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...tle, I’ve been at the whipping of two of them in one day—clean built, snug frigates with standing royals and them new-fashioned cannonades on their qu... ...nt to see mountains. Why, good woman, I’ve been off there in the Boadishey frigate, when you could see nothing but some such matter as a piece of sky,... ... she behaved herself so well! Oh! she was a sweet ship, mistress! That one frigate was well worth more, to live in, than the best house in the island.... ...ord Harry, woman, I should as soon think of calling the Boadishey a clumsy frigate. What the devil would you have? Arn’t her eyes as bright as the mor...

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...e island. They have 1,000 209 Yo n g e men in New Caledonia, steamers and frigates of war; and he told me plainly that this island and Nengone are co... ...els of land, for instance, one acre. The captain of the “Iris,” an English frigate, called on him on Monday, and sent me a letter by him, making it qu... ...et into play for five minutes or so. ‘July 16th.—The captain of the “Iris” frigate passing Lifu dropped me a line which satisfied me that the French w...

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...th an English ship they fell in with off the Asiatic coast. He commanded a frigate of fifty-six guns and the Revenge carried ninety-six. The struggle ...

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...derbuss; but it was no longer necessary to use this as a signal, since the frigate had lowered her boat, which was rapidly coming towards them. But, a... ...ck the lieutenant. Their boat had by this time been towed alongside of the frigate, and poor T am was hoisted on board, and the surgeon was instantly ... ...a signal flag to intimate success. A boat was immediately put off from the frigate, containing not only Lieutenant Bullock, but an of- ficer in scarle...

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...le of Papa’s when he was gone out to the Crimean War, and that’s to have a frigate on it, because of the Calliope—his ship, you know; and there’s one ... ...n Susan. “I know it will be me!” said Hal. “He looked at the rigging of my frigate, and said I knew all the ropes quite well; and he told Papa he migh...

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... boatman on the Seine whom the government has suddenly put in command of a frigate. T roubled thoughts filled his mind, never very capable of reflecti... ...s, in bulk, about a million. We have dismantled our man like a con- demned frigate. The nails, iron, wood, and copper will bring about three hundred t...

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...nt lad who owned the ship that talked and had a soul. Come! I dream of the frigate Ellida, the fairy with the sails young girls should navigate!” “Sin...

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... glance of those bright eyes. Permit me first the task to guide Your fairy frigate o’er the tide.’ The maid, with smile suppressed and sly, The toil u...

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...ces to their various mysteries, hung in frames upon the walls; the T artar Frigate under weigh, was on the plates; outlandish shells, seaweeds, and mo... ...; and the presence of Florence in the back parlour, brightened the T artar frigate on the wall. Half an hour ago Walter, for his life, would have hard... ...e hands of Uncle Sol’ s chronometer, and moved them faster than the Tartar frigate ever went before the wind. Be this as it may, the visitors had a co...

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...m.” 108 Henrietta’s Wish “No such good place for dancing as the deck of a frigate,” said Roger. “This time last year we had a ball on board the Euphr...

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...me (you shall presently know why) is so absorbed in steering his electoral frigate that I scarcely see him. I told you, madame, that I resolved to com...

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...ing-room to accommodate the danc- ers, vociferating, like the captain of a frigate on his quarter- deck when taking his ship into action: “Have you pl...

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...han wearing it A whole existence through. XCIX THERE is no frigate like a book T o take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page... ...coming mentioned be. If spoken by the distant bird, If met in ether sea By frigate or by merchantman, Report was not to me. XIX I STARTED ... ... visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me, And frigates in the upper floor Extended hempen hands, Presuming me to be a mou... ...ce, 264 There is a word 168 There is another Loneliness 260 There is no frigate like a book 59 There’s a certain slant of light, 128 There’s been...

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... is to be noted that, from our insular situation, and the multitude of our frigates disposable for the rapid transmis- sion of intelligence, rarely di... ...own one of these, with the fiery pace of a quarrel from a cross-bow, ran a frigate right athwart our course. “Are they mad?” some voice ex- claimed fr...

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...ut? — Giving a party to the last arrived harpooneers, I dare say, gay as a frigate’s pennant, and so am I — fa, la! lirra, skirra! Oh — We’ll drink to... ... Cetus far beyond the utmost stretch of Hydrus and the Flying Fish. With a frigate’s anchors for my bridle bitts and fasces of harpoons for spurs, wou... ...the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make; nevertheless, by the continual repetition of these ver... ... gigantic Sperm Whale lay rolling in the water like the capsized hull of a frigate, his broad, glossy back, of an Ethiopian hue, glistening in the sun... ...s rust, and untold hopes and anchors rot; where in her murderous hold this frigate earth is ballasted with bones of millions of the drowned; there, in... ...s, — a pike and gaff man and a spade man. The whaling pike is similar to a frigate’s boarding weapon of the same name. The gaff is something like a bo... ...t harbors, with broad sheets of flame for sails, bore down upon the Turkish frigates, and folded them in conflagrations. The hatch, removed from the top... ... hundred legs. I feel strained, half stranded, as ropes that tow dismasted frigates in a gale; and I may look so. But ere I break, ye’ll hear me crack...

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...out?— Giving a party to the last arrived harpooneers, I dare say, gay as a frigate’s pennant, and so am I—fa, la! lirra, skirra! Oh— We’ll drink to-ni... ... Cetus far beyond the utmost stretch of Hydrus and the Flying Fish. With a frigate’s anchors for my bridle-bitts and fasces of har- poons for spurs, w... ... gigantic Sperm Whale lay rolling in the water like the capsized hull of a frigate, his broad, glossy back, of an Ethiopian hue, glistening in the sun... ...s rust, and untold hopes and anchors rot; where in her murderous hold this frigate earth is ballasted with bones of millions of the drowned; there, in... ...irs,— a pike-and-gaffman and a spade-man. The whaling-pike is similar to a frigate’s boarding-weapon of the same name. The gaff is something like a bo... ... harbors, with broad sheets of flame for sails, bore down upon the Turkish frigates, and folded them in conflagrations. The hatch, removed from the to... ... hundred legs. I feel strained, half stranded, as ropes that tow dismasted frigates in a gale; and I may look so. But ere I break, yell hear me crack;...

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...fely, despite the enemy’s fleet; and kept his word. The convoy was of five frigates. The Chevalier de Sillery, before starting, married Mademoiselle B... ...t was returned; and as some 91 Saint-Simon light vessels passing near the frigates said that the King and Queen were looking on, the Prince ordered a... ...lf almost entirely unsupported. The people even refused provi- sion to his frigates. However, the Prince’s partisans at length arrived to salute him. ... ...on, and was obliged to take refuge on the coast of Picardy. This vessel, a frigate, was commanded by Rambure, a lieutenant. As, soon as he was able he... ...uage. A gentleman of the country passed from one of these barques upon the frigate. He told Rambure that the princi- pal noblemen of Scotland had reso... ...usketry. Rambure tried, for a long time, to profit by the lightness of his frigate to get ahead; but, always cut off by the enemy’s vessels, and con- ...

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...jah’s compound in expectation of a visit from Dutch man- of-war boats. The frigate remained anchored outside the mouth of the river, and the boats cam... ...iles of river from Sambir to the gem-like islands of the estuary where the frigate was awaiting the return of the boats. The moon rose long before the... ...ig was clear of the reefs, but the persistent chase given him by the Dutch frigate had forced him to run south and ultimately to wreck and de- stroy h... ... side of the ditch, behind the bush, by the clear fires, the seamen of the frigate had encamped on the hospi- table invitation of Almayer. Almayer, ro... ... pompously. “This is my daugh- ter. Nina, these gentlemen, officers of the frigate outside, have done me the honour to accept my hospitality.” Nina an... ...sed, at his violence. From the camping fires round which the seamen of the frigate were sitting came words of encouragement, mingled with laughter and...

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...fue Martling, a large blue bearded Dutchman, who had nearly taken a British frigate with an old iron nine pounder from a mud breastwork, only that hi...

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...commemoration of a solemn festi- val. She came by water in a sort of light frigate, and was to return in the same way. Meantime Nero tampered with the...