The night watch; or, Tales of the sea, Volumen1Henry Colburn, 1828 |
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... , when duty permits , to proceed in those acquirements which your father has so father has so judiciously pointed out . " You are now entered into an honourable profession ; endeavour to gain a meritorious name in it 80 THE NIGHT WATCH .
... , when duty permits , to proceed in those acquirements which your father has so father has so judiciously pointed out . " You are now entered into an honourable profession ; endeavour to gain a meritorious name in it 80 THE NIGHT WATCH .
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Night watch. profession ; endeavour to gain a meritorious name in it ; and , remember , that can only be accomplished by attention , industry , and per- severance . " You will have occasion to observe , that although the British navy is ...
Night watch. profession ; endeavour to gain a meritorious name in it ; and , remember , that can only be accomplished by attention , industry , and per- severance . " You will have occasion to observe , that although the British navy is ...
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... gain the approbation and esteem of your supe- riors , by proper and laudable efforts in perform- ing the duties of your station , as well as in be- coming and respectful behaviour towards them ; yet you must be careful that their ...
... gain the approbation and esteem of your supe- riors , by proper and laudable efforts in perform- ing the duties of your station , as well as in be- coming and respectful behaviour towards them ; yet you must be careful that their ...
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Night watch. to be able to manoeuvre a ship , a knowledge you will gain by constant observation and ex- perience , but I shall insist on your knowing how to rig a mast , handle a gun , cut a sail , build a boat , stow a hold , and to be ...
Night watch. to be able to manoeuvre a ship , a knowledge you will gain by constant observation and ex- perience , but I shall insist on your knowing how to rig a mast , handle a gun , cut a sail , build a boat , stow a hold , and to be ...
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Night watch. to be able to manœuvre a ship , a knowledge you will gain by constant observation and ex- perience , but I shall insist on your knowing how to rig a mast , handle a gun , cut a sail , build a boat , stow a hold , and to be ...
Night watch. to be able to manœuvre a ship , a knowledge you will gain by constant observation and ex- perience , but I shall insist on your knowing how to rig a mast , handle a gun , cut a sail , build a boat , stow a hold , and to be ...
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Página 125 - I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere...
Página 109 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Página 103 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Página 103 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Página xxxv - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Página 103 - twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song. That bower and its music I never forget, But oft when alone, in the bloom of the year, I think — is the nightingale singing there yet ? Are the roses still bright by the calm BENDEMEER?
Página 42 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Página 12 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.
Página xv - As the Chameleon, who is known To have no colors of his own : But borrows from his neighbour's hue His white or black, his green or blue...
Página 139 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply Passion as they...