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... 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 -
... 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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... hearts , modest women with sweet smiles , and true , honest men . Once only in my youth was I there . I remember well , on a bright summer's day , standing on one of the highest of its lofty hills , sprinkled with thousands of beautiful ...
... hearts , modest women with sweet smiles , and true , honest men . Once only in my youth was I there . I remember well , on a bright summer's day , standing on one of the highest of its lofty hills , sprinkled with thousands of beautiful ...
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... heart , and I was left an orphan . Most of my father's property had gone to purchase a share in the brig , which had been most fatally uninsured , and thus an income remained barely sufficient for the support of my grandmother and aunt ...
... heart , and I was left an orphan . Most of my father's property had gone to purchase a share in the brig , which had been most fatally uninsured , and thus an income remained barely sufficient for the support of my grandmother and aunt ...
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... hearts to deny me anything , and the consequence was that I generally got my own way whether it was a good or bad one ... heart was in its right place , and that I should never come to much harm , and that satisfied me ; so I did pretty ...
... hearts to deny me anything , and the consequence was that I generally got my own way whether it was a good or bad one ... heart was in its right place , and that I should never come to much harm , and that satisfied me ; so I did pretty ...
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... heart , who loves ye far better than her own life's blood , ' said the kind old lady , taking me in her arms and pressing me to her bosom . Be content to stay at home , laddie , and make her happy . ' 6 6 Oh , that ye will , Willand ...
... heart , who loves ye far better than her own life's blood , ' said the kind old lady , taking me in her arms and pressing me to her bosom . Be content to stay at home , laddie , and make her happy . ' 6 6 Oh , that ye will , Willand ...
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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.
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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!