The Romance of an Old Time ShipmasterOuting Publishing Company, 1907 - 218 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 35
... child and may the calm of conscious innocence ever preside in your breast . We have had several delightful nights - the Moon near her full - and the weather in general mild and clear - inter- spersed however with squalls of wind and ...
... child and may the calm of conscious innocence ever preside in your breast . We have had several delightful nights - the Moon near her full - and the weather in general mild and clear - inter- spersed however with squalls of wind and ...
الصفحة 55
... children and all their light movables packed off to the Continent . It proved to be a British fleet under the Command of Commodore Sir Charles Hamilton . About 4 o'clock a flag of truce from the Commodore came on shore with a summons to ...
... children and all their light movables packed off to the Continent . It proved to be a British fleet under the Command of Commodore Sir Charles Hamilton . About 4 o'clock a flag of truce from the Commodore came on shore with a summons to ...
الصفحة 92
... child of its parents , was born on September 11th , 1803 , and it is to be feared that Captain Russell did not reach Bristol in time to welcome his " little Betsy " into the world . Less than three weeks before that date he was still in ...
... child of its parents , was born on September 11th , 1803 , and it is to be feared that Captain Russell did not reach Bristol in time to welcome his " little Betsy " into the world . Less than three weeks before that date he was still in ...
الصفحة 102
... child shall be a Blessing or a curse to us depends greatly depends on you . I should like to know if you are not at this moment hovering over a warm fire , while I am sitting in my gown and trowsers , my cabin windows all open , and ...
... child shall be a Blessing or a curse to us depends greatly depends on you . I should like to know if you are not at this moment hovering over a warm fire , while I am sitting in my gown and trowsers , my cabin windows all open , and ...
الصفحة 103
... child , but of this I have very little reason to expect for among the shoals of American Vessels that arrive sometimes 8 or 10 in a day -not one but the Little Ann is from R. Island . And lucky it is for my Neighbors that they avoid ...
... child , but of this I have very little reason to expect for among the shoals of American Vessels that arrive sometimes 8 or 10 in a day -not one but the Little Ann is from R. Island . And lucky it is for my Neighbors that they avoid ...
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الصفحة 58 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Pow'r Supreme, whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here, firm, I rest, they must be best, Because they are Thy will...
الصفحة 53 - When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone ? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
الصفحة 37 - Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William...
الصفحة 181 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
الصفحة 37 - You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "And pleasures with youth pass away; And yet you lament not the days that are gone: Now tell me the reason, I pray.
الصفحة 169 - We'll form their minds, with studious care, To all that's manly, good, and fair, And train them for the skies. While they our wisest hours engage, They'll joy our youth, support our age...
الصفحة 37 - Father William replied, I remember'd that youth could not last ; I thought of the future whatever I did, That I never might grieve for the past. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And life must be hastening away ; You are cheerful, and love to converse upon death ! Now tell me the reason I pray.
الصفحة 42 - ... sea within its limits, and its contour, as a whole, is that of a mighty gulf; but there is neither bay nor inlet throughout its whole extent that forms a good harbor for shipping. And the off-shore islands, too, are few in number and small in extent. The land at the beach is almost everywhere low, though hills and mountains may be seen, flooded with a dreamy haze, in the distance.
الصفحة 29 - We ought to go farther than has yet been proposed, and repeal the bills in question altogether, for why should we see Great Britain getting all the slave trade to themselves; why may not our country be enriched by that lucrative traffic?