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... repair on board the good ship Cumberland ; there is not a moment to lose , the pursers are arrived with the last dis- patches from the India House , and the foresails VOL . I. B are loose , so let us beat a quick march.
... repair on board the good ship Cumberland ; there is not a moment to lose , the pursers are arrived with the last dis- patches from the India House , and the foresails VOL . I. B are loose , so let us beat a quick march.
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... repair on board the good ship Cumberland ; there is not a moment to lose , the pursers are arrived with the last dis- patches from the India House , and the foresails VOL . I. B are loose , so let us beat a quick march LIFE IN INDIA. ...
... repair on board the good ship Cumberland ; there is not a moment to lose , the pursers are arrived with the last dis- patches from the India House , and the foresails VOL . I. B are loose , so let us beat a quick march LIFE IN INDIA. ...
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... ships , and fifteen merchant vessels of different burthens , were busily employed receiving their passengers on board ... ship's side , and were on deck in an instant ; a chair was lowered for the ladies , formed like a barrel with an ...
... ships , and fifteen merchant vessels of different burthens , were busily employed receiving their passengers on board ... ship's side , and were on deck in an instant ; a chair was lowered for the ladies , formed like a barrel with an ...
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... ship's band , to invi gorate their spirits during their laborious work . Dinner was announced in the cuddy , and the whole party sat down to a long table , where little was eaten , and less spoken by any , except the Captain , who bid ...
... ship's band , to invi gorate their spirits during their laborious work . Dinner was announced in the cuddy , and the whole party sat down to a long table , where little was eaten , and less spoken by any , except the Captain , who bid ...
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... ship ; friends followed friends to the gangway , exchanging mutual blessings , with tearful eyes and aching hearts , unwilling to pronounce the final farewell , or resign the hand which they grasped , in most cases , for the last time ...
... ship ; friends followed friends to the gangway , exchanging mutual blessings , with tearful eyes and aching hearts , unwilling to pronounce the final farewell , or resign the hand which they grasped , in most cases , for the last time ...
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acquaintance agreeable amongst amusement anchor appearance Archibald Cary Coolidge attention ayah beautiful Bengal Bently's Bowlow Brahmins cabin Calcutta Captain Bently Captain Kentledge Caroline Owen carriage chaprassy Charlotte charming Colonel Howard crowd Cumberland dance dark dear deck delight dinner Doctor dress Dundas elegant Elizabeth Percy European eyes False Bay fatigue feelings felt Flora Fortescue fortune frigate gave hand happy Harriet Harvard College head heart Hindoo honour hope horses hour India knew light living look ment mind Miss Elizabeth Miss Hume Miss Owen Miss Panton Miss Percy Montressor morning Morris mountains native never night observed party passed pleasure Ponsonby present punkah returned round Russell Russell's sail scene seemed ship silver sticks Simon's Town Sir Robert Marshall sister society soon sooner suffered Sunderbunds taste tears thing thought tion turn walk weather West wind
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 24 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past...
Seite 61 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Seite 131 - First, Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Seite 56 - ... vows seem sweet in every whisper'd word; and gentle winds and waters near make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, and in the sky the stars are met, and on the wave is deeper blue, and on the leaf a browner hue, and in the heaven that clear obscure, so softly dark and darkly pure, which follows the decline of day, as twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 56 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word ; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 154 - God will keep a temptation out of their way, or not suffer them to be tempted above what they are able to bear...
Seite 149 - La politesse est l'expression ou l'imitation des vertus sociales ; c'en est l'expression, si elle est vraie, et l'imitation, si elle est fausse ; et les vertus sociales sont celles qui nous rendent utiles et agréables à ceux avec qui nous avons à vivre.