul, too, more than half divine, Where, through some shades of earthly feeling, Religion's...
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Page 156 - Give back the lost and lovely ! those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long, The prayer went up...