 How he beat the storm to laughter; For well he knew his vessel With that vain wind could wrestle; And when a wreck we thought her And doomed ourselves to slaughter, How gaily he fought her, And through the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught...  The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Seite 412von William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1865 - 820 Seiten
...stanza respecting his two daughters, showing that intense family love which existed in his home : " And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling and making A prayer at home for me." Apropos to this, he gives a pleasant account of getting home letters at Cairo. " I saw a young Oxford... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 Seiten
...through the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught her, Cried " George, some brandy and water." And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me." Bnt we must devote all our remaining space to the description of the ,*saey from Jaffa to Jerusalem... | |
 | 1866 - 924 Seiten
...region, the last lines of ' The White Squall,' containing a transition as charming as it is abrupt. 'And when, its force expended, The harmless storm...ended, And, as the sunrise splendid Came blushing o 'er the sea, I thought, as day was breaking, My little girls were waking, And smiling, and making... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1845 - 430 Seiten
...the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught her, Cried, " GEORGE ! SOME BRANDY AND WATER !" And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. X. TELMESSUS BEYROUT. THERE should have been a poet in our company to describe that charming little... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1846 - 214 Seiten
...the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught her, Cried, " GEORGE ! SOME BRANDY AND WATER !" And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. X. TELMESSUS BEYROUT. THERE should have been a poet in our company to describe that charming little... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1846 - 344 Seiten
...through the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught her, Cried, "GEORGE ! SOME BRANDY AND WATER!' And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. X. TELMESSUS-BEYROUT. HERE should have been a poet in our company to describe that charming little... | |
 | 1846 - 784 Seiten
...the hubbub brought her. And, as tbe tempest caught her, Cried, ' GEOROE, SOME BRANDY AND WA> TXFI !' And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...blushing o'er the sea, I thought, as day was breaking. My litlle girls were waking, And smiling then and making A prayer at home for me. In the simple and tender... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1846 - 828 Seiten
...through the hubbub brought her, And, as the tempest caught her, Cried, ' GEORGE, SOME BRANDY AND WATER !' And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...blushing o'er the sea, I thought, as day was breaking, 5 Iy little girls were waking, And smiling then and making A prayer at home for me." In the simple... | |
 | 1846 - 782 Seiten
...GEOBGE, SOME BRANDY AND WA_ i » And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was ended. And, аз the sunrise splendid Came blushing o'er the sea, I...breaking, My little girls were waking, And smiling then and making A prayer at home for me." In the simple and tender pathos of the concluding lines outspoke... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1848 - 208 Seiten
...through the hubbub brought her And, as the tempest caught her, Cried, " GEORGE ! SOME BRANDY AND WATER !" And when, its force expended, The harmless storm was...waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. X. TELMESSUS BEYROUT. THERE should have been a poet in our company to describe that charming little... | |
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