Jacob Faithful, Volume 2E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834 - Picaresque literature, English |
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... arms . With this beautiful metaphor , I shall wind up the episode of my unfortunate brother Joe . It was about a year after the loss of my brother , that I was ushered into the world without any other assistants or spectators than my ...
... arms . With this beautiful metaphor , I shall wind up the episode of my unfortunate brother Joe . It was about a year after the loss of my brother , that I was ushered into the world without any other assistants or spectators than my ...
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... arms as I was wont to do , and tottered in my shoes like a ricketty child . My old apparel had been consigned to the dust - hole by cook , and often , during the day , would I pass , casting a longing eye at it 20 JACOB FAITHFUL .
... arms as I was wont to do , and tottered in my shoes like a ricketty child . My old apparel had been consigned to the dust - hole by cook , and often , during the day , would I pass , casting a longing eye at it 20 JACOB FAITHFUL .
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... arm . There , with- out being able to analyze my feelings , I was a spirit guiding a little world ; and now at this table , and in company with rational and well - informed beings , I felt humiliated and degraded ; my heart was over ...
... arm . There , with- out being able to analyze my feelings , I was a spirit guiding a little world ; and now at this table , and in company with rational and well - informed beings , I felt humiliated and degraded ; my heart was over ...
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... arm . Barnaby Bracegirdle showed every symptom of his disapproval of the mea- sures taken ; but Simon Swapps held fast , and the Domine flogged fast . After a minute's flagellation , Barnaby was let down , his yellow tights pulled up ...
... arm . Barnaby Bracegirdle showed every symptom of his disapproval of the mea- sures taken ; but Simon Swapps held fast , and the Domine flogged fast . After a minute's flagellation , Barnaby was let down , his yellow tights pulled up ...
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... arms . " A ring was formed , in the centre of which I found Barnaby and myself . He took off his clothes , " and I did the same . He was much older and stronger than I , and knew something about fight- ing . One boy came forward as my ...
... arms . " A ring was formed , in the centre of which I found Barnaby and myself . He took off his clothes , " and I did the same . He was much older and stronger than I , and knew something about fight- ing . One boy came forward as my ...
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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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Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 107 - Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 122 - And swig the flowing can. And fiddle a little, And foot it a little.
Page 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.
Page 119 - A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together ! [Cries, and drops his face on arm, upon table.