The Canadian Magazine, Volumul 15J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish Ontario Publishing Company, Limited, 1900 |
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Pagina 31
... sent to England as buyer for the house . He conducted a branch establishment for this firm in London for several years , and in 1878 entered into partnership with Nimmo , the London publisher , the firm being Nimmo & Bain . It was on ...
... sent to England as buyer for the house . He conducted a branch establishment for this firm in London for several years , and in 1878 entered into partnership with Nimmo , the London publisher , the firm being Nimmo & Bain . It was on ...
Pagina 42
... sent me these , " he held up a bottle containing white tabloids . " They are thirst - quenchers . I shan't want them , however , as I go with the force moving up the Nile . You are- sat with her chin on her hand , gazing into 42 THE ...
... sent me these , " he held up a bottle containing white tabloids . " They are thirst - quenchers . I shan't want them , however , as I go with the force moving up the Nile . You are- sat with her chin on her hand , gazing into 42 THE ...
Pagina 68
... sent around to Spithead to convey a ' lobster box ' † to Lisbon . We then run over to Corunna , only to be ordered back to Portsmouth , where Lord Fitzroy was court - martialed as the result of a quarrel with the ship's master , which ...
... sent around to Spithead to convey a ' lobster box ' † to Lisbon . We then run over to Corunna , only to be ordered back to Portsmouth , where Lord Fitzroy was court - martialed as the result of a quarrel with the ship's master , which ...
Pagina 69
... sent to Torbay , to con- voy ten East Indian merchantmen " two days ' sail beyond Madeira . " Though without any positive infor- mation , we were now pretty certain war had been declared with the States . Our Captain appeared more ...
... sent to Torbay , to con- voy ten East Indian merchantmen " two days ' sail beyond Madeira . " Though without any positive infor- mation , we were now pretty certain war had been declared with the States . Our Captain appeared more ...
Pagina 77
... sent me with positive orders to stop the fight at any cost . In my stupidity I thought I might have to fight you both , in order to obey her . But I should have known , as soon as I saw the courtly gentlemen you were , that my effective ...
... sent me with positive orders to stop the fight at any cost . In my stupidity I thought I might have to fight you both , in order to obey her . But I should have known , as soon as I saw the courtly gentlemen you were , that my effective ...
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Pagina 328 - The foe! They come! They come!" And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering" rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Pagina 26 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Pagina 51 - I remember the black wharves and the slips, And the sea-tides tossing free; And Spanish sailors with bearded lips, And the beauty and mystery of the ships, And the magic of the sea. And the voice of that wayward song Is singing and saying still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Pagina 373 - Alliance, or a better system ; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements. 1. We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1.
Pagina 471 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...
Pagina 148 - If thou art bent to know the primal root. From whence our love gat being, I will do As one, who weeps and tells his tale. One day, For our delight we read of Lancelot, How him love thrall'd.
Pagina 538 - Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Pagina 73 - ... prudent, though a painful extremity, to surrender his majesty's ship ; nor was this dreadful alternative resorted to till every hope of success was removed even beyond the reach of chance, nor till, I trust, their lordships will be aware every effort had been made against the enemy by myself, my brave officers, and men ; nor should she have been surrendered whilst a man lived on board, had she been manageable.
Pagina 72 - American colours: at nine o'clock I closed with her, and she commenced the action, which we returned ; but from the enemy keeping two points off the wind, I was not enabled to get as close to her as I could have wished. After an hour's action, the enemy backed and came to the wind...
Pagina 347 - The loyal to their crown Are loyal to their own far sons, who love Our ocean-empire with her boundless homes For ever-broadening England, and her throne In our vast Orient, and one isle, one isle, That knows not her own greatness : if she knows And dreads it we are fall'n. But thou, my Queen, Not for itself, but thro...