Softness, by the author of 'Hardness'.Saunders and Otley, 1842 - 322 páginas |
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... Grummit of the Royal Navy , had also been for- tunate in his professional career ; he had been promoted some time back for having , when in temporary command of H. M. Sloop of War , the " Water Wagtail , " on the north coast of Spain ...
... Grummit of the Royal Navy , had also been for- tunate in his professional career ; he had been promoted some time back for having , when in temporary command of H. M. Sloop of War , the " Water Wagtail , " on the north coast of Spain ...
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... Grummit was a year older than his two friends , and having been accustomed all his life to see the health , comfort , characters , and lives of men absolutely dependent upon the strict administration of discipline , and rigid , but yet ...
... Grummit was a year older than his two friends , and having been accustomed all his life to see the health , comfort , characters , and lives of men absolutely dependent upon the strict administration of discipline , and rigid , but yet ...
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... Grummit ; " let us get through our claret as we are . " 66 Very well , " replied the Baronet . " Rat- cliffe , tell the skipper not to go about yet . " The steward gave the order , but the skipper immediately came below . " I beg your ...
... Grummit ; " let us get through our claret as we are . " 66 Very well , " replied the Baronet . " Rat- cliffe , tell the skipper not to go about yet . " The steward gave the order , but the skipper immediately came below . " I beg your ...
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... Grummit . " No , no ; confound it , " said Howarth , who was not so well aware of the danger as his nau- tical companion ; " let us stand on as we are - I hate being to leeward of the table . " 66 Very well , " said Sir Thomas ; " you ...
... Grummit . " No , no ; confound it , " said Howarth , who was not so well aware of the danger as his nau- tical companion ; " let us stand on as we are - I hate being to leeward of the table . " 66 Very well , " said Sir Thomas ; " you ...
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... Grummit . " At Cherbourg . " " So I conjectured ; they all go to Cherbourg , and think they get better claret there than in England - proper trash it is , too . Why don't you go to Guernsey at once , man , if you will have such stuff ...
... Grummit . " At Cherbourg . " " So I conjectured ; they all go to Cherbourg , and think they get better claret there than in England - proper trash it is , too . Why don't you go to Guernsey at once , man , if you will have such stuff ...
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Softness. A novel. By the author of “Hardness” [i.e. Captain C. H. Knox]. Visualização integral - 1842 |
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Página 185 - Will you be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines, contrary to God's word, and to use both public and private monitions and exhortations, as well to the sick, as to the whole within your cures, as need shall require and occasion be given ? Answer. I will, the Lord being my helper.
Página 22 - And one of the malefactors, which were hanged, railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself, and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of our deeds, but this man hath done nothing amiss.
Página 80 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And like a lobster boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Página 109 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Página 8 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Página 205 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Página 49 - Iren. Because the commodity doth not countervail the discommodity; for the inconveniences which thereby do arise are much more many; for it is a fit house for an outlaw, a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloak for a thief.
Página 20 - There have been tears and breaking hearts for thee, And mine were nothing, had I such to give; But when I stood beneath the fresh green tree, Which living waves where thou didst cease to live, And saw around me the wide field revive With fruits and fertile promise, and the Spring Come forth her work of gladness to contrive, With all her reckless birds upon the wing, I turn'd from all she brought to those she could not bring.
Página 10 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Página 93 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.