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... and the fearful incubus of guilt and culpability that will render for ever infamous , if the policy is persisted in , the nationality of America . Well may the benevolent Doctor Percival in PREFACE . vii his day have said , when writing.
... and the fearful incubus of guilt and culpability that will render for ever infamous , if the policy is persisted in , the nationality of America . Well may the benevolent Doctor Percival in PREFACE . vii his day have said , when writing.
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... rendering it more than probable that the passage would be tempestuous . The result soon . proved the correctness of this surmise , for soon after the vessel departed from Kingroad , and before she got clear of the English coast , we ex ...
... rendering it more than probable that the passage would be tempestuous . The result soon . proved the correctness of this surmise , for soon after the vessel departed from Kingroad , and before she got clear of the English coast , we ex ...
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... rendered our situa- tion perilous . But a partial destruction of the rig- ging , the loss of some sheep on the deck of the vessel , and a slight indication of leakage , which was soon remedied by the carpenter of the ship and his ...
... rendered our situa- tion perilous . But a partial destruction of the rig- ging , the loss of some sheep on the deck of the vessel , and a slight indication of leakage , which was soon remedied by the carpenter of the ship and his ...
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... rendered the circumstance hazardous to us , and it appeared necessary that the vessel's head should be again put seaward ; but this the captain was evidently anxious to avoid , as it involved the risk of protracting the voyage . A ...
... rendered the circumstance hazardous to us , and it appeared necessary that the vessel's head should be again put seaward ; but this the captain was evidently anxious to avoid , as it involved the risk of protracting the voyage . A ...
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... , which we did under easy sail , the breeze rendering a steam - tug unnecessary . The scenery as we passed up the river was cal- culated to give a good impression of the country , NEW YORK HARBOUR . 9 the zest being , however.
... , which we did under easy sail , the breeze rendering a steam - tug unnecessary . The scenery as we passed up the river was cal- culated to give a good impression of the country , NEW YORK HARBOUR . 9 the zest being , however.
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Page 131 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 32 - THE STEAMBOAT SEE how yon flaming herald treads The ridged and rolling waves, As, crashing o'er their crested heads, She bows her surly slaves ! With foam before and fire behind, She rends the clinging sea, That flies before the roaring wind Beneath her hissing lee. The morning spray, like sea-born flowers, With heaped and glistening bells, Falls round her fast, in ringing showers, With every wave that swells ; And, burning o'er the midnight deep, In lurid fringes thrown, The living gems of ocean...
Page 189 - Jonathan he composed a tune, and with much gravity recommended it to the officers, as one of the most celebrated airs of martial music. The joke took, to the no small amusement of the British corps. Brother Jonathan exclaimed it was nation fine...
Page 1 - A few short hours, and he will rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies, But not my mother earth. Deserted is my own good hall, Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall, My dog howls at the gate.
Page 188 - ... on the left of the British Army — some with long coats, some with short coats, and others with no coats at all...