Paul Jones : a Romance, Volumen3Oliver & Boyd, 1826 |
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... close to whose ear this speech was uttered , stared at the unceremonious mariner , and answered , " Ah ! Robin de Macgubb ! you will so love the fair dames of France , -they are lovely , -dark - eyed , and free - witted , and what do ...
... close to whose ear this speech was uttered , stared at the unceremonious mariner , and answered , " Ah ! Robin de Macgubb ! you will so love the fair dames of France , -they are lovely , -dark - eyed , and free - witted , and what do ...
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... close , therefore , my heart against your charms , and hasten to the side of my hero , who , with his friend of the Mull , has escaped from the suffocating affection of the mob , and outlived the laborious civilities of three several ...
... close , therefore , my heart against your charms , and hasten to the side of my hero , who , with his friend of the Mull , has escaped from the suffocating affection of the mob , and outlived the laborious civilities of three several ...
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... close by my Dutchess ; she is , to surprise you with the words of a Scottish bard , - ' A glorious galley , stem and stern Rigged out- I have forgot the rest , -but court her company , and to court with you . This is not one of those ...
... close by my Dutchess ; she is , to surprise you with the words of a Scottish bard , - ' A glorious galley , stem and stern Rigged out- I have forgot the rest , -but court her company , and to court with you . This is not one of those ...
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... close of a fine summer day , and there was just enough of wind , and no more , to fill the sails of a ship , and urge her gently over the waters , when Paul , having gathered his mariners together , raised his anchor , expanded all his ...
... close of a fine summer day , and there was just enough of wind , and no more , to fill the sails of a ship , and urge her gently over the waters , when Paul , having gathered his mariners together , raised his anchor , expanded all his ...
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... close to his right thigh . His com- panion seemed nowise alarmed , ―he examined nei- ther pistol nor carabine , —but , with a grave and somewhat austere look , rode silently on . " Only look at him , ” said Macgubb , in a whisper to ...
... close to his right thigh . His com- panion seemed nowise alarmed , ―he examined nei- ther pistol nor carabine , —but , with a grave and somewhat austere look , rode silently on . " Only look at him , ” said Macgubb , in a whisper to ...
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Admiral American answered armed army battle beauty blood bonnie bosom bowed brave bravery bridle brow Caledonia cannon carronades Chevalier Chevalier Paul citizen command court dames deck deeds desert dropt Dutchess Empress enemy England English exclaimed eyes face Fayette feet fierce fight fire frae France freedom gallant Galwegian ground gude guillotine hand head heard heart honour horse huntress King la Fayette lady land liberty lips look Lord Dalveen Lord Thomas Louis Louis of Bourbon Macgubb maritime maun Mull native nature never noble Oczakow Oriflame Paul Jones Paul's pistols Prince Nassau proud islanders replied Paul Ricot rifle Russian savage Scotland Scottish seemed ship shot shouted side Silas sloop smile soldier speak spirit spoke stood Suwarrow sword thee thine thou art tree Turkish valley victory Vizier voice warrior warrow wild wilderness wind woods words Wulik young
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Página 152 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Página 62 - Once more upon the waters ! yet once more ! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
Página 94 - Amidst the strife of fratricidal foes ; Her birth-star was the light of burning plains ;* Her baptism is the weight of blood that flows From kindred hearts — the blood of British veins— And famine tracks her steps, and pestilential pains.
Página 92 - ... youthful lawbreaker to suffer a penalty in requital for the harm which he has inflicted, through his action, to both the legal order and to the victim; rather it consists in saving the juvenile delinquent from himself, in providing him with that power of moral restraint which he lacks, in protecting him for his own sake as well as for the sake...
Página 48 - David devoted the flesh of the monster to the fowls of the air and the beasts of the field. The Philistine scorned and bullied him, stamped mightily with both his feet, and at length fell like a mass of clay, affording a splendid termination to the piece. And then the virgins sang : ' Saul hath slain his thousands, but David his ten thousands.
Página 88 - I am of the left bank myself:— are ye a left-bank man, my friend ?"—" Thou uncivilized cub," said a brother warrior, " didst thou not hear that he was nursed on the Delaware,— the princely Delaware, whose sons are the saviours of the thirteen States ?—I am from the bank of the stream myself, else I had forborne my boast."—
Página 90 - England be cursed continually with this hardness !" exclaimed a wild warrior from the back-settlements, who, nursed when a child by the Indians, and living by the rifle and the trap, had caught something of the inflated tone of the native tribes; " may the heart of England never yield, may it insult, injure, and oppress us, till all remembrance of descent is effaced in our breasts. The wand of peace is...
Página 85 - I be flogged then with a thong from the hide of John Bull's back !"—" Let us scalp them, man and mother's son," said a half-blood from the sources of the Delaware; " the warriors of my mother's tribe get three dollars each for the scalps of Englishmen."—" Thou art a savage, and deservest not to live in a free State...