The Dog Fiend; Or, Snarleyyow, Volumen183G. Routledge, 1856 - 309 páginas |
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... cave of very great depth . The flat , so called in contradistinction to the perpendicular cliff , descended from the seaward to the cave , so that the latter was not to be seen either by vessels passing by , or by those who might be ...
... cave of very great depth . The flat , so called in contradistinction to the perpendicular cliff , descended from the seaward to the cave , so that the latter was not to be seen either by vessels passing by , or by those who might be ...
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... cave to the summit , the women would , on the darkest night , carry up their burdens and de- posit them in the cottages above , until they had an oppor- tunity of delivering their contraband articles into the hands of their agents ; and ...
... cave to the summit , the women would , on the darkest night , carry up their burdens and de- posit them in the cottages above , until they had an oppor- tunity of delivering their contraband articles into the hands of their agents ; and ...
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... cave . ' " " But we must introduce the mother of Lilly to the reader . She was a tall , finely - featured woman , her arms beautifully moulded , and bare . She was rather inclined to be stout , but her figure was magnificent . She was ...
... cave . ' " " But we must introduce the mother of Lilly to the reader . She was a tall , finely - featured woman , her arms beautifully moulded , and bare . She was rather inclined to be stout , but her figure was magnificent . She was ...
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... cave . They were variously clothed , some coarsely , and others with greater pretensions to finery : they brought with them the implements for cooking , and appeared surprised at the fire being already lighted . Among them was one about ...
... cave . They were variously clothed , some coarsely , and others with greater pretensions to finery : they brought with them the implements for cooking , and appeared surprised at the fire being already lighted . Among them was one about ...
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... cave , which she was not sorry to do , as she had become too famous at Ports- mouth to remain there as a married woman . Still , she occa- sionally made her appearance , and to a certain degree kept up her old acquaintances , that she ...
... cave , which she was not sorry to do , as she had become too famous at Ports- mouth to remain there as a married woman . Still , she occa- sionally made her appearance , and to a certain degree kept up her old acquaintances , that she ...
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appeared arms arrived Babette Bill Spurey boat cabin cave Cherbourg Cornbury Corporal Van Spitter corporal's crew cried Vanslyperken cutter dear despatches devil Dick Short door exclaimed Vanslyperken eyes Fiddler's Green forecastle Frau Vandersloosh gold Gott gunwale hand head heard Jacobite Jansen Jemmy Ducks keel-hauling King William knocked leave letters lieutenant Lilly looked Lord Lord Albemarle Lust Haus majesty marines master Mein Gott mind Mistress Moggy morning mother Mynheer Krause Mynheer Vanslyperken Nancy Corbett never night observed old woman party perceived perken poral Port Admiral Portsmouth pulled Ramsay received replied Jemmy replied Short replied Smallbones replied the corporal replied Vanslyperken Robert Barclay round sail ship's company Sir Robert slyperken smugglers Snarley Snarleyyow soon syndic taffrail tail tell thought took traitor turned tyfel Vansly vessel waited walked widow Vandersloosh Wilhelmina wish Yungfrau
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Página 306 - Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.
Página 188 - Tweed ; and, that no papist should be capable of purchasing any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, either in his own name or in the name of any other person in trust for him.
Página 42 - gainst every odds —and I've gain'd the victory. Our captain sent for all of us; my merry men, said he, I haven't the gift of the gab, my lads, but yet I thankful be: You've done your duty handsomely, each man stood to his gun; If you hadn't, you villains, as sure as day, I'd have flogg'd each mother's son. Odds bobs, hammer and tongs, as long as I'm at sea, I'll fight 'gainst every odds —and I'll gain the victory.
Página 7 - His long lanky legs were pulled so far through his trousers, that his bare feet, and half way up to his knees, were exposed to the chilling blast. The sleeves of his jacket were so short, that four inches of bone above his wrist were bared to view ; hat he had none ; his ears were very large, and the rims of them red with cold, and his neck was so immeasurably long and thin, that his head appeared to topple for want of support. When he had come on deck, he stood with one hand raised to his forehead,...
Página 305 - Gerstaecker's books abound in adventure and scenes of excitement; and are fully equal, in that respect, to the stories either of Marryat, Cooper, or Dana.