The life of a midshipman [signed E.N.]. |
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... farewell to his brother , Mrs. Hartwell , and Emily , and then , pressing the hand of Frank , his last breath was spent in bestowing on him his blessing and his counsel ; he enjoined to him a remembrance of his God and obedience to his ...
... farewell to his brother , Mrs. Hartwell , and Emily , and then , pressing the hand of Frank , his last breath was spent in bestowing on him his blessing and his counsel ; he enjoined to him a remembrance of his God and obedience to his ...
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... farewell to his kind ever . uncle and his grandmamma . He did not , however , feel now so thoroughly sad as he had done on the former occasion ; the grand object of his ambition was attained , and the eagerness of his 60 THE LIFE OF The ...
... farewell to his kind ever . uncle and his grandmamma . He did not , however , feel now so thoroughly sad as he had done on the former occasion ; the grand object of his ambition was attained , and the eagerness of his 60 THE LIFE OF The ...
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... farewell to Captain Hartwell , who placed him in a stage - coach , which passed through a village near Elm Grove on its way to Bristol , and having again desired his love to his grandmamma , the horn sounded , the coachman mounted the ...
... farewell to Captain Hartwell , who placed him in a stage - coach , which passed through a village near Elm Grove on its way to Bristol , and having again desired his love to his grandmamma , the horn sounded , the coachman mounted the ...
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... mother opened the door , and asked for Master Frank Hartwell . He immediately bade farewell to his kind fellow - traveller , put his portmanteau into the little chaise which William had brought for him , A MIDSHIPMAN . 63.
... mother opened the door , and asked for Master Frank Hartwell . He immediately bade farewell to his kind fellow - traveller , put his portmanteau into the little chaise which William had brought for him , A MIDSHIPMAN . 63.
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... Farewell , my home , my home no longer now , Witness of many a calm and happy day ; And thou , fair eminence , upon whose brow Dwells the last sunshine of the evening ray . Farewell , my home , where many a day has past , In joys whose ...
... Farewell , my home , my home no longer now , Witness of many a calm and happy day ; And thou , fair eminence , upon whose brow Dwells the last sunshine of the evening ray . Farewell , my home , where many a day has past , In joys whose ...
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affectionate Ariel arrived Avonmore began board the Syren boat boatswain brig bursting cabin caique Captain Hartwell Captain Medwin CHAPTER choly companions course crew crowded D'Aubrey dark deck delight disobedience distant duty Elm Grove Elsmere Emily England eyes fancied farewell father feelings felt following morning fond forced friends Godfrey grandmamma grief hammock hand happy harbour Hartwell's Harvey heard hope hurried immediately instant island Isle of Wight kind Lambro length letter London look Malta mamma manly Markham melan melancholy ment midshipman mind misery mother ness never night once Pacific parlour pirates pleasure Poor Frank Portsmouth rectory regatta replied rose round sail sailor scarcely scene scudding seat ship shore side sigh sinking sleep Smyrna soon sorrow Southampton taffrail tears thought tion told turned uncle vessel village walk watch weeping whilst wind window yacht yataghan
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Page 1 - SWEET AUBURN! loveliest village of the plain; Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain, Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid, And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed : Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Page 58 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Page 173 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 103 - How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Page 185 - To mark the sufferings of the babe That cannot speak its woe ; To see the infant tears gush forth, Yet know not why they flow ; To meet the meek, uplifted eye That fain would ask relief, Yet can but tell of agony — This is a mother's grief.
Page 46 - Merrily, merrily, goes the bark On a breeze from the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay That guard famed Staffa round.
Page 71 - The western sun beyond the farthest height, When slowly he forsakes the fields of light. No more the freshness of the falling dew, Cool and delightful, here shall bathe my head, As from this western window dear, I lean, Listening, the while I watch the placid scene...
Page 251 - On thy calm joys with what delight I dream, Thou dear green valley of my native stream ! Fancy o'er thee still waves th' enchanting wand, And every nook of thine is fairy land, And ever will be, though the axe should smite In Gain's rude service, and in Pity's spite, Thy clustering alders, and at length invade The last, last poplars, that compose thy...
Page vi - ... and therefore he will be a grocer. An early and accidental association of ideas is formed, by which happiness Is united with some peculiar mode of life, and a choice is made before reason or experience can possibly have suggested a cause for judicious preference. The choice of boys at an early age is certainly too ill-founded to direct their parents in fixing their future mode of life. What success can be expected in a plan of conduct which originates in the whim of an infant...
Page iii - Midshipman, intended to correct an injudicious predilection in boys for the life of a sailor.