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... PARENTS OF THE DESERTED CHILD - THE DEATHS ON BOARD THE EMIGRANT SHIP - THE KIDNAPPER · CHAPTER VII . CHARLES EDWARDS AND GEORGE HARTLEY AT LENGTH FIND EMPLOYMENT · 31 38 48 52 CHAPTER VIII . HENRY SELEY'S DEPARTURE FROM MR . BLUNT'S.
... PARENTS OF THE DESERTED CHILD - THE DEATHS ON BOARD THE EMIGRANT SHIP - THE KIDNAPPER · CHAPTER VII . CHARLES EDWARDS AND GEORGE HARTLEY AT LENGTH FIND EMPLOYMENT · 31 38 48 52 CHAPTER VIII . HENRY SELEY'S DEPARTURE FROM MR . BLUNT'S.
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... A LAPSE OF YEARS 125 CHAPTER XVI . THE TIME OF TRIAL AND TROUBLE - 130 CHAPTER XVII . HENRY SELBY'S ARRIVAL IN INDIA , AND WHAT BEFEL HIM THERE 138 CHAPTER XVIII . CHARLES EDWARDS ' PROGRESS TOWARDS REFORMATION , vi CONTENTS .
... A LAPSE OF YEARS 125 CHAPTER XVI . THE TIME OF TRIAL AND TROUBLE - 130 CHAPTER XVII . HENRY SELBY'S ARRIVAL IN INDIA , AND WHAT BEFEL HIM THERE 138 CHAPTER XVIII . CHARLES EDWARDS ' PROGRESS TOWARDS REFORMATION , vi CONTENTS .
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James A. Maitland. CHAPTER XVIII . CHARLES EDWARDS ' PROGRESS TOWARDS REFORMATION , AND PAGE 146 SUBSEQUENT RELAPSE CHAPTER XIX . THE MARRIAGE OF ARTHUR DONALDSON AND ADA MURHAY- WHAT BEFALS HENRY SELBY , 150 CHAPTER XX . STILL THE DARK ...
James A. Maitland. CHAPTER XVIII . CHARLES EDWARDS ' PROGRESS TOWARDS REFORMATION , AND PAGE 146 SUBSEQUENT RELAPSE CHAPTER XIX . THE MARRIAGE OF ARTHUR DONALDSON AND ADA MURHAY- WHAT BEFALS HENRY SELBY , 150 CHAPTER XX . STILL THE DARK ...
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... Charles Edwards , an emigrant from Europe , who , flush with hope , had set foot in the United States for the first time some two months previously - confident in his own mind that not only would the services he could perform be readily ...
... Charles Edwards , an emigrant from Europe , who , flush with hope , had set foot in the United States for the first time some two months previously - confident in his own mind that not only would the services he could perform be readily ...
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... Charles what was the hour . Of course , all eyes were directed to the pocket in which the end of the chain was inserted . Charles blushed and stam- mered . " I have left it at the watchmaker's , " he said ; " it has been sadly out of ...
... Charles what was the hour . Of course , all eyes were directed to the pocket in which the end of the chain was inserted . Charles blushed and stam- mered . " I have left it at the watchmaker's , " he said ; " it has been sadly out of ...
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appeared arrived Arthur Arthur Donaldson asked believe Bellevue Hospital Bernard Hartley Blunt Bob Davis Calcutta captain Cawnpore Charles child clerk Colonel Donaldson Corney daughter dear deck dollars Dublin duty Edwards Ellen employment endeavour exclaimed fancy father fear feel fellow forecastle fortune gentleman George Hartley glad hand hear heard Henry Selby Higsby hope hour humble husband India Jack Jenkins Joseph Carter judge knew ladies leave letter living looked Lord Mordant lordship Mary mate merchant Montezuma morning mother never night o'clock old sailor passengers Penang perhaps poor promised recollect replied Henry returned sail Sea Gull Shelton ship smiling soon speak story strange Table Bay tell thankful thought told Tullah vessel watch watchman wife William Carter Wilson wish woman York young
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Page 9 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Page 154 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 98 - Like a bird that seeketh its mother's nest; And a mother she was, and is, to me; For I was born on the open sea! The waves were white, and red the morn...
Page 138 - But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend. 'Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace ; but harmony itself, Attuning all their passions into love . Where friendship...
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Page 76 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Power Supreme whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here, firm I rest ; they must be best.
Page 174 - Which has so many rare and curious pieces Of mathematical motion , to stand still. Virtue is ever sowing of her seeds : In the trenches for the soldier; in the wakeful study For the scholar; in the furrows of the sea For men of our profession : of all which...
Page 250 - I'll mourn A faithless woman's broken vow. DESPONDENCY. OPPRESS'D with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear, I sit me down and sigh : O life ! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I...
Page 98 - Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her, like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.