The watchmanUniversity of Virginia Library, 1816 |
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... possessed a readiness of speech and a precocity beyond his years . 66 " Well , Henry , if you don't tell me , I shall have to take you to a justice , who will perhaps send you to prison as a little vagrant , and how will you like that ...
... possessed a readiness of speech and a precocity beyond his years . 66 " Well , Henry , if you don't tell me , I shall have to take you to a justice , who will perhaps send you to prison as a little vagrant , and how will you like that ...
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... possessed , and which was doubly repulsive in one so young , seemed to have been imparted to him in consequence of his associations since the days of his infancy , rather than to have been a natural expression . And as Joseph looked at ...
... possessed , and which was doubly repulsive in one so young , seemed to have been imparted to him in consequence of his associations since the days of his infancy , rather than to have been a natural expression . And as Joseph looked at ...
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... possessed , apparently , far greater acuteness than is common in children much older than he . Joseph Carter had laid aside his newspaper , and had sat listening to Mrs. Carter's fruitless endeavours to teach the child to pray . He ...
... possessed , apparently , far greater acuteness than is common in children much older than he . Joseph Carter had laid aside his newspaper , and had sat listening to Mrs. Carter's fruitless endeavours to teach the child to pray . He ...
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... possession of me ! " he As Joseph was hurrying away from this frightful scene , turned and said , " I would ask you one more question : What do you employ these children in , and how came they under your care ? " " Go and find out ...
... possession of me ! " he As Joseph was hurrying away from this frightful scene , turned and said , " I would ask you one more question : What do you employ these children in , and how came they under your care ? " " Go and find out ...
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... possessed a watch and chain when he first arrived in New York , but the watch he no longer wore , although the chain still did duty , keeping needless guard over the empty vest - pocket . Among his fellow - boarders , although he did ...
... possessed a watch and chain when he first arrived in New York , but the watch he no longer wore , although the chain still did duty , keeping needless guard over the empty vest - pocket . Among his fellow - boarders , although he did ...
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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...
Page 68 - A LIFE on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep!
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.