Mount Royal Popular Tales: A Series of Interesting and Amusing Stories, Volumes 1-2R. Worthington, 1867 - Short stories |
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Page 56
... Merry Terry - and a right good name it was , for he was as gay a lark as ever gave life and animation to a steerage mess - table - was one of the noblest middies that I ever knew . He was as full of rigs and jokes as a French man - of ...
... Merry Terry - and a right good name it was , for he was as gay a lark as ever gave life and animation to a steerage mess - table - was one of the noblest middies that I ever knew . He was as full of rigs and jokes as a French man - of ...
Page 57
... Merry ever stopped a man's grog , or as much as gave him a cross word , in his life ; but it was from pure love and respect . When he spoke , to be sure , there was something in his tone and manner that seemed to say he must be obeyed ...
... Merry ever stopped a man's grog , or as much as gave him a cross word , in his life ; but it was from pure love and respect . When he spoke , to be sure , there was something in his tone and manner that seemed to say he must be obeyed ...
Page 58
... Merry was in it ; and when they hooked on the tackles , I don't b'lieve that ever a ship's crew ran away with the falls with as much good will , as ours did that evening in running up the jolly- boat that had saved Merry Terry . The day ...
... Merry was in it ; and when they hooked on the tackles , I don't b'lieve that ever a ship's crew ran away with the falls with as much good will , as ours did that evening in running up the jolly- boat that had saved Merry Terry . The day ...
Page 59
... Merry got to be as much of a man in size and ap- pearance as any of us , before it was over , though he couldn't have been more than eighteen then . On our arrival in New York the most of the mid- dies got their walking papers as soon ...
... Merry got to be as much of a man in size and ap- pearance as any of us , before it was over , though he couldn't have been more than eighteen then . On our arrival in New York the most of the mid- dies got their walking papers as soon ...
Page 60
... Merry Terry himself , who stood upon the gangway- sill to receive me . I knew him at a glance , though he was a good deal altered ; and he knew me , too , as soon as his eye rested on my face . Merry was by this time about twenty years ...
... Merry Terry himself , who stood upon the gangway- sill to receive me . I knew him at a glance , though he was a good deal altered ; and he knew me , too , as soon as his eye rested on my face . Merry was by this time about twenty years ...
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Page 102 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Page 210 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Page 216 - WHEN Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: "Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Page 94 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Page 216 - THE stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail ; The moon is constant to her time ; The sun will never fail ; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea ; So love is with the lover's heart, Wherever he may be.
Page 90 - He quickened his pace, and both mutually held out their hands by way of congratulation before they were near enough to be clasped in a friendly embrace. At last the merchant reached the spot where Vanoutern stood ; but what was that worthy man's astonishment to see him; though he still held out his hand, pass quickly by, without stopping even for a moment to say "How d'ye do?
Page 140 - I exclaimed to those who now surround me, ' this disdainful girl has, in my person, committed a general outrage against us all. Espouse my cause, and let us form such a plan as shall serve to show her that she has not indeed been born to the honour of becoming the wife of an engraver.
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Page 177 - Monti and me ; and when her husband had placed himself upon the raft, she grew half frantic with alarm, and entreated him to desist. However, after a few moments of irresolution, he pushed off, and was whirled rapidly along by the stream. None of us dared to speak, scarcely even to breathe, during this soul-absorbing crisis. Several of the crew stood upon the edge of the cliffs with ropes in their hands, waiting to afford the adventurous navigator assistance as he passed ; and their hopes of being...
Page 86 - He found, on recovering his senses, that he had broken his right leg, and that he had lost three teeth. He had at first some thoughts of having his poor relation tried for murder ; but being naturally of a merciful disposition, he only sent him to jail on account of some unpaid debt, leaving him there to enjoy the comfortable reflection that his wife and children were starving at home.