John Holdsworth: chief mate. By the author of 'Jilted'.S. Low Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875 |
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ain't Alice Lorraine answered Holdsworth arms asked barque biscuit black flag boat's boatswain body bows bunk burial at sea cabin Captain Duff CHAPTER CHARLES DICKENS CHIEF MATE clothes coach coachman companion cried CRYSTAL PALACE darkness dead death deck deep exclaimed eyes face feel FLEET STREET forecastle gaze gentleman give glance glass Gravesend gunwale hands Hanwitch head heart heerd Holds hollow Jessie Maxwell Johnson light lips lived locker looked LORNA DOONE mast mate memory mind morning never night open boat passed passengers poor port R. D. BLACKMORE remember replied Holdsworth returned sail sailor scene seat shawl Sherman ship ship's side sight skipper smile song Southbourne stared stood suffering Sydney tell there's things thirst thought throat thwart turned vessel voice watched werry whilst woman worth yonder
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Page 265 - Alice Lorraine* will be enjoyed by every one who raads novels. . . . All true admirers of this quaint and charming story wia thank us most heartily .for our reserve about the mystery." — Times. LONDON : SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW & SEARLE, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. The latest work by the author of "A DAUGHTER OF HETH" is THREE FEATHERS. By WILLIAM BLACK. Fifth edition. 3 vols., crown 8vo, 31s. 6d. " Lively incident- true insight into character, a soft, pleasant humour, and over all the...
Page 265 - It is not easy to give samples of this, because it pervades the whole book. For the rest, we will only say that Mr. Blackmore's "' Alice Lorraine ' will sustain his reputation as one of our best English novelists. Seldom have we come across so fresh and pleasant a prose idyll." — Saturday Review. " We recognise the full truth of this only when we read a book like 'Alice Lorraine...
Page 87 - ... like unto his glorious body; according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto...