The Hobart Town Magazine, Volume 2H. Melville, 1834 - Tasmania |
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... ships in many port ‹ , and correspondents in all commercial cities . All things were thus smiling upon him , when , by one of those accidents , which human wisdom cannot foresee , he found himself reduced to poverty . His vessels were ...
... ships in many port ‹ , and correspondents in all commercial cities . All things were thus smiling upon him , when , by one of those accidents , which human wisdom cannot foresee , he found himself reduced to poverty . His vessels were ...
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... ship on the verge of the horizon . Prolonging her stay till the vessel was near enough to display its signal , she then found it had come from the very port , news from which would to her be most acceptable — it was the identical ship ...
... ship on the verge of the horizon . Prolonging her stay till the vessel was near enough to display its signal , she then found it had come from the very port , news from which would to her be most acceptable — it was the identical ship ...
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... ship load of spars and squared timber ; however , as the agreement did not satisfy me , I refused to deliver the timber , but on certain conditions , with which he as determinedly refused to comply . He , insolently , informed me , that ...
... ship load of spars and squared timber ; however , as the agreement did not satisfy me , I refused to deliver the timber , but on certain conditions , with which he as determinedly refused to comply . He , insolently , informed me , that ...
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... ship in our boats , with as much pomp and show as the Lord Mayor exhibits in his barge on the ninth of November . On coming along side of the ship , I could plainly observe that the Captain's Irish blood was not in the coolest humour ...
... ship in our boats , with as much pomp and show as the Lord Mayor exhibits in his barge on the ninth of November . On coming along side of the ship , I could plainly observe that the Captain's Irish blood was not in the coolest humour ...
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... ship load of fe- males , well conducted and of industrious habits , sent out occasionally , will un- doubtedly prove of the most essential service to the Colony- " News have arrived of the female emigrants of the " Princess Royal ...
... ship load of fe- males , well conducted and of industrious habits , sent out occasionally , will un- doubtedly prove of the most essential service to the Colony- " News have arrived of the female emigrants of the " Princess Royal ...
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appeared arms barque Bay of Islands beautiful bosom brig bright brow Bushrangers called Captain child Colony dark daughter dear death delight door earth Elias exclaimed father fear feelings fire Francesca François friends gaze gentleman graft hand happy hath head heard heart Heaven Hobart Town hope horse hour island kind lady Lady G Launceston leave light look Macquarie Harbour matter ment merry mind morning mother Mount Wellington mountains native never Newmarket night o'er observed once passed person poor present Reginald Reginald Owen rendered Robert Owen round scarcely scene schooner ship sister smile soon soul spirit sweet Sydney Tasmania tell thee thing thou thought tion Tonquin uncle Uncle Tom Van Diemen's Land vessel voice wild young youth Zealand
Popular passages
Page 243 - And why ? I was grieved at the wicked : I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity.
Page 103 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown foot-way tread, But all the bloomy flush of life is fled...
Page 103 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 103 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 151 - While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.
Page 137 - Press her lips the while they glow With love that they have often told, — Hereafter thou mayst press in woe, And kiss them till thine own are cold. Press her lips the while they glow!
Page 103 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...
Page 103 - She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn ; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain.
Page 103 - Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as I passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 263 - ... supply all demands of this nature; and if the histories of every house were made public, you would shudder. Even in our small menage, our cook has committed murder, our footman burglary, and the housemaid bigamy ! But these formidable truths are hushed up, or tried to be so.