Flying Childers: His CruiseHotten, 1870 - 63 pages |
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... Fool in a place and t'other out ; ' When every righteous tie that binds a man , And every law since this strange world began , Cut down like corn before the sickle , pales- And all their cunning earth's chief masters fails ; While ...
... Fool in a place and t'other out ; ' When every righteous tie that binds a man , And every law since this strange world began , Cut down like corn before the sickle , pales- And all their cunning earth's chief masters fails ; While ...
Page vii
... - Another warning to the fools that doat- Another crime for history to quote : For , wolf at heart , when passion blows the flame , Savage or civiliz'd , man's still the same And what brought England to this rueful plight ? So PREFACE .
... - Another warning to the fools that doat- Another crime for history to quote : For , wolf at heart , when passion blows the flame , Savage or civiliz'd , man's still the same And what brought England to this rueful plight ? So PREFACE .
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... fools Columbus , Raleigh , Captain Cook , or Drake , Knew the half that I've forgotten , Or one half as wisely spake ? Think ye Blake a prettier sailor , Nelson's self a pluckier dog ? But for several years , through envy , All my gifts ...
... fools Columbus , Raleigh , Captain Cook , or Drake , Knew the half that I've forgotten , Or one half as wisely spake ? Think ye Blake a prettier sailor , Nelson's self a pluckier dog ? But for several years , through envy , All my gifts ...
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... traditions ! Would that ye rul'd England still . Rooke and Elliot - hearts undaunted- Tell the fools by nought alarm'd , Tell the Quakers of your country , " Better die , than live disarm'd . " II . Tell them in the words of Solon To.
... traditions ! Would that ye rul'd England still . Rooke and Elliot - hearts undaunted- Tell the fools by nought alarm'd , Tell the Quakers of your country , " Better die , than live disarm'd . " II . Tell them in the words of Solon To.
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Flying Childers: His Cruise (Classic Reprint) George James Finch-Hatton Wi Nottingham No preview available - 2018 |
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Æneas AGAMEMNONA MULTI Agincourt Arrian aught Avast Behold Biscay Blue Peter bore Britannia's banner brace of shakes Caledonia call'd Cape Clear CARENT QUIA VATE Castle of Tangier Cork Corkagian cruise cuneiform deserting Cuneus disarm'd Don Louis doth he steer Eneidos England Fleet Flying Childers Flying Dutchman fools forget love fortemque FORTES ANTE AGAMEMNONA FYTTE YE SECOND FYTTE YE THIRD gale gallant guise saluteth garboard strakes Hercules IGNOTIQUE LONGA NOCTE Inconstant larboard look Lord High Admiral Lord High Admiral's Louis of Braganza Lusitanian marvels fed Moor'd Northumberland o'er OMNES ILLACRYMABILES URGENTUR oranges and port Pallas Peace pepper'd Monsieur Joinville port wine Pull'd quâ QUIA VATE SACRO Richard Airey royal standard flying sailor sea went Flying SED OMNES ILLACRYMABILES signall'd squadron lay squalls STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES starboard stays twice sword thou three columns doth Twas Twenty-seven long valiant captains VIXERE FORTES wash'd wast The lamp Whilom YE FAIR WEATHER YE STORM
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Page 51 - Unam, quae Lycios fidumque vehebat Oronten, Ipsius ante oculos ingens a vertice pontus In puppim ferit : excutitur pronusque magister Volvitur in caput ; ast illam ter fluctus ibidem Torquet agens circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vertex.
Page 52 - Bacchi pinguisque ferinae. 215 postquam exempta fames epulis mensaeque remotae, amissos longo socios sermone requirunt, spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant sive extrema pati nee iam exaudire vocatos. praecipue pius Aeneas nunc acris Oronti, 220 nunc Amyci casum gemit et crudelia secum .fata Lyci fortemque Gyan fortemque Cloanthum.
Page i - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
Page 52 - Oronten, ipsius ante oculos ingens a vertice pontus 115 in puppim ferit: excutitur pronusque magister volvitur in caput, ast illam ter fluctus ibidem torquet agens circum et rapidus vorat aequore vertex.