The Dog Fiend; Or, Snarleyyow, Volumen183G. Routledge, 1856 - 309 páginas |
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Página 66
... waited a little , and with difficulty forced the boat up against the strong flood - tide that was running , till at last he gained the chess - tree of the cutter , when he shortened in the painter ( or rope that held the boat ) , made ...
... waited a little , and with difficulty forced the boat up against the strong flood - tide that was running , till at last he gained the chess - tree of the cutter , when he shortened in the painter ( or rope that held the boat ) , made ...
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... waited a minute to recover herself a little , and then set off at a brisk pace in the direction of the hamlet of Ryde , which then consisted of a few fishermen's huts . It was an hour and a half before she gained this place , from ...
... waited a minute to recover herself a little , and then set off at a brisk pace in the direction of the hamlet of Ryde , which then consisted of a few fishermen's huts . It was an hour and a half before she gained this place , from ...
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... waited for the report of the lights , he passed over in his mind the untoward events which had taken place- the loss of the widow's good - will , the loss of Corporal Van Spitter , who was adrift in the Zuyder Zee , the loss of five ...
... waited for the report of the lights , he passed over in his mind the untoward events which had taken place- the loss of the widow's good - will , the loss of Corporal Van Spitter , who was adrift in the Zuyder Zee , the loss of five ...
Página 99
... waited till the glass was refilled , and did the same . 66 Here's bad luck to him in his own good stuff , " said Small- bones , tossing off a third glass , and , filling it again , he handed it to Coble . " Here's reformation to him ...
... waited till the glass was refilled , and did the same . 66 Here's bad luck to him in his own good stuff , " said Small- bones , tossing off a third glass , and , filling it again , he handed it to Coble . " Here's reformation to him ...
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... waited about an hour ; when all was complete he received them , and then returned on board . As soon as he had quitted the vessel , Corporal Van Spitter went to Jemmy Ducks , and without letting him know how matters stood on shore ...
... waited about an hour ; when all was complete he received them , and then returned on board . As soon as he had quitted the vessel , Corporal Van Spitter went to Jemmy Ducks , and without letting him know how matters stood on shore ...
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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.