Jacob Faithful, Svazek 2E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834 |
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Strana 3
... mother , of course , was queen , and I was the heir apparent . Before I say one word about myself , allow me du- tifully to describe my parents . First , then , I will portray my queen mother . Report says , that when first she came on ...
... mother , of course , was queen , and I was the heir apparent . Before I say one word about myself , allow me du- tifully to describe my parents . First , then , I will portray my queen mother . Report says , that when first she came on ...
Strana 4
... mother , although her vir- tue was unimpeachable , was frequently seduced by liquor ; and , although constant to my father , was de- bauched and to be found in bed with that insidious assailer of female uprightness - gin . The lighter ...
... mother , although her vir- tue was unimpeachable , was frequently seduced by liquor ; and , although constant to my father , was de- bauched and to be found in bed with that insidious assailer of female uprightness - gin . The lighter ...
Strana 5
... mother , he used but one expression , " Take it coolly , " but it always had the contrary effect with my mother , as it put her more in a passion . It was like pouring oil upon flame ; nevertheless , the advice was good , had it ever ...
... mother , he used but one expression , " Take it coolly , " but it always had the contrary effect with my mother , as it put her more in a passion . It was like pouring oil upon flame ; nevertheless , the advice was good , had it ever ...
Strana 6
... mother had had two more children ; but the first , who was a girl , had been pro- vided for by a fit of the measles , and the second , my elder brother , by tumbling over the stern of the light- er when he was three years old . At the ...
... mother had had two more children ; but the first , who was a girl , had been pro- vided for by a fit of the measles , and the second , my elder brother , by tumbling over the stern of the light- er when he was three years old . At the ...
Strana 7
... mother called out for him in a harsh voice ; but Joe was out of hearing , and as mute as a fish . Joe open- ed not his mouth in reply , neither did my father . My mother then quitted the cabin , and walked round the lighter , looked ...
... mother called out for him in a harsh voice ; but Joe was out of hearing , and as mute as a fish . Joe open- ed not his mouth in reply , neither did my father . My mother then quitted the cabin , and walked round the lighter , looked ...
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a'ter amusing anchor appeared barge Barnaby Bracegirdle Bill Short boat bottle Brentford cabin called Captain Turnbull caricature cluck cried deck Domine's Drummond exclaimed the Domine eyes fast father feelings Fleming Gazette give grog half hand head heard heart hour Jacob Faithful Knapps knew laughing legs lighter liquor little Sarah looked Madame Marables master matron mind mond morning mother mouth never Newfoundland dog night nose observed old Tom's overboard pannikin perceived PETER SIMPLE pipe Poll poor pulled Putney Bridge recollect replied old replied old Tom replied the Domine river River Thames round sail scouse ship shore skiff soon staysail suppose Take it coolly tell thee ther there's thing thought tide TOM CRINGLE'S LOG Tomkins Tommy took turned usher Volumes walked watch wharf What's wife Wimbledon Common wind wish yarn young young Tom
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Strana 109 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Strana 145 - A man's a fool who strives by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ; For if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't — and there's an end on't.
Strana 107 - Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
Strana 118 - I didn't want for to live, Poll, when I thought you false.' " "Then Polly might have answered in the words of the old song, master; but her poor heart was too full, I suppose." And Tom sang, "Your Polly has never been false, she declares, Since last time we parted at Wapping Old Stairs.
Strana 94 - ... to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, there to be hanged by the neck till you are dead; and may God, in his infinite goodness, have mercy on your soul!
Strana 137 - COME O'ER THE SEA. COME o'er the sea, Maiden, with me, Mine thro' sunshine, storm, and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes.
Strana 122 - And swig the flowing can. And fiddle a little, And foot it a little.
Strana 81 - I was in a Greenlandman, my first ship, and pulled ashore to my mother's cottage under the cliff. I thought the old soul would have died with joy.
Strana 119 - A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together ! [Cries, and drops his face on arm, upon table.