Jacob FaithfulMardoch, 1842 - 394 páginas |
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... wear and tear that she took out of them . Being of this domestic habit , as all married women ought to be , she was always to be found when wanted ; but , al- Jacob Faithful . - - 1 - - though always at hand , she was not.
... wear and tear that she took out of them . Being of this domestic habit , as all married women ought to be , she was always to be found when wanted ; but , al- Jacob Faithful . - - 1 - - though always at hand , she was not.
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... took his pipe for the same reason ; but , at the time that I was born , he smoked and she drank , from morning to night , because habit had rendered it almost necessary to their existence . The pipe was always to his lips , the glass in ...
... took his pipe for the same reason ; but , at the time that I was born , he smoked and she drank , from morning to night , because habit had rendered it almost necessary to their existence . The pipe was always to his lips , the glass in ...
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... was at the age of eleven years that a catastrophe took place which changed my prospects in life , and I must therefore say a little more about my father and mother , bringing up their history - to that period . The propensity of my mother ...
... was at the age of eleven years that a catastrophe took place which changed my prospects in life , and I must therefore say a little more about my father and mother , bringing up their history - to that period . The propensity of my mother ...
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... took all my meals al fresco , and , unless the nights were intensely cold , slept on deck , in the capacious dog - kennel abaft , which had once been tenanted by the large mastiff ; but he had been dead some years , was thrown overboard ...
... took all my meals al fresco , and , unless the nights were intensely cold , slept on deck , in the capacious dog - kennel abaft , which had once been tenanted by the large mastiff ; but he had been dead some years , was thrown overboard ...
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... took place . I could not answer them ; I threw myself down on the deck in a paroxysm of grief , and cried as if my heart would break . The men , who were astonished not only at my conduct , but at finding me alone in the lighter , went ...
... took place . I could not answer them ; I threw myself down on the deck in a paroxysm of grief , and cried as if my heart would break . The men , who were astonished not only at my conduct , but at finding me alone in the lighter , went ...
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a'ter appeared barge Barnaby Battersea Beazeley better boat Brentford cabin called Captain Turnbull cried deck Domine's Drummond eyes fast father feel felt Fleming followed frigate Fulham girl give grog half hand happy hath head hear heard heart hour human natur Jacob Faithful Jerry Abershaw Knapps knew lady laughing lieutenant lighter looked Marables master 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 TAUCHNITZ tell thee there's thing thought tide Titania to-morrow told Tom's took Turnbull's turned walked watch waterman Wharncliffe what's wherry wife Wimbledon Common wind Winterbottom wish young young Tom
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Página 235 - 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.
Página 92 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee.
Página 90 - Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
Página 220 - OH ! the days are gone, when Beauty bright My heart's chain wove ; When my dream of life from morn till night Was love, still love. New hope may bloom, And days may come Of milder, calmer beam, But there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream : No, there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream.
Página 110 - ... 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!
Página 80 - 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...
Página 246 - I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Página 341 - Love and liberty's all our own. No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us...
Página 143 - Twas post meridian , half-past four, By signal I from Nancy parted, At five she lingered on the shore, With uplift eyes and broken-hearted." "I calculate you are no fool of a screamer," said the American, shoving off his boat from the barge , and pulling to his vessel. "And I calculate you're no fool of a liar,
Página 104 - All sense of danger's drown'd, We despise it to a man : We sing a little, And laugh a little, And work a little, And swear a little, And fiddle a little, And foot it a little, And swig the flowing can...