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... in their cloths , For they scarce provide any to wear , But as soon as the play was begun , Sing tol , & c . Which they call'd the -- " Bold Stroke for a Wife , " I was up to my elbows i ' fun , A S 91 THE YORKSHIREMAN IN LONDON; ...
... in their cloths , For they scarce provide any to wear , But as soon as the play was begun , Sing tol , & c . Which they call'd the -- " Bold Stroke for a Wife , " I was up to my elbows i ' fun , A S 91 THE YORKSHIREMAN IN LONDON; ...
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... bold came the children of Rome , With falchions yet dripping with gore , While their genius , exulting , ask'd ages to come To rival the heroes of yore ? Then Britannia suppress'd the big tear in her eye ,, And call'd her illustrious ...
... bold came the children of Rome , With falchions yet dripping with gore , While their genius , exulting , ask'd ages to come To rival the heroes of yore ? Then Britannia suppress'd the big tear in her eye ,, And call'd her illustrious ...
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... bold tars may delight in , And peril defy , as a bugbear , a flam ,! Though the lion may feel surly pleasure in fighting , He'll feel more by compassion , when turn'd to a lamb . The heart and the eyes you see feel the same mo tion ...
... bold tars may delight in , And peril defy , as a bugbear , a flam ,! Though the lion may feel surly pleasure in fighting , He'll feel more by compassion , when turn'd to a lamb . The heart and the eyes you see feel the same mo tion ...
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... bold enemy appear'd , And , dauntless , we prepar'd for battle . And now , while some friend or wife , Like lightning rush'd on ev'ry fancy , To Providence I trusted life , Put up a pray'r --- and thought on Nancy . At last , ' twas in ...
... bold enemy appear'd , And , dauntless , we prepar'd for battle . And now , while some friend or wife , Like lightning rush'd on ev'ry fancy , To Providence I trusted life , Put up a pray'r --- and thought on Nancy . At last , ' twas in ...
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... bold navy ; And all our fine brushes , and what ' twas all for , That the whistle of fame has sung out sea and shore , For when british bull dogs begin for to roar , The prettiest shall soon cry peccavi . For the war , how it happened ...
... bold navy ; And all our fine brushes , and what ' twas all for , That the whistle of fame has sung out sea and shore , For when british bull dogs begin for to roar , The prettiest shall soon cry peccavi . For the war , how it happened ...
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Popular passages
Page 77 - So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear) And drops at once into her nest . The noblest Captain in the British fleet, Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet.
Page 77 - O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain; Let me kiss off that falling tear ; We only part to meet again. Change, as ye list, ye winds ; my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points to thee.
Page 142 - twas just all as one as High Dutch; For he said how a sparrow can't founder, d'ye see, Without orders that come down below; And a many fine things that proved clearly...
Page 78 - Though battle call me from thy arms Let not my pretty Susan mourn; Though cannons roar, yet safe from harms William shall to his Dear return. Love turns aside the balls that round me fly, Lest precious tears should drop from Susan's eye.
Page 122 - THE EXILE OF ERIN There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill : For his country he sighed when at twilight repairing To wander alone by the wind-beaten hill. But the day-star attracted his eye's sad devotion, For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean, Where once, in the fire of his youthful emotion, He sang the bold anthem of Erin go bragh. Sad is my fate...
Page 123 - Erin my country ! though sad and forsaken, In dreams I revisit thy sea-beaten shore ; But alas ! in a far foreign land I awaken, And sigh for the friends who can meet me no more ! Oh cruel fate! wilt thou never replace me In a mansion of peace — where no perils can chase me?
Page 64 - Our life is but a winter's day ; Some only breakfast and away. Others to dinner stay, and are full fed ; The oldest man but sups and goes to bed. Large is his debt who lingers out the day ; Who goes the soonest, has the least to pay.
Page 92 - CEASE, rude Boreas, blustering railer ! List, ye landsmen all, to me ; Messmates, hear a brother sailor Sing the dangers of the sea ; From bounding billows, first in motion, When the distant whirlwinds rise, To the tempest-troubled ocean, Where the seas contend with skies. Hark ! the boatswain hoarsely bawling, By topsail-sheets and...
Page 98 - I'm declining, May my fate no less fortunate be Than a snug elbow-chair can afford for reclining, And a cot that o'erlooks the wide sea; With an ambling pad-pony to pace o'er the lawn, While I carol away idle sorrow, And blithe as the lark that each day hails the dawn Look forward with hope for to-morrow. With a porch at my door, both for shelter and shade too.
Page 62 - YE gentlemen of England That live at home at ease, Ah ! little do you think upon The dangers of the seas. Give ear unto the mariners, And they will plainly show All the cares and the fears When the stormy winds do blow.