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... THE POOR FRENCHMEN LOOKED VERY INDIGNANT , " 250 66 THEY QUICKLY FITTED SLINGS , " 304 " AS WE ENTERED THE HARBOUR , WE HEARD WITH JOYOUS HEARTS THE ORDER GIVEN TO SHORTEN SAIL , " 339 12 WILL WEATHER HELM . CHAPTER I. My father's land -
... THE POOR FRENCHMEN LOOKED VERY INDIGNANT , " 250 66 THEY QUICKLY FITTED SLINGS , " 304 " AS WE ENTERED THE HARBOUR , WE HEARD WITH JOYOUS HEARTS THE ORDER GIVEN TO SHORTEN SAIL , " 339 12 WILL WEATHER HELM . CHAPTER I. My father's land -
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... heard of on his or her mother's side of the house . Thus she became more than ever dependent on my father and his mother and sister . She had no cause to regret this , however , for kinder , gentler - hearted people never existed . Two ...
... heard of on his or her mother's side of the house . Thus she became more than ever dependent on my father and his mother and sister . She had no cause to regret this , however , for kinder , gentler - hearted people never existed . Two ...
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... heard of . The brig with all hands must have foundered , or , as likely as not , been run down at no great distance from Plymouth itself . My mother , who had borne so bravely and uncom- plainingly her own personal sufferings , sunk ...
... heard of . The brig with all hands must have foundered , or , as likely as not , been run down at no great distance from Plymouth itself . My mother , who had borne so bravely and uncom- plainingly her own personal sufferings , sunk ...
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... heard some friends say that my heart was in its right place , and that I should never come to much harm , and that satisfied me ; so I did pretty well what I liked without any qualms of conscience or fears for the consequences . I am ...
... heard some friends say that my heart was in its right place , and that I should never come to much harm , and that satisfied me ; so I did pretty well what I liked without any qualms of conscience or fears for the consequences . I am ...
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... heard your voice , ' I answered , shaking him warmly by the hand . You've grown from a boy almost into a man . There's nothing like the life of a sailor for hardening a fellow , and making him fit for anything . I see that plainly ...
... heard your voice , ' I answered , shaking him warmly by the hand . You've grown from a boy almost into a man . There's nothing like the life of a sailor for hardening a fellow , and making him fit for anything . I see that plainly ...
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Page 199 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 79 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To take care of the life of poor Jack.
Page 271 - There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, and before the spring much may be changed.
Page 346 - Bear down, d'ye see, To our Admiral's lee ! ' 'No, no,' says the Frenchman, 'that can't be !' ' Then I must lug you along with me !
Page 346 - Frenchman laughed and thought it stuff, But they knew not the handful of men, how tough, On board of the Arethusa. On deck five hundred men did dance, The stoutest they could find in France; We with two hundred did advance On board of the Arethusa. Our captain hailed the Frenchman, 'Ho!