Newton Forster; or, The merchant service, by the author of 'The king's own'.James Cochrane and Company, 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1832 |
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... thing was on the establishment of an old Indian nabob . A double set of palanquin- bearers were stretched under the verandas ; syces were fanning the horses with their chowries ; tailors and various craftsmen were at work in the shade ...
... thing was on the establishment of an old Indian nabob . A double set of palanquin- bearers were stretched under the verandas ; syces were fanning the horses with their chowries ; tailors and various craftsmen were at work in the shade ...
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... thing that is creditable . I would watch over the couch of fever , pestilence , and plague , for months , rather than appear to be a party to my father's duplicity . Oh ! Mr. Forster , what must you think of the daughters , after what ...
... thing that is creditable . I would watch over the couch of fever , pestilence , and plague , for months , rather than appear to be a party to my father's duplicity . Oh ! Mr. Forster , what must you think of the daughters , after what ...
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... thing , blindly con- tributed to by the folly and the wickedness of man ? " So far shalt thou go , but no farther , " was the fiat ; and , arrived at the prescribed limit , we must commence again . At this moment intellect has seized OR ...
... thing , blindly con- tributed to by the folly and the wickedness of man ? " So far shalt thou go , but no farther , " was the fiat ; and , arrived at the prescribed limit , we must commence again . At this moment intellect has seized OR ...
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... thing but " Newton Forster , " and which will account for this rambling , stupid chapter , made up of odds and ends , strung together like what we call " skewer pieces " on board of a man - of - war ; when the wind is foul , as I said ...
... thing but " Newton Forster , " and which will account for this rambling , stupid chapter , made up of odds and ends , strung together like what we call " skewer pieces " on board of a man - of - war ; when the wind is foul , as I said ...
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... thing like a heavy sea . Many of them are pierced for , and actually carry fourteen to sixteen guns ; but , as effective fighting vessels , ought not to have been pierced for more than eight . I have no hesitation in as- serting that an ...
... thing like a heavy sea . Many of them are pierced for , and actually carry fourteen to sixteen guns ; but , as effective fighting vessels , ought not to have been pierced for more than eight . I have no hesitation in as- serting that an ...
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Page 151 - No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 136 - Mine through sunshine, storm, and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes.
Page 113 - Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme •; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find...
Page 14 - Then there were sighs, the deeper for suppression, And stolen glances, sweeter for the theft, And burning blushes, though for no transgression, Tremblings when met, and restlessness when left...
Page 74 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us ! — Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked, or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee, Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane: O, answer me: Let me not burst in ignorance!
Page 251 - Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
Page 251 - ... such as he has assigned to his hero. Be this as it may, society is for ever indebted to the memory of De Foe for his production of a work, in which the ways of Providence are simply and pleasingly vindicated, and a lasting and useful moral is conveyed through the channel of an interesting and delightful story.
Page 27 - Rich in the gems of India's gaudy zone, And plunder piled from kingdoms not their own, Degenerate trade ! thy minions could despise The heart-born anguish of a thousand cries ; -Could lock, with impious hands, their teeming store, While...
Page 201 - Hope, of all passions, most befriends us here ; Passions of prouder name befriend us less. Joy has her tears ; and transport has her death : Hope, like a cordial, innocent, though strong, Man's heart, at once, inspirits and serenes...
Page 251 - by what charm it is that these ' Surprising Adventures' should have instantly pleased, and always pleased, it will be found, that few books have ever so naturally mingled amusement with instruction. The attention is fixed, either by the simplicity of the narration, or by the variety of the incidents ; the heart...