Hamilton King; or, The smuggler and the dwarf, by the Old Sailor |
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... tone of eagerness , " is she dying , and wants the clergyman ? Run - run , little girl ; run to that white house ! " pointing to an elegant mansion some quarter of a mile distant , " run - run , the minister lives there . " " I've been ...
... tone of eagerness , " is she dying , and wants the clergyman ? Run - run , little girl ; run to that white house ! " pointing to an elegant mansion some quarter of a mile distant , " run - run , the minister lives there . " " I've been ...
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... tone ; we cannot afford de moosh expence ; 66 had it not been the best ting to send ' em to de workhouse . " - " Fie , fie , Charlotte ! " returned the king in the same low voice , and laying his hand gently on her arm ; " What , what ...
... tone ; we cannot afford de moosh expence ; 66 had it not been the best ting to send ' em to de workhouse . " - " Fie , fie , Charlotte ! " returned the king in the same low voice , and laying his hand gently on her arm ; " What , what ...
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... any thoughtless- ness of mine should have such an effect , Brid- get ; " returned Lady O'Toole in a conciliatory tone ; " but come nurse , cannot you tell us some- thing of the legend of this holy well and its HAMILTON KING . 61.
... any thoughtless- ness of mine should have such an effect , Brid- get ; " returned Lady O'Toole in a conciliatory tone ; " but come nurse , cannot you tell us some- thing of the legend of this holy well and its HAMILTON KING . 61.
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... tone of reckless bitterness . " But , musha , it's bad luck there is in talking to women . Come , lads , let's on , " and he prepared to depart . " Your mother was a woman , Mike Hagan , " quickly responded Bridget , who evidently wish ...
... tone of reckless bitterness . " But , musha , it's bad luck there is in talking to women . Come , lads , let's on , " and he prepared to depart . " Your mother was a woman , Mike Hagan , " quickly responded Bridget , who evidently wish ...
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... tone of resolute defi- " What is there that Dermot Delaney dare not do ? and who are you that supplicate the man who dare ' not execute his will ? " ance . " Oh , Dermot , why will you mistake my meaning ? " responded Mrs. O'Connor ...
... tone of resolute defi- " What is there that Dermot Delaney dare not do ? and who are you that supplicate the man who dare ' not execute his will ? " ance . " Oh , Dermot , why will you mistake my meaning ? " responded Mrs. O'Connor ...
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amongst answered arms arn't Arrah beautiful blessed Blue Bob boat boatswain breeze Bridget brig Captain Feaghan Captain Lilyburn Casey chief mate child command Cornelius coxswain craft dark dead deck Delaney dere Dermot divel dwarf Earwig exclaimed eyes fear fellow fire gentleman ghan Graves Hamilton hand head heart Herrick honour inquired instantly Lady O'Toole laid land Larry laugh look Madame Brienot massa master's mate meself midshipman Mike Hagan mind minutes Misther Murtoch negro Neptune never nigger night O'Connor O'Rafferty officer once outlaw owld passed Peterson pinnace Port au Prince prisoner Quaco replied responded returned rocks round sail schooner seamen second mate ship shore shouted shure side Sir Phelim Sir Terence sloop smuggler soon sowl stood tell Terence O'Connor there's thing tion tone uttered vessel voice whilst wind wounded yer honor youth
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Page 160 - A negro has a soul ! an' please your honour ? said the Corporal (doubtingly). — —I am not much versed, Corporal, quoth my uncle Toby, in things of that kind ; but I suppose God would not leave him without one, any more than thee or me. It would be putting one sadly over the head of another, quoth the Corporal. It would so, said my uncle Toby. Why then, an...
Page 290 - His love in time past forbids me to think He'll leave me at last in trouble to sink; Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review Confirms his good pleasure to help me quite through.
Page 296 - God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea! and, other times, to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips; how chances mock, And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors!
Page 86 - Remember, my son, that here you may always find a haven of peace and calm," uttered the priest, with earnest solemnity ; " and when your heart is ready to exclaim, ' Oh that I had wings like a dove, for then would I fly away and be at rest...
Page 27 - One continued dumb, brandy had not thawed him ; but he stared very hard at me, as much as to say, I would speak if I could. No. Three put into my hand the sixteenth card, and made a rash attempt at a bow. Having seen them fairly outside my door, I bolted it, saying with Shakspeare — " O ! that a man Should put an enemy in his mouth To steal away his brains!
Page 13 - Father of heaven, have mercy upon us miserable sinners, and so teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Page 138 - Columbo, by torchlight, on the third of September, 1799- It was attended by a party of mourners in black gowns, all the European gentlemen of the settlement, and a crowd of natives. The body was deposited in the family vault, by the side of that of his wife, whose skeleton was seen through a glass in the cover of the coffin.
Page 13 - O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son : have mercy upon us miserable sinners...
Page 272 - Satan finds some mischief still, For idle hands to do...