Scenes from the life of Edward Lascelles, gent, Volume 1

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Page 199 - That light we see is burning in my hall. How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Page 63 - And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile. The only one in view; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breezy. And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 219 - Altogether, the prospect wore an aspect at once solitary and imposing; and the 'soft murmuring of the weakened waters, as they glided from the bows of the ship, and the screeching of the seafowl that hovered round the masts, almost inclined us to imagine that we were the first human beings that had ever intruded on the lonely spot. A scene of solitary grandeur; Where sights were rough and sounds were wild, And everything unreconciled ; A dim, complaining, lone retreat, For fear and melancholy meet.
Page 242 - I cannot allow you to go on shore. You know, the last time you got leave, you came on board drunk ; and such conduct cannot be permitted." " / promise you, sir" said Wolfe,
Page 242 - With black Sambo, the prize-fighter, sir. He challenged me to a match before I joined the ship ; and he has been taunting me ever since, insinuating that I am afraid to stand to my bargain. This is the morning on which we were to meet, sir ; and, if I do not attend, they will call me coward." " It was extremely foolish in you to enter into any such engagement, sir,
Page 152 - ... eldest boy by the hand, and walked with them to the brow of the hill, thinking that the air would be cooler in the shade. In this I was mistaken. The clouds over our heads hung so low, and the heat was so great, that I was soon glad to retrace my steps. The moment I turned round to face the lake, I was surprised at the change that had taken place in the appearance of the heavens. The clouds, that had before lain so motionless, were now in rapid motion, hurrying and chasing each other round the...
Page 244 - Thank you, Sir," said Wolfe, with the Bame immoveable gravity of face ; and in a few minutes he was seen pulling off in one of the Malay boats that attended the ship with fruit. He kept his word as faithfully on this as on the former occasion, and towards evening was carried on board in a state of
Page 56 - render every boat unfit for sea ! And now, men," he continued; " we shall sink or swim together!" A single round of hearty cheers followed this declaration ; and in a minute all were again busily occupied. Scarcely, however, had the axe been laid to the first boat on the booms, when Strangways called up the hatchway to announce that the fire was nearly extinguished.
Page 282 - Marines!" he cried in a loud voice to the men without — and the two marines immediately appeared at his summons — " Seize that fellow ! and take care that he does not escape !" The marines laid hold of the man by the collar, one on each side ; and Captain Morley left the tent, desiring them to follow. " Avast heaving, shipmates ! " said Wolfe — for the man was no other...
Page 271 - The wily Mynheer, seeing him in this state, thought it a good opportunity for driving a cheap bargain, for the transfer of the carcase of the unlucky Tom ; who, being young and strong, he well knew, would bring, at least, three hundred dollars in the market. He accordingly broached the subject, by asking Wolfe, what he considered the negro's value. " How mosh you tink dat nigger vorth, eh?

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