Jacob Faithful, Volume 2E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834 - Picaresque literature, English |
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... head , and puffed away at an accumulated rate . A torrent of tears , exclamations , and revilings , succeeded to this characteristic an- nouncement . My father allowed my mother to ex- haust herself . By the time that she was finished ...
... head , and puffed away at an accumulated rate . A torrent of tears , exclamations , and revilings , succeeded to this characteristic an- nouncement . My father allowed my mother to ex- haust herself . By the time that she was finished ...
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... head , with a glass before it , was still alight , and I could see plain- ly to every corner of the cabin . Nothing was burn- ing - not even the curtains to my mother's bed ap- peared to be singed . I was astonished - breathless with ...
... head , with a glass before it , was still alight , and I could see plain- ly to every corner of the cabin . Nothing was burn- ing - not even the curtains to my mother's bed ap- peared to be singed . I was astonished - breathless with ...
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... head , applied my mouth to the edge of the plate , and sucked the remainder down my throat without spilling a drop . I looked up for approba- tion , and was very much astounded to hear Mrs. Drummond quietly observe , " That is not the ...
... head , applied my mouth to the edge of the plate , and sucked the remainder down my throat without spilling a drop . I looked up for approba- tion , and was very much astounded to hear Mrs. Drummond quietly observe , " That is not the ...
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... head upon the table - cloth , regard- less of those decencies I had so much feared , and awake only to a deep sense of wounded pride , each sob coming from the very core of my heart , I felt a soft breathing warm upon my cheek , that ...
... head upon the table - cloth , regard- less of those decencies I had so much feared , and awake only to a deep sense of wounded pride , each sob coming from the very core of my heart , I felt a soft breathing warm upon my cheek , that ...
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... heads gradually , until they stand erect and proud ; the slouch in the back is taken out , their heavy walk is changed to a firm , ' yet elastic tread ; every muscle appears more braced , every nerve by degrees newly strung ; the blood ...
... heads gradually , until they stand erect and proud ; the slouch in the back is taken out , their heavy walk is changed to a firm , ' yet elastic tread ; every muscle appears more braced , every nerve by degrees newly strung ; the blood ...
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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.