Scribblings and Sketches, Diplomatic, Piscatory, and OceanicC. Sherman, 1844 - 189 pagini |
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... thing but hard rubs , that I am afraid these declara- tions are very idle and superfluous . Indeed , gentle reader , I am perfectly content to receive no other re- ward for my humble labours , than your attention , and your good - will ...
... thing but hard rubs , that I am afraid these declara- tions are very idle and superfluous . Indeed , gentle reader , I am perfectly content to receive no other re- ward for my humble labours , than your attention , and your good - will ...
Pagina 12
... thing out of the common order of events appeared to animate the group ; some were collected together apart , in earnest conversation ; others were mounting horses and scampering off to the Casilda , whilst a party upon the house - top ...
... thing out of the common order of events appeared to animate the group ; some were collected together apart , in earnest conversation ; others were mounting horses and scampering off to the Casilda , whilst a party upon the house - top ...
Pagina 14
... thing with an impenetrable veil ; but ere the two vessels were closed from view , it was evident that the man - of - war had passed close under the stern of the slaver , and was riding upon the swell with four anchors ahead . The gale ...
... thing with an impenetrable veil ; but ere the two vessels were closed from view , it was evident that the man - of - war had passed close under the stern of the slaver , and was riding upon the swell with four anchors ahead . The gale ...
Pagina 15
... thing without . Onward he dashed , reckless of the thousand dangers that threatened to annihilate him at every step , from showers of tiles and broken parapets hurled at his feet by the wind , which , though not yet at its height , was ...
... thing without . Onward he dashed , reckless of the thousand dangers that threatened to annihilate him at every step , from showers of tiles and broken parapets hurled at his feet by the wind , which , though not yet at its height , was ...
Pagina 29
... thing was as clear to his perception as the noon - day sun - by the bye the only figure he ever indulged in , with the exception of one other , with which he concluded an argument to his own mind perfectly irresistible , that " there ...
... thing was as clear to his perception as the noon - day sun - by the bye the only figure he ever indulged in , with the exception of one other , with which he concluded an argument to his own mind perfectly irresistible , that " there ...
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Pagina 184 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Pagina 117 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Pagina 24 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Pagina 24 - F'ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; looking for the general Resurrection in the last, day, and the life of the world to come...
Pagina 92 - Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the master's whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough! Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand...
Pagina 108 - Jessica, look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold ! There's not the smallest orb that thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubim ; Such harmony is in immortal souls ! But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in we cannot hear it.
Pagina 23 - Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Pagina 121 - I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, of Philadelphia, printer, late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of France, now President of the State of Pennsylvania, do make and declare my last will and testament as follows.
Pagina 119 - ... of the country, may be reckoned among the most romantic and highly diversified in the world; uniting all the rich and magnificent scenery, which waving forests, never-failing streams, and constant verdure, can present, heightened by a pure atmosphere, and the glowing tints of a tropical sun.
Pagina 144 - Minister of the United States, has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the note...