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... soon came up with her . She was a small brig , and displayed English colours ; her captain was greatly frightened , for he was " Rio de la Hache , March 15 , 1820. carrying on a trade with the Indians , for " MY DEAREST TOM , -It gives ...
... soon came up with her . She was a small brig , and displayed English colours ; her captain was greatly frightened , for he was " Rio de la Hache , March 15 , 1820. carrying on a trade with the Indians , for " MY DEAREST TOM , -It gives ...
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... soon got our three boats afloat , we expected this silence soon to be changed and every thing that was useless on deck for the roaring of guns , and cries of the stowed below ; the drum beat to quarters , wounded in the boat . With me ...
... soon got our three boats afloat , we expected this silence soon to be changed and every thing that was useless on deck for the roaring of guns , and cries of the stowed below ; the drum beat to quarters , wounded in the boat . With me ...
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... soon so sadly , darkly close . The wintry wind that sweeps the tree And bears the last lone leaf away , Is emblem of the bleak decree That wills thee not with Mirth to stay . Nor should'st thou wish it . Mirth ! oh ! why In Folly's ...
... soon so sadly , darkly close . The wintry wind that sweeps the tree And bears the last lone leaf away , Is emblem of the bleak decree That wills thee not with Mirth to stay . Nor should'st thou wish it . Mirth ! oh ! why In Folly's ...
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... soon as the latch be- gan to jar as usual , the dog crept into bed , and barked and bowled so as to alarm the house . The fears of the family for Mr. Wesley's life being removed as soon as be had heard the mysterious noises , they began ...
... soon as the latch be- gan to jar as usual , the dog crept into bed , and barked and bowled so as to alarm the house . The fears of the family for Mr. Wesley's life being removed as soon as be had heard the mysterious noises , they began ...
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... soon began to spit blood , and his lungs were seriously affected , still he persisted in abstaining from his reme- dies . One day having bottled off a cask of wine in his cellar , he had half a pound of rosin , and half a pound of ...
... soon began to spit blood , and his lungs were seriously affected , still he persisted in abstaining from his reme- dies . One day having bottled off a cask of wine in his cellar , he had half a pound of rosin , and half a pound of ...
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Page 60 - Of the invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 60 - And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 60 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Page 60 - Dark-heaving : boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless...
Page 159 - I'll leave you till night: you are welcome to Elsinore. Ros. Good my lord ! [Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Ham. Ay, so, God be wi' you : — Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I ! Is it not monstrous, that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit, That, from her working, all his visage wann'd ; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ?...
Page 60 - Roll on thou deep, and dark blue Ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain, Man marks the earth with ruin— his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Page 166 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Page 225 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
Page 114 - I am always of easy faith in such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men ; and would advise all travellers who travel for their gratification to be the same. What is it to us, whether these stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade ourselves into the belief of them, and enjoy all the charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute...
Page 138 - I have always observed that the visitors to the abbey remained longest about them. A kinder and fonder feeling takes place of that cold curiosity or vague admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of companionship between the author and the reader.