Jacob Faithful, Volumen2E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834 |
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... master's presence to arrange the contract with the surgeon , I had taken off the waistcoat which I wore as a garment over all , that I might be more at my ease in chopping some wood for the cook , and the servant led me up at once ...
... master's presence to arrange the contract with the surgeon , I had taken off the waistcoat which I wore as a garment over all , that I might be more at my ease in chopping some wood for the cook , and the servant led me up at once ...
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... master was too clever , the usher too ignorant ; hence , the scholars profited little . The Domine was grave and irascible , but he possessed a 3 JACOB FAITHFUL . 25 ferula, and the chief with the brimstone and treacle- ...
... master was too clever , the usher too ignorant ; hence , the scholars profited little . The Domine was grave and irascible , but he possessed a 3 JACOB FAITHFUL . 25 ferula, and the chief with the brimstone and treacle- ...
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... master had finished with his x , y , z , and it was time for the scholars to mind their p's and q's . At this note of warning , like the minute roll among the troops , every one fell into his place ; half - munched apples were thrust ...
... master had finished with his x , y , z , and it was time for the scholars to mind their p's and q's . At this note of warning , like the minute roll among the troops , every one fell into his place ; half - munched apples were thrust ...
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... master's high desk , or pulpit , from which he looked down upon me like the Olym- pian Jupiter upon mortals , in ancient time . " Jacob Faithful , canst thou read ? " " No , I can't , " replied I ; " I wish I could . " " A well ...
... master's high desk , or pulpit , from which he looked down upon me like the Olym- pian Jupiter upon mortals , in ancient time . " Jacob Faithful , canst thou read ? " " No , I can't , " replied I ; " I wish I could . " " A well ...
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... master . " I can do nothing with this boy , sir , " said he , as red as fire , " he denies the first letter in the alpha- bet , and insists upon it that the letter A is not A , but half a bushel . " " Dost thou , in thine ignorance ...
... master . " I can do nothing with this boy , sir , " said he , as red as fire , " he denies the first letter in the alpha- bet , and insists upon it that the letter A is not A , but half a bushel . " " Dost thou , in thine ignorance ...
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a'ter amusing anchor appeared barge Barnaby Bracegirdle Bill Short boat bottle Brentford cabin called Captain Turnbull caricature cluck cried deck Domine's Drummond exclaimed the Domine eyes fast father feelings Fleming Gazette give grog half hand head heard heart hour Jacob Faithful Knapps knew laughing legs lighter liquor little Sarah looked Madame Marables master matron mind mond morning mother mouth never Newfoundland dog night nose observed old Tom's overboard pannikin perceived PETER SIMPLE pipe Poll poor pulled Putney Bridge recollect replied old replied old Tom replied the Domine river River Thames round sail scouse ship shore skiff soon staysail suppose Take it coolly tell thee ther there's thing thought tide TOM CRINGLE'S LOG Tomkins Tommy took turned usher Volumes walked watch wharf What's wife Wimbledon Common wind wish yarn young young Tom
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Página 109 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Página 145 - A man's a fool who strives by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ; For if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't — and there's an end on't.
Página 107 - Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
Página 118 - I didn't want for to live, Poll, when I thought you false.' " "Then Polly might have answered in the words of the old song, master; but her poor heart was too full, I suppose." And Tom sang, "Your Polly has never been false, she declares, Since last time we parted at Wapping Old Stairs.
Página 94 - ... to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, there to be hanged by the neck till you are dead; and may God, in his infinite goodness, have mercy on your soul!
Página 137 - COME O'ER THE SEA. COME o'er the sea, Maiden, with me, Mine thro' sunshine, storm, and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes.
Página 122 - And swig the flowing can. And fiddle a little, And foot it a little.
Página 81 - I was in a Greenlandman, my first ship, and pulled ashore to my mother's cottage under the cliff. I thought the old soul would have died with joy.
Página 119 - A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together ! [Cries, and drops his face on arm, upon table.