Autobiographic Sketches, Bind 11–12Houghton, Mifflin, 1876 - 593 sider |
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Side 28
... Atlantic and Pacific ) in the quality of midshipman , until Waterloo in one day pu an extinguisher on that whole generation of midshipmen , by extin - Any expression of personal vanity , intruding upon im 28 SKETCHES . AUTOBIOGRAPHIC.
... Atlantic and Pacific ) in the quality of midshipman , until Waterloo in one day pu an extinguisher on that whole generation of midshipmen , by extin - Any expression of personal vanity , intruding upon im 28 SKETCHES . AUTOBIOGRAPHIC.
Side 34
... whole of my childhood except for the few earliest weeks , in a rural seclusion . With three innocent little sisters for playmates , sleeping always amongst them , and shut up forever in a silent garden from all knowledge of poverty , or ...
... whole of my childhood except for the few earliest weeks , in a rural seclusion . With three innocent little sisters for playmates , sleeping always amongst them , and shut up forever in a silent garden from all knowledge of poverty , or ...
Side 72
... whole being so well concerted , and the rolling fire so well sus- tained , that it was impossible to make head against it whilst the abruptness of the interruption gave to it the pro- tecting character of an oral " round robin , " it ...
... whole being so well concerted , and the rolling fire so well sus- tained , that it was impossible to make head against it whilst the abruptness of the interruption gave to it the pro- tecting character of an oral " round robin , " it ...
Side 78
... whole tremendous weight of obligations- the law and the prophets - all crowded into this one pocket command , " Thou shalt obey thy brother as God's vicar upon earth . ” For now , if , by any future stone levelled at him who had called ...
... whole tremendous weight of obligations- the law and the prophets - all crowded into this one pocket command , " Thou shalt obey thy brother as God's vicar upon earth . ” For now , if , by any future stone levelled at him who had called ...
Side 88
... whole order . What was the meaning of that ? What was it to which war pledged a man ? It pledged him , in case of opportunity , to burn , ravage , and depopulate the houses and lands of the enemy ; which enemy was these fair girls . The ...
... whole order . What was the meaning of that ? What was it to which war pledged a man ? It pledged him , in case of opportunity , to burn , ravage , and depopulate the houses and lands of the enemy ; which enemy was these fair girls . The ...
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