Facts Without Fiction and Tales from the Life, Illustrative of the Evil Effects of Spirit DrinkingB.Bagster, 1835 |
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... Crazy Jane should have rounded the point of the Torwald an hour ago , and if she comes not soon , there may be fearful doings at sea this blessed night . " " And fearful doings on land too if she does come , " said a gruff voice from ...
... Crazy Jane should have rounded the point of the Torwald an hour ago , and if she comes not soon , there may be fearful doings at sea this blessed night . " " And fearful doings on land too if she does come , " said a gruff voice from ...
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... Crazy Jane would leave Sluys with a valuable cargo of Hollands and cordials , so as to reach Craggy Point , wind and wea- ther permitting , that evening at dusk ; the wind had been favourable , but during the calm of the day the ...
... Crazy Jane would leave Sluys with a valuable cargo of Hollands and cordials , so as to reach Craggy Point , wind and wea- ther permitting , that evening at dusk ; the wind had been favourable , but during the calm of the day the ...
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... Crazy Jane ; what say'st thou to that , Dugald ? " " That it is time to leave off talking nonsense , answered Dugald : " an old toad is cautious when apprehensive of danger , and it might be nothing the worse for Hans Burgher , nor for ...
... Crazy Jane ; what say'st thou to that , Dugald ? " " That it is time to leave off talking nonsense , answered Dugald : " an old toad is cautious when apprehensive of danger , and it might be nothing the worse for Hans Burgher , nor for ...
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... Crazy Jane ' this night , if once in her cove . Allan Fern , " she continued , " hand me that old blunderbuss of Brocker's , I will riddle the guts of the ' white hats ' if they dare but to peep over the Craggy Point . " " Hush ! hush ...
... Crazy Jane ' this night , if once in her cove . Allan Fern , " she continued , " hand me that old blunderbuss of Brocker's , I will riddle the guts of the ' white hats ' if they dare but to peep over the Craggy Point . " " Hush ! hush ...
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... Crazy Jane , who are by this time round the Torwald , and standing out to sea . ' " If the wind and the sea will per- mit them , " grumbled out Dugald . " You have sent two poor fellows to their long home , " said Allan ; " God help ...
... Crazy Jane , who are by this time round the Torwald , and standing out to sea . ' " If the wind and the sea will per- mit them , " grumbled out Dugald . " You have sent two poor fellows to their long home , " said Allan ; " God help ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affectionate Agnes Allan Fern Andover appeared ardent spirits attention Barnabas became Bink blessed blunderbuss Burgher Burnard character Cheatum circumstances Clara companions conduct considerable counting-house course Crazy Jane daugh dear death degra delight determined dram drunken Dugald effects Ellicombe engaged entered evil experienced father fearful feel felt folly glass Gullum habits hand Hans Burgher happy heart honour hope hour husband indulged infidelity influence intemperance intoxication Julia king's men Lancelot land liquor lived look lugger Madge marriage means mind misery morning mother nature ness never night observed occasion once painful Palais Royal parents passed peace person pleasure possessed present proved received rendered replied respect ruin sailors scene seemed Sharkish society Sommerton soon sorrow soul strong drink tale Temperance Temperance Society thing thought tion vessel vice Victorine village wife Wigton Willoughby wish wretched young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 155 - Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Seite 183 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Seite 10 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Seite 146 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Seite 83 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Seite 83 - And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land ! Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay! Princes and Lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold Peasantry, their country's pride...
Seite 139 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Seite 73 - And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Seite 138 - Cease your grief," said the sage, " go home for the present, and return hither when you have procured a live black beetle, together with a little ghee (or buffalo's butter), three clews, one of the finest silk, another of stout packthread, and another of whipcord ; finally, a stout coil of rope.
Seite 138 - ... ghee, to tie one end of the silk thread around him, and to place the reptile on the wall of the tower. Seduced by the smell of the butter, which he conceived to be in store somewhere above him, the beetle continued to ascend till he reached the top, and thus put the vizier in possession of the end of the silk thread...