Tales for the MarinesPhillips, Sampson,, 1855 - 436 pagine Fictional stories about the marines. |
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Pagina 309 - I've lost in wooing, In watching and pursuing The light that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing. Though Wisdom oft has sought me, I scorn'd the lore she brought me, My only books Were woman's looks, And folly's all they've taught me.
Pagina 323 - His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with grey.
Pagina 436 - LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE : Giving an account of all his engagements, from the siege of Toulon to the battle of Waterloo ; also embracing accounts of the daring exploits of his Marshals ; together with his public and private life, from the commencement of his career to his final imprisonment and death on the rock of St. Helena. Translated from the French of MA Arnault...
Pagina 109 - Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look; Her head was crown'd with willows That trembled o'er the brook. " ' Twelve months are gone and over, And nine long tedious days; Why didst thou...
Pagina 437 - BYRON'S COMPLETE WORKS. Embracing his Suppressed Poems, Letters, and a Sketch of his Life. This is a new edition of Byron, from new stereotype plates, and edited by a distinguished literary gentleman. It will be found to be the most complete edition published in the country. One volume, 8vo., illustrated, and bound in cloth, library, cloth full gilt, morocco, half calf, Turkey, full gilt, and Turkey antique. Price £3.00 to f 6.00.
Pagina 21 - ... outside of Nantucket ; but jest as we got off Skouset, what should we see but the old Rumillies seventy-four, the admiral's ship, a-hidin' under Tom Nevers' Head ; and in less than a minute an eighteen pound shot come spinnin' across our bows, and two big double-banked boats was making the water white as they pulled towards us. We know'd, as well as could be, that them -Britishers didn't want the old smack, nor care a snap for the lobsters ; but we did believe sartin' that they wouldn't mind...
Pagina 434 - TOKEN OF- FRIENDSHIP. A gift book for all seasons, illustrated with fine steel engravings and illuminations. Bound in morocco, full gilt. Price #2.00.
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