Newton Forster; Or The Merchant ServiceJames Cochrane and Company, 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1832 - 817 pages |
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... taken up again , and , like a pigmy Antæus , it seems to have imbibed fresh vigour from its prostration . " " I remember when the " King's Own was finished , I was as happy as a pedestrian who had accomplished his thousand miles in a ...
... taken up again , and , like a pigmy Antæus , it seems to have imbibed fresh vigour from its prostration . " " I remember when the " King's Own was finished , I was as happy as a pedestrian who had accomplished his thousand miles in a ...
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... taken the breast and had fallen asleep . Congratulating him- self at having been the means of saving even one little life out of the many which , in all probability , had been swallowed up , he called to the dog , who had remained ...
... taken the breast and had fallen asleep . Congratulating him- self at having been the means of saving even one little life out of the many which , in all probability , had been swallowed up , he called to the dog , who had remained ...
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... taken his station with arms folded , while he contemplated the hoarse waves , dashing against the bends , or dividing as they poured themselves between the timbers of the vessel , and he sunk into deep and melancholy thought . And where ...
... taken his station with arms folded , while he contemplated the hoarse waves , dashing against the bends , or dividing as they poured themselves between the timbers of the vessel , and he sunk into deep and melancholy thought . And where ...
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... every step that could be taken to find out the name of the vessel proved unavailing . Although • We presume the gentleman means gunpowder . - ED . the conjecture of Forster that she was one of the 42 NEWTON FORSTER ;
... every step that could be taken to find out the name of the vessel proved unavailing . Although • We presume the gentleman means gunpowder . - ED . the conjecture of Forster that she was one of the 42 NEWTON FORSTER ;
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... taken from the box , which , as usual , lay open before him , not into the box again , but into the salt - cellar . " And who's to eat that salt now , you nasty beast ? " " I am not a beast , Mrs. Forster , " replied the husband , whose ...
... taken from the box , which , as usual , lay open before him , not into the box again , but into the salt - cellar . " And who's to eat that salt now , you nasty beast ? " " I am not a beast , Mrs. Forster , " replied the husband , whose ...
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Page 119 - WHEN Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung the strain: Rule, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves.
Page 1 - And what of this new book the whole •world makes such a rout about? Oh! 'tis out of all plumb, my lord — quite an irregular thing ! — not one of the angles at the four corners was a right angle. I had my rule and compasses, my lord, in my pocket.
Page 1 - Grant me patience, just Heaven! Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
Page 24 - ... birds exalt their evening lay. Blithe skipping o'er yon hill, the fleecy train Join the deep chorus of the lowing plain: The golden lime and orange there were seen, On fragrant branches of perpetual green. The crystal streams that velvet meadows lave, To the green ocean roll with chiding wave. The glassy ocean hush'd forgets to roar, But trembling murmurs on the sandy shore: And lo!
Page 24 - The sun's bright orb, declining all serene, Now glanced obliquely o'er the woodland scene : Creation smiles around ; on every spray The warbling birds exalt their evening lay : Blithe skipping o'er yon hill, the fleecy train Join the deep chorus of the lowing plain ; The golden lime, and orange, there were seen On fragrant branches of perpetual green ; The crystal streams "that velvet meadows lave, To the green ocean roll with chiding wave.
Page 11 - Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Tears her strong bottom on the marble rock. Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering roll their eyes In wild despair; while yet another stroke With deep convulsion rends the solid oak; Till like the mine, in whose infernal cell The lurking demons of destruction dwell, At length asunder torn, her frame divides, And crashing spreads in ruin o'er the tides.
Page 85 - tis true : 'tis true, 'tis pity ; And pity 'tis, 'tis true : a foolish figure ; But farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him then : and now remains, That we find out the cause of this effect ; Or, rather say, the cause of this defect ; For this effect, defective, comes by cause : Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.
Page 187 - em, bought and sold Many a wretch, and never thought it wrong. They paid our price for us, and we are now Their property, a part of their estate, To manage as they please.
Page 11 - Rock : Down on the vale of Death, with dismal cries, The fated Victims shuddering cast their eyes In wild Despair ; while yet another stroke, With strong convulsion rends the solid oak : Ah Heaven ! — behold her crashing ribs divide ! She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the Tide.
Page 97 - Murder' must be returned, and you — (the young lady faltered, and put up her handkerchief) — you must inevitably be hanged!" "Hanged!" screamed Mrs. Forster. "Yes, hanged — ' hanged by the neck until you are dead! and the Lord have mercy upon your soul!' that will be your sentence," replied the young lady, sobbing — "such an awful, such a disgraceful death for a woman too!