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...6 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006030830 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication ... ...brary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006030830 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data ... ...ayed on his dining room walls. Of hide and metal, in various shapes, they united the room and its glazing lamps and candles. I felt myself the focal... ...r months to reach me—a hundred and twenty days! She died in Genoa, on the 2nd or 3rd of July. I can’t make out the date. The King knows of her deat... ...res of rivers and their permanency. These studies should be of value to mariners. Francesco finds that much of the information I had recorded is s... ... that somehow we must circumvent the Cesares and Savonarolas. December 2nd At Vinci, winter, spring, summer, we used to attend early Mass: Mother... ... no doubt the swiftest. The jig maker’s safest. The priest’s dullest. The mariner’s loneliest. The lover’s saddest. VOICES FROM THE PAST 404 ... ...ealing power in the roll of drums, the rumble of caissons, the tramp of a regiment. Washington’s armed camp is always on the move. Willie... Mayb... ...l drink on her famous tray; then a chaplain and a private spun stories of regimental pets. Once again I heard of the eagle in the 8th Wisconsin Volu...

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...y always opt for a vacation when they could otherwise work. People in the States still believe that money buys happiness. But when people are survey... ...rish. But I understand there are more problems in the poorer areas of the States and in Latin America where people know that contraception and abort... ...o most religions have had similar mystical experiences--the Hindu who has united with the Brahman through years of correct meditation. The holy Jew,... ...d they speak of their experiences just as do Buddhists or Hindus who have united with the oneness of nature. These saints are close brothers in thei... ...that the Bible, whose earliest written historical evidence comes from the 2nd Century BC, is accurate in recounting things that happened thousands o... ...in the early 1900s. Certainly invading another country is routine for the regiments of history‘s conquerors. And sometimes the vanquished are resurre... ... for a while. ―Then you remember Jenny, she married that merchant marine officer. I guess his months away from women pushed him into the por...

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.... Cause and Effect can also be defined by Newton’s Third Law of Motion which states: “For every action: there is an equal and opposite reaction.” ... ...is was why it happened. Our three-dimensional Universe emerged out from the 2nd Dimension happened exactly the same way you drop a pebble into a po... ...of Splitness Chapter One: The Universe 36 1st three-dimensional Universe… 2nd three-dimensional Universe ... ...hese two sources. If Russia had not bankrupted itself by trying to match the United States in its atomic nuclear capabilities for global destruction... ...hat the highest concentration is at the top, not at the bottom. Today in the United States: 1% of its population holds 40% of its wealth, 4% of its ... ...ilder forms of authority and corruption you have less chaos. Where there are regimented armies run by strict Laws and Order… there you have pure cha... ...pponent. The Royal Guard of Windsor: took to wearing the bearskin caps of the regiment they destroyed at the battle of Waterloo in respect for their... ...preme coordinating power-commander-instructor. Is this a good way to train marines or human beings or children? Is that what all the rest of th... ...seen. Every American death was glorified to the hilt. Single deaths of one Marine; were blazed out on National Media. Each single one was honored...

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...crawl, tnidf^oon, roll, scull and Austrn liiin HtrokeK, and did the " sub- marine," ' ijorpoise, " " sjiar- buoy " and "logroll." The por- poise imita... ... to d«te Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH... ...e Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH si'lep... ...- similarities between the constitu- tioiis of Germany and of the L'liited States. It must be re raeinl)i!red, however, that the origi- nal sources an... ...; among them his costly three-volume edi- tion of " Butterflies of Eastern United States and Canada," and his largest work •• Nomenclatura Zoologicus.... ...es for this oifioe : J. H. Carlisle L. M. Hall, W. H. Hoch, Q. R. Jenkins, 2nd., B. W. von Witzloben, J. D. Woodfin. Baseball Notice All members of th... ...th Pevear D, 101 ft., 7 in. Hammer throw: Won by Pevear D, 124 ft., 6 in.; 2nd Hazard R, 124 ft., 2 iu. ; 3d North Wes., 120 ft.. 9 in.; 4th Smith A. ... ...f, as last year, will 1)0 engaged as Inotnrer in zoology nt the Woods Hole Marine Bio- logioul laboratory. He will con- tinue his researches' on the e... ...athletic cornivol held by companies A, C, D, and Field Music of the Second Regiment, N. G.. N. Y., will take place. The meet is expected to be the lar...

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...e eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our writ... ...n years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Con... ...on, all of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever... ... of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever devise... ...he French Acad- emy in 1841. In 1848 he was in the Assembly, and from June 2nd to October 31st he was Minister of Foreign Af- fairs. The coup d’etat o... ...erently situated. *See the details in the Budget of the French Minister of Marine; and for America, the National Calendar of 1833, p. 228. [But the pu... ... particular and unvarying manner. Thus one man is born to the command of a regiment, another to that of a company; when once they have reached the utm...

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...Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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...d America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. For som... ...any, sailing to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other ... ...om a scientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum ... ...ng all other suggestions, it becomes necessary to admit the existence of a marine animal of enormous power. “The great depths of the ocean are entirel... ...g kinds, we must necessarily seek for the animal in question amongst those marine beings already classed; and, in that case, I should be disposed to a... ... one could tell what course to pursue. Impatience grew apace, when, on the 2nd of July, they learned that a steamer of the line of San Francisco, from... ...ham Lincoln would make for the European seas. This promise was made on the 2nd of November. It had the effect of rallying the ship’s crew. The ocean w... ...d horse-power. “Hum!” thought I, “a whale with the strength of a cav- alry regiment would be a pretty whale!” We were on the qui vive till daylight, a... ...as a poulp. Another Bishop, Pontoppidan, speaks also of a poulp on which a regiment of cavalry could manoeuvre. Lastly, the ancient naturalists speak ...

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...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...SE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meeting of ... ...show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, ... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ...which is in the following words, viz: That any line officer of the Navy or Marine Corps may be advanced one grade if upon recommendation of the Presid... ...JOR-GENERAL MEADE, Army of the Potomac: Lieut. Col. James B. Knox, Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, offers his resignation under circumstances ... ...ivate William G . Toles, of Fifty-ninth Ohio V olunteers, re- turns to his regiment and faithfully serves out his term, he is fully pardoned for all m... ...red for two hundred thousand men for the military service (Army, Navy, and Marine Corps) of the United States. The proportional quotas for the differe... ...ton.) 290 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven On the night of the 2nd I reached Hampton Roads, found the Secretary of State and Major Eckert ...

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...e gossip brought to him by his unsuspecting friends; for neither courtier, statesman, minister, nor friend ever looked upon those notes which this “li... ...ced my memoirs then in July, 1694, being at that time colonel of a cavalry regiment bearing my name, in the camp of Guinsheim, upon the old Rhine, in ... ...owed in speak- ing of young people, so unequal in position, friendship had united us. I made up my mind, therefore, to escape from my leading-strings;... ...i- ments of cavalry or infantry, before receiving permission to purchase a regiment. My father took me, therefore, to V ersailles, where he had not be... ...alting-places was Marienburgh, where we camped for the night. I had become united in friendship with Comte de Coetquen, who was in the same company wi... ...g since passed. Boucherat, chancellor and keeper of the seals, died on the 2nd of September. Harlay, as I have previously said, had been promised this... ...s spiked by one of our officers, Le Guerchois, with his brigade of the old marine, when, en- feebled by the losses he had sustained, he called upon a ... ...hought I had for the time gone far enough. The next day, Thursday, January 2nd, Besons, to whom I had written, joined me; and after I had communicated... ...- nary order given to Amenzago; and the Queen the actress, charged in some mariner by the two Kings to bring it about. The sequel in France confirmed ...

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...it. They figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. ... ...y figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. It was ... ... which long rankled in the minds of the white inhabitants, when the German marines raided the town in search of Malietoa, burst into pri- vate houses,... ...t Malietoa,” said Mataafa “but try to bring about a compromise, and form a united government.” “Very well,” said Tamasese, “leave it to me, and I will... ...They found themselves unarmed among the armed warriors of Tamasese and the marines of the German squadron, and under the guns of five strong ships. Br... ...ef, feebly fusillading the pilot house. Between four and five, the Fabeata regiment (or folk of that village) on the Mataafa left, which had been unde... ...been under arms all day, fell to be withdrawn for rest and food; the Siumu regiment, which should have relieved it, was not ready or not notified in t... ...of these “alarums and excur- sions,” he continued to refuse it. On October 2nd, anchored in Apia bay H. B. M. S. Cal- liope, Captain Kane, carrying th... ...haps to lose them. With the month of November they began to arrive: on the 2nd twenty boats, on the 3rd twenty-nine, on the 5th seventeen. On the 6th ...

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..., Fishes of every colour, form, and kind; Which language cannot paint, and mariner Had never seen; from dread Leviathan To insect millions peopling ev... ... By Owen Chace of Nantucket, First Mate of said vessel. New York, 1821. “A mariner sat in the shrouds one night, The wind was pip- ing free; Now brigh... ...n something like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanist... ...hing like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanistan.” Th... ... slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro lik... ...pon which Linnaeus would fain have banished the whales from the waters, he states as follows: “On account of their warm bilocular heart, their lungs, ... ... whale! Mate’ s voice fromt he quarter-deck. Eight bells there, for- ward! 2nd Nantucket sailor. Avast the chorus! Eight bells there! d’ye hear, bell-... ... the same prescient way that vultures hover over the banners of march- ing regiments in the east. But these were the first sharks that had been observ...

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...ad gone rather deep into poli- tics, and that he was entitled to call many statesmen asses 15 Anthony Trollope because they did not see the things wh... ... lous of matrons are talked out of their virtue; the most expe- rienced of statesmen are talked out of their principles. And who can really calculate ... ...ernment, —the work of getting a team together had been accomplished by the united energy of the two dukes and other friends. The filling up of the gre... ...was not one there in the room who did not know that it was the wish of the united families that Arthur Fletcher should marry Emily Wharton, and also t... ...ich was almost the same as asking him whether he would not—”tell it to the marines.” ‘You don’t quite understand these things, Cora,’ he continued. ‘T... ...dn’t know that the man was here,’ said Fletcher. ‘You may tell that to the marines. All the borough shall know what a coward you are.’ Then he turned ... ...cket by which they would leave England would start from Southampton on the 2nd of April, and she was to be ready to go on that day. ‘How is it to be t... ... work, may almost with certainty find himself re- ceived into one or other regiment in Downing Street. It had not in his early days been with him as i... ... ought, I think, to have seen enough of them to be ashamed of them. Such a regiment to march through Cov- entry with!’ ‘I do not doubt that we shall b...

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... and may we learn to live with such holiness here that we may hereafter be united for ever in Heaven.’ This letter is marked twice over ‘Only for Papa... ...e may sleep in Him as our hope is this our sister doth, and may be finally united with her in Heaven. Yesterday was a day of great trial to us all: I ... ...pension. It was replied to in terms of warm and sincere regret; and on the 2nd of February, Sir John Patteson was nominated to the Privy Council, as a... ...ourney by land, no small proof of the confi- dence inspired by so recent a mariner. He was sorry to lose the sight of the further visitation, and in h... ...a merciful deliverance from great peril, which God vouchsafed to us on May 2nd. We touched on a reef at the Isle of Guadalcanar, one of the Solomon Is... ... one must think out each step, anticipate each probable result, before one states anything. It is of course full of the highest interest. Can’t you fa... ...o quite relieved me from my duties as skipper, and I have no trouble about marine stores, ship- ping seamen, navigating the vessel now. I cannot be to... ...re detail, but one of principle. The system is not that of the ship or the regiment, of the farm or the manufactory of the old country, but essentiall...

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...t of success, is but the regard for one’s own dignity which is inseparably united with the dignity of one’s work. And then—it is very difficult to be ... ... knowledge and status for the whole body of the officers of the mercantile marine. He organised for us courses of professional lectures, St. John ambu... ...thers that feeling of peace which was not her own. It was only later, when united at last with the man of her choice that she developed those uncommon... ...t time Officier d’Ordonnance of Marshal Marmont; afterwards Captain in the 2nd Regiment of Mounted Rifles in the Polish Army—such as it existed up to ... ...me Officier d’Ordonnance of Marshal Marmont; afterwards Captain in the 2nd Regiment of Mounted Rifles in the Polish Army—such as it existed up to 1830... ...utbreak of the Revolu- tion, Mr. Nicholas B. was the senior captain of his regiment. Some time before he had been made head of the remount establishme... ...ranted.” Well, no. It might not have been. That august academical body the Marine Department of the Board of Trade takes nothing for granted in the gr... ...tunity of observing was the boarding of ships at sea, at all times, in all states of the weather. They gave it to me to the full. And I have been invi...

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...er has so vast a drainage basin: it draws its water supply from twenty eight States and T erritories; from Dela ware, on the Atlantic seaboard, and f... ...e in the New Orleans ‘Times Democrat,’ based upon reports of able engineers, states that the river annually empties four hundred and six million tons ... ...t enough of this. I had never felt so fine before. And when I found that the regiment of natty servants re spectfully “sir’d” me, my satisfaction was... ...of them that you are allowed to run at all down stream. There’s a law of the United States against it. The river may be rising by the time we get to 1... ...t sink until—” “I know when she sunk; it was three years before that, on the 2nd of December; Asa Hardy was captain of her, and his brother John was f... ..., he promptly resented even the merest sugges tions. Indeed, the law of the United States forbade him to listen to commands or suggestions, rightly c... ...—left him at the wheel, at the foot of 63, to run off the watch. The ancient mariner went up through the chute, and down the river outside; and up the... ...county seat of a great and impor tant county; town with a big United States marine hospital; town of innumerable fights—an inquest every day; town wh...

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...apers; by way of introduction, the following pages were drawn up; and the whole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England. In the States, it has not been thought advisable to reproduce the whole; and the memoir appearing alone, shorn of that other matter which was at once its occasion and its justification, so large an account of a man so little known m...

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...hole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England. In the States, it has not been thought advisable to reproduce the whole; and the m... ...army, loaded himself with debt, was forced to sell out, took refuge in the Marines, and was lost on the Dogger Bank in the war-ship Minotaur. If he di... ... Tuesday morning officers with white flags appeared on the bastions; then, regiment by regiment, the troops marched in, two hundred men sleeping on th... ...some of her defects, besides, she made him heir. Kind as was the bond that united her to her son, kind and even pretty, she was scarce a woman to ador... ... Liddell & Gordon; these gentlemen had begun to dabble in the new field of marine telegraphy; and Fleeming was already face to face with his life’s wo... ... 5. ‘OUR FIRST MATE was much hurt in securing a buoy on the evening of the 2nd. As interpreter [with the Italians] I am useful in all these cases; but... ...RGH, for a considerable time, Fleeming’s family, to three generations, was united: Mr. and Mrs. Austin at Hailes, Captain and Mrs. Jenkin in the subur... ... the first to enter. He sat up in bed and gave three cheers for the Sussex regiment. The subsequent correction, if it came in time, was prudently with...

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...r author, in which Sen- timent and History, or the True and Beautiful, are united. CHAPTER XXIV BUTTON’S IN PALL MALL. THOSE WHO FREQUENT the dismal a... ...ner had escaped, and a gigantic warrior in the uniform of a colonel of the regiment of Artois glaring over me with pointed sword. 28 Thackeray “Rends... ...and Cross of St. Louis, the title of Count, the command of a crack cavalry regiment, the l4me Chevaux Marins, were the bribes that were actually offer... ...cating her child in an elegant though small cottage in one of the romantic marine villages of beautiful Devonshire. Her child! What a gush of consolat... ...g waits.” The Bishop ran off, with more than youthful agility, to seek the United States’ Minister. “These Republi- cans,” he added, confidentially, a... ....” The Bishop ran off, with more than youthful agility, to seek the United States’ Minister. “These Republi- cans,” he added, confidentially, and with... ...cique with him.” In fact, as the monarch spoke, the Minister of the United States made his appearance, followed by a gigantic warrior in the garb of h... ...egs nor the Sailor cared for the gayety and the crowd of cities; the stout mariner’s home was in the puttock-shrouds of the old “Repudiator.” The ster... ...ng of mounting hup! the St. Helena’s walked up 4 per cent this very day.” “2ND JULY.—Rode my bay oss Desperation in the park. There was me, Lord Georg...

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............................................................. 100 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ... For Louis had withal a kind of insight in him. So, when a new Minister of Marine, or what else it might be, came announcing his new era, the Scarlet-... ... with the whole pomp of astonished intoxicated France, will be opening the States-General. Dubarrydom and its D’Aiguillons are gone forever. There is ... ...under the nurture of a ‘Friend of Men,’ has, in State Prisons, in marching Regiments, Dutch Authors’ garrets, and quite other scenes, ‘been for twenty... ...Espremenil, a most patriotic Oath, of the One-and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new-idea, which, in these coming years, shall n... ... nephew (hardly yet of due age); a Dameship of the Palace for his niece; a Regiment for her husband; for himself a red Cardinal’s-hat, a Coupe de Bois... ...ntation, ’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,... ...sailles but ‘men running with torches’ with shouts of jubilation. From the 2nd of May when they kissed the hand of Majesty, to this 30th of June when ... ...t the wine-merchant has become an impromptu cannoneer. See Georget, of the Marine Service, fresh from Brest, ply the King of Siam’s cannon. Singular (...

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.............................................................. 76 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ... For Louis had withal a kind of insight in him. So, when a new Minister of Marine, or what else it might be, came announcing his new era, the Scarlet-... ...under the nurture of a ‘Friend of Men,’ has, in State Prisons, in marching Regiments, Dutch Authors’ garrets, and quite other scenes, ‘been for twenty... ...c Oath, of the One- 70 The French Revolution and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new- idea, which, in these coming years, shall ... ... nephew (hardly yet of due age); a Dameship of the Palace for his niece; a Regiment for her husband; for himself a red Cardinal’s-hat, a Coupe de Bois... ...entation,’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,... ...sailles but ‘men running with torches’ with shouts of jubilation. From the 2nd of May when they kissed the hand of Majesty, to this 30th of June when ... ...t the wine-merchant has become an impromptu cannoneer. See Georget, of the Marine Service, fresh from Brest, ply the King of Siam’s cannon. Singu- lar... ...dark; and they could not see well what was going on.” (Moniteur, Debate of 2nd September, 1792.) Roland writes indignant messages, in the name of Orde...

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... of the age of the streams. During our stay, I observed the habits of some marine animals. A large Aplysia is very common. This sea-slug is about five... ...train of ink to hide the hole into which it had crawled. While looking for marine animals, with my head about two feet above the rocky shore, I was mo... ...ing of a hard glossy substance with a pearly lus- tre, which is intimately united to the surface of the rocks. This, when examined with a lens, is fou... ...es, finely coni- cal at both ends. Two of these are shown in the wood- cut united together. They vary in length from .04 to .06, and even to .08 of an... ...e of the prawn-like crabs, their movements were as coinstantaneous as in a regiment of soldiers; but this cannot happen from anything like voluntary a... ...mpelled to vomit up the carrion it may have recently gorged. Lastly, Azara states that several Carranchas, five or six together, will unite in chase o... ...rackish stream, bear- ing the dregs of the washings of the Pampas. October 2nd. — We passed through Corunda, which, from the luxuriance of its gardens... ... Ellore, and that a hare drank out of a vessel held by the adjutant of the regiment. 148 The V oyage of the Beagle mation of the loss of cattle in th... ...s were now covered by a thick mass of snow, and were a glorious sight. May 2nd. — The road continued to follow the coast, at no great distance from th...

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...s, with hood and all complete, and the Capitan, with big whiskers and dirty regimentals, came on board to dine. While at dinner, a large ship appeare... ...a small schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at a... ... schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at anchor, ... ...alled who speak the English language) who have married Californians, become united to the Catholic church, and acquired considerable property. Havi... ...ng down to the beach. Several people were soon collected to see ‘‘los Ingles marineros,’’ and one of them—a young woman—took a great fancy to my pocke... ... of work, and is out of the way, or hanging back, when duty is to be done. ‘‘Marine’’ is the term applied more partic- ularly to a man who is ignora... ...rt; for forty Kentucky hunters, with their rifles, were a match for a whole regiment of hungry, drawling, lazy half breeds. This affair happened whi... ...t us, we lay three weeks at San Pedro, from the 11th of September until the 2nd of October, engaged in the usual port duties of landing cargo, taking... ..., and stood my watch and did my duty as well as I could. Saturday, July 2nd. This day the sun rose fair, but it ran too low in the heavens to giv...

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...of men of learn- ing, but upon the public conduct of princes and sovereign states. I have endeavoured, in the fourth book, to explain as fully and dis... ...e sea. The navigation of the Danube is of very little use to the different states of Bavaria, Austria, and Hungary, in comparison of what it would be,... ...ivided into any number of parts, as by fusion those parts can easily be re-united again; a quality which no other equally durable commodities possess,... ...nerally the same, or very nearly the same, through the greater part of the united king- dom. These, and most other things which are sold by retail, th... ...rs of great experience have assured me, that, so far from recruiting their regiment, they have never been able to supply it with drums and fifes, from... ...called the moderate and reasonable price of wheat. In 1554, by the 1st and 2nd of Philip and Mary, and in 1558, by the 1st of Elizabeth, the exportati... ... a century before England was distinguished as a com- mercial country. The marine of France was considerable, according to the notions of the times, b... .... First, All ships, of which the owners, masters, and three-fourths of the mariners, are not British subjects, are prohibited, upon pain of forfeiting... ...he tropics, the negroes, for example on the coast of Guinea. When a French regiment comes from some of the northern provinces of France, where wine is...

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...on of the English language, I feel as if my poverty were going to consent. 2ND. I’m as fit as a fiddle after my walk. I am four inches bigger about th... ...too long – but the trunk is the fun of it – everybody steals it; burglary, marine fight, life on desert island on west coast of Scotland, sloops, etc.... ...n change it. Y our anger I defy. Y our unmanly refer- ence to a well-known statesman I puff from me, sir, like so much vapour. Weg is your name; Weg. ... ...ile Club to this; I sleep with a man from Pennsylvania who has been in the States 110 The Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 Navy, and mess with him... ...ad it nearly all over again; you have no rivals! Bancroft’s History of the United States, even in a cente- nary edition, is essentially heavy fare; a ... ...) that no overt steps can be taken till your resignation is accepted; and (2ND) that in the mean- time I may, without offence, mention my design to st... ...long-shore story. As for the two members which you thought at first so ill-united; I confess they seem per- fectly so to me. I have chosen to sacrific... ...is jimmy: did I not beseech you I know not how often to find me an ancient mariner – and you, whose own wife’s own brother is one of the ancientest, d... ... the cold light of print; but there is something nice in the little ragged regiment for all; the black- guards seem to me to smile, to have a kind of ...

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...new empires. COLLEGE PAPERS CHAPTER I – EDINBURGH STUDENTS IN 1824 O N THE 2ND OF JANUARY 1824 was issued the pro spectus of the Pasus Linguae; or, Th... ...e College T atler; and on the 7th the first number appeared. On Friday the 2nd of April ‘Mr. Tatler became speechless.’ Its history was not all one su... ...constrained and unnatural attitude of our Society. At present we are not a united body, but a loose gathering of individu- als, whose inherent attract... ... or, if their fam- ily have none, identify themselves with some well-known statesman, use his opinions, and lend him their patronage on all occasions.... ... and clubs of every sort. Nor would it be a matter of much difficulty. The united societies would form a nucleus: one of the class- rooms at first, an... ...ym? He might have been a dentist, but he should never have aspired to be a statesman. I can only wonder that he succeeded as he did. Pym and Habakkuk ... ...arfrost. A scathing breeze blew out of the north-east and slowly carried a regiment of black and tattered clouds over the face of heaven, which was al... ...other drew me out– the Lord reward her for it!– or to that cold, unbieldy, marine place of the Bass Rock, which, with my delicate kist, would be fair ...