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...ent when they had passed successfully their first examination and left the seamanship Examiner with the little precious slip of blue paper in their ha... ... hottest time of his life with Cap- tain R-, the most dreaded of the three seamanship Examiners who at the time were responsible for the merchant serv... ...o.” “I had half a mind to save my dignity by telling him that if it was my seamanship he was alluding to I wanted him to under- stand that a fellow wh... ...ny sort of responsibility for our actions, whose consequences we are never able to fore- see,” remarked Marlow by way of assent. “The consequence of h... ...ere also doubts as to Carleon Anthony’s complete sanity for some consider- able time before he died. Most of the above I elicited from Marlow, for all... ...ve been suicide, with the implication of unhappy love. They would never be able to understand that she had taken the trouble to climb over two post-an... ...trar laughed, the barris- ters laughed, the reporters laughed, the serried ranks of the miserable depositors watching anxiously every word, laughed li... ...ement and changes of free life, you hold on to, amplify, exaggerate into a rank growth of memories. They can look with a smile at the troubles and pai...

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... added, that the greater part of the banished Jacobites, and those of high rank and consequence, were not much within reach of the influence of the pr... ...formed, as desperate as they were adventurous. Thus a young Scottishman of rank is said to have stooped so low as to plot the surprisal of St. James’s... ...or thine own pride? Is it not equally absurd and unreason- 12 Redgauntlet able, whichever source it springs from? For myself, I tell thee, I have, an... ...e favours of Providence.] and ask how I should feel if, in- stead of being able to throw down my reckoning, I were obliged to deprecate the resentment... ...o express his regard for a particular regiment, franked a letter for every rank and file. It was cus- tomary also to save the covers and return them, ... ...ch sooner than I have recorded, or you (if you have not skipped) have been able to read them. They were already finished, and I was considering how I ... ...lf, I heard poor Thetis address herself to a sort of merman in a jacket of seaman’s blue, and a pair of trousers (whose hand, by the way, she had reje... ... and inform the civil authorities of what mischief hath befallen.’ The old seaman paused a moment. ‘It is hard lines for me,’ he said, ‘to leave your ... ...been for the purpose of rendering it generally abhorred.’ ‘Well,’ said the seaman, ‘I have heard of the Sortes Virgilianae, and I dare say the Sortes ...

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...seems to swamp the deeper nature throughout boyhood. By this age Coley was able to read, and on his birthday he received from his father the Bible whi... ...e being he still was, though a well-grown, manly, high-spirited boy, quite able to take care of himself, keep his place, and hold his own. He was plac... ...en, with ready presence of mind, held out her hand: he grasped it, and was able to regain his feet in safety, but did not re- cover his perceptions en... ...ingly trivial to ordinary readers, but very no- ticeable to Eton men. As a rank and file collegian myself, and well remembering the Jew and Samaritan ... ... content to lead the forlorn hope of Christianity, and perish in the front ranks of the noble army. “And having been a little tried he shall be greatl... ..., of very pleasing aspect, and with those dignified princely manners which rank is al- 102 Life of John Coleridge Patteson most sure to give. The fir... ...that I do not think I should feel afraid of navigating a ship at all. The “seamanship” is another thing, and that the master of the ship is responsibl... ... to me.’ A pretty severe gale of wind followed, a sharp test of Patteson’s seamanship. ‘Then came one day of calm, when we all got our clothes dry, an... ...d stand three wooden cottages, occupied by the master, mate, and a married seaman of the “Southern Cross.” At the west end stands the Melanesian schoo...

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... stranger would handle his last command after him. With the fortune he was able to leave her, the value of a 500-ton bark was neither here nor there. ... ...est he considered he was reaping the true reward of his life by being thus able to pro- duce on demand whatever was needed. He had not enjoyed himself... ...that pared down the profits to an irreducible minimum, in a world that was able to count its disengaged ton- nage twice over every day, and in which l... ...s feelings were horribly rasped by the idea of the boarding- house. In his rank of life he had that truly aristocratic temperament characterized by a ... ...ridge, steeply roofed with the white slopes of the awnings, a young lascar seaman had clambered outside the rail. He adjusted quickly a broad band of ... ...he tilted edges of the rocky strata showing through its ragged clothing of rank bushes and thorny creepers. The wind had begun to sing in the rigging;... ...ght from the open sea. No glow of their household fires ever kindled for a seaman a red spark upon the blind night of the group: and the calms of the ... ... trust, of dependence, the idea of welcome, clear-eyed help brought to the seaman groping for the land in the dark: groping blindly in fogs: feeling t...

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...arly the whole English navy. There was but one man of note, at this miser able pass, who was true to his country and the feeble King. He was a priest... ...ld’s Histroy of England 70 Duke, of course, prepared to resist; and miser able war between the two brothers seemed in evitable, when the powerful no... ...ad never known before was created. Thou sands and thousands of men of all ranks and conditions departed for Jerusalem to make war against the Turks. ... ...obles like him self, among whom were eighteen noble ladies of the highest rank. All this gay company, with their servants and the fifty sailors, made... ...n, at last, she shot out of the harbour of Barfleur, there was not a sober seaman on board. But the sails were all set, and the oars all going merrily... ...use his Knights said, ‘Prince, if you can take her pris oner, you will be able to bring the King your uncle to terms!’ But she was not to be easily t... ... from the people, evermore, but the power of Parlia ment representing all ranks of the people. The King was very unwilling to diminish his own power ...

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... mail the manu- script of your stories, which we do not consider as avail- able for publication at the present moment. W e would say, however, that we... ...ct. He will have it that the body hasn’t decomposed in all this time. Good seaman enough, and a first-class navi- gator, but he’s soft in that one spo... ...uch is it, John?” she asked of the Chinaman. “Hefahdollah.” “I’ll never be able to look you in the face again,” protested Condy. “I’ll pay you back to... ...things, they smelled the smell of the sea, and of the seaweed, of the fat, rank growth of cresses in the salt marshes; they turned their cheeks to the... ...‘When they had come within a few boat’s lengths,’” read Condy, “‘they were able to read the schooner’s name, painted in showy gilt letters upon her ga... ...d green water and flying spume. And their glance followed their succeeding ranks further and further out to sea, till the multitude blended into the m...

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...—who may to-morrow open the door of the old Speculative, where we begin to rank with Scott and Robert Emmet and the beloved and inglorious Macbean—or ... ...as such near friends should.” I spoke him in return as handsomely as I was able; but all the while I was wondering what would come next, and why he ha... ...apes and pictures that I sat and gazed at, there was never a ship, never a seaman with a hairy cap, never a big bludgeon for my silly head, or the lea... ...irth. I will not seek to deny that I have had crosses with your doer,* Mr. Rankeillor; of which, if not speedily redd up, you may looke to see some lo... ...e signed; and so far from a loss of time, we can jog on to the lawyer, Mr. Rankeillor’s. After a’ that’s come and gone, ye would be swier** to believe... ...; and all this my poor cabin-boy had taught himself to admire as something seamanlike and manly. He would only admit one flaw in his idol. “He ain’t n... ...amanlike and manly. He would only admit one flaw in his idol. “He ain’t no seaman,” he admitted. “That’s Mr. Shuan that navigates the brig; he’s the f... ...o Mr. Rankeillor; and that if I had told the truth, ten to one he would be able (with their help) to pull me through and set me in my rights. “ And in... ... 60 Kidnapped the world that made me long to sell my life as dear as I was able. I tried to pray, I remember, but that same hurry of my mind, like a m...

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...to expend the other half to carry out this difficult, not to say unattain- able, project. As for his antagonists, they seemed much agi- tated; not so ... ...you see; and, if you will examine my passport when I get back, you will be able to judge whether I have accomplished the journey agreed upon.” “Oh, th... ...le lord, who was fastened to his chair, would have given his fortune to be able to make the tour of the world, if it took ten years; and he bet five t... ...his lips. The pro- cession slowly wound under the trees, and soon its last ranks disappeared in the depths of the wood. The songs gradually died away;... ...ld, religious cries. Phileas Fogg and his companions, mingling in the rear ranks of the crowd, followed; and in two minutes they reached the banks of ... ...n doubles, hauberks and coats of mail; and numbers of military folk of all ranks—for the mili- tary profession is as much respected in Japan as it is ... ... Henrietta, the bribery of the crew, Fogg managing the boat like a skilled seaman, amazed and confused him. He did not know what to think. For, after ...

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... in my thoughts, that if it really was from God that I should stay, He was able effectu- ally to preserve me in the midst of all the death and danger ... ...been any way disabled by dis- tempers or diseases, and that then not being able to go, I ought to acquiesce in the direction of Him, who, having been ... ...other shelter whatever; and that, as my times were in His hands, He was as able to keep me in a time of the infection as in a time of health; and if H... ...oyed at a baker’s of sea-biscuit in Wapping. The brother of this man was a seaman too, but somehow or other had been hurt of one leg, that he could no... ...board as much as on shore. As the richer sort got into ships, so the lower rank got into hoys, smacks, lighters, and fishing-boats; and many , especia... ...even to the morning they set out they were not resolved on it. At last the seaman put in a hint that determined it. ‘First,’ says he, ‘the weather is ...

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...in the person of the late Bishop of Orleans, the Sieur de Morvilliers? [An able negotiator, who, though protected by the Guises, and strongly supporti... ...ch as shall not so engage you to one party, that it may demand all you are able to do for that side, content yourself with a moderate proportion of th... ...em. The other way, of offering a man’s self and the utmost ser- vice he is able to do, both to one party and the other, has still less of prudence in ... ...of any obligation of ours. I have formerly placed Epaminondas in the first rank of excellent men, and do not repent it. How high did he stretch the co... ...y equal, they should have respect to birth: this was justly to give it its rank. A young man unknown, coming to Antigonus to make suit for his father’... ...om girls a little suspected they have been afterward advanced to the first rank amongst the ladies of honour. Somebody told Plato that all the world s... ...l cannot endure. Prescribe water to a Breton of threescore and ten; shut a seaman up in a stove; forbid a Basque footman to walk: you will deprive the...

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...that the critic who has not a practical knowl- edge of technique is seldom able to say anything on the subject of real value, and my ignorance of pain... ...need for me to risk the adventure, since my friend, Mr. Edward Leggatt, an able writer as well as an admirable painter, has exhaustively discussed Cha... ...as too good a journalist to be unaware that the “human interest” would en- able him more easily to effect his purpose. And when such as had come in co... ...En- glish, I could not exactly place her, and it was not obvious from what rank in society she sprang, what had been her upbringing, or how she had li... ...rench- man, with soft kind eyes and a pleasant smile, half trader and half seaman, who owned a cut- ter in which he wandered boldly among the Paumotus...

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... a clerk—Cassim Baba, in the robber’s cave—and Cassim is the only respect- able member of the party.’ ‘I am one by myself, one,’ said Mortimer, ‘high ... ...ks is the hollow down by the flare, I think.’ ‘I should be very glad to be able to read real books. I feel my want of learning very much, Charley. But... ...these, when a bottle-nosed person in a glazed hat had after some consider- able hesitation ordered another glass of gin and water of the attendant pot... ...y, scatter it for us, buy us and sell us, ruin us, only we beseech ye take rank among the powers of the earth, and fatten on us’! While the Loves and ... ...appen to any man, Mr Riderhood added incidentally.) ‘On suspicion of—’ ‘Of seaman’s pocket,’ said Mr Riderhood. ‘Whereby I was in reality the man’ s b... ...s he had come out with the express intention. That part of the bank having rank grass growing on it, there was no difficulty in getting close, without... ...assed cir- cumstances. Full-Private Number One in the Awkward Squad of the rank and file of life, was Sloppy, and yet had his glim- mering notions of ... ...f?’ ‘She was always a fair needlewoman, and she keeps the stock- room of a seaman’s outfitter.’ ‘Does she ever work at her own lodging here?’ ‘Sometim... ...d to the main business of the Leaving Shop—was displayed the in- scription Seaman ’s Boarding-House. T aking notice of Pleasant Riderhood at the door,...

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...under before it reached them. However, by the light of a lanthorn, which a seaman handed through the skylight of the round house to the deck, Mr. Meri... ..., but was so much benumbed that he was on the point of quitting it, when a seaman, who had already gained a footing, extended his hand, and assisted h... ...nd. When he is more vivacious, he is frank with me; he is quite the agree able rattle. I know what human nature is,—who better? Well! He had a little... ...Long doubtful of the efficacy of such assistance in any case whatever, and able to recall but one, within his whole individual knowledge, in which he ... ...bly Rooms of our watering place now, red hot cannon balls are less improb able. Sometimes, a misguided wanderer of a Ventriloquist, or an Infant Phen... ...e French. They are very popular, and very cheap. The sea bathing—which may rank as the most favoured daylight entertainment, inasmuch as the French vi... ...nd pretty, by good sense and good taste, that is a practical lesson to any rank of society in a whole island we could mention. The oddest feature of t... ...blished; from the original one where a smooth male and female Pole of high rank are coming at the observer with their arms a kimbo, to the Ratcatcher’...

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...es were written. People talked about them tremendously, compared them, and ranked them. That was the thing that mattered. It was not, of course, all g... ...red the cur- tains, or re-arranged the furniture, or where is the indefin- able difference of it? Are you wearing your hair in a new way without warni... ...e, “are fools, blind fools—to use bombs when this kind of thing is attain- able. I think—” A gentle rap, a mere light touch of the finger-nails, was h... ..., neglected him, preferred other people to him, found his company undesir- able, should consider him at last. Death, death, death! They had always tre... ...at once hurried towards the alarm. The venturesome occupants of the boat—a seaman, a curate, and two schoolboys—had actually seen the monsters passing... ...t he took up his tale again. “There was me,” said the sunburnt man, “and a seaman named Jacobs, and Always, the mate of the Ocean Pioneer. And him it ... ...subordinate in Portuguese. “If you do not go aboard forthwith it is mutiny—rank mutiny. Mutiny and coward- ice! Where is the courage that should anima... ... to hit him. He stopped, and then made a dash to escape from their closing ranks. He made for where a gap was wide, and the men on either side, with a...

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... yours. Annie, the ship I sail in passes here (He named the day) get you a seaman’s glass, Spy out my face, and laugh at all your fears.’ But when t... ...ves To sell her, those good parents, for her good. Whatever eldest-born of rank or wealth Might lie within their compass, him they lured Into their ne... ...rily quivering? Bark an answer, Britain’s raven! bark and blacken innumer- able, Blacken round the Roman carrion, make the carcase a skeleton, 65 Eno...

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...tion, Quietness, Health, Society, all agreeable Diversions, and all desir able Pleasures, were the Blessings attending the middle Station of Life; th... ... into the Cabbin. However, the Men roused me, and told me, that I that was able to do nothing before, was as well able to pump as another; at which I ... ...tily. While this was doing, the Master seeing some light Colliers, who not able to ride out the Storm, were oblig’d to slip and run away to Sea, and w... ... drunk the Rum in which I had steep’d the Tobacco, which was so strong and rank of the Tobacco, that indeed I could scarce get it down; immediately up... ...nd of the Island which was next the Shipwreck: He had on no Cloaths, but a Seaman’s Wastcoat, a pair of open knee’d Linnen Drawers, and a blew Linnen ... ..., or Service; being rather what we call Pumps, than Shoes: I found in this Seaman’s Chest, about fifty Pieces of Eight in Ryals but no Gold; I suppose ... ...ple. The next Morning our Guide was so ill, and his Limbs swell’d with the rankling of his two Wounds, that he could go no farther; so we were oblig’d...

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... two sons who succeeded him. Sir George Esmond married, rather beneath the rank that a person of his name and honor might aspire to, the daughter of T... ...is appetite was, Mr. Wycherley said, he ended by swallowing that fly-blown rank old morsel his cousin. There were endless jokes and lampoons about thi... ...RE ENGAGED IN PLOTS FOR THE RESTORATION OF KING JAMES II. NOT HA VING BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP, for thinking of some lines for eels which he had placed the ... ...tment as Lord-Lieutenant of the County, and Major- General.* *To have this rank of Marquis restored in the family had always been my Lady Viscountess’... ... the apprehen- sion of one or the other considerable, it was deemed advis- able that they should separate; and the priest betook himself to other plac... ...d the Doctor. “’Tis true they are a comfort and a help to him when attain- able, and to be administered with hope of good. But in a case where the lif... ...eauty her reign had ended, and the days of her love were over? What does a seaman do in a storm if mast and rudder are carried away? He ships a juryma...

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... the subject to Banghurst, the proprietor of the New Paper, and one of the ablest and most unscrupulous men in Lon- don journalism, and Banghurst inst... ...ertain unpleas- ant anticipation present inside that very new and fashion- able frock-coat? He was in the halfpenny, penny, six-penny, and more expens... ...l, Gip was enjoying it. And no doubt when the time came to go we should be able to go quite easily. It was a long, rambling place, that show-room, a g... ... in the remarkable code of social precedence prevalent in Bignor an artist ranks considerably higher than a grocer’s assistant. Skelmersdale, like too... ...t he took up his tale again. “There was me,” said the sunburnt man, “and a seaman named Jacobs, and Always, the mate of the Ocean Pioneer. And him it ...

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...Majesty would condescend to state your case,” he remarked, “I should be better able to advise you.” The man sprang from his chair and paced up and dow... ...at then?” “I will get her to show me.” “But she will refuse.” “She will not be able to. But I hear the rumble of wheels. It is her carriage. Now carry... ...t level to your Majesty,” said Holmes coldly. “I am sorry that I have not been able to bring your Majesty’s business to a more successful conclusion.”... ...month in my last place with Colonel Spence Munro.’ “ ‘Oh, tut, tut! sweating — rank sweating!’ he cried, throwing his fat hands out into the air like ... ...owler.” “That was it, sir.” “But Mr. Fowler being a persevering man, as a good seaman should be, block aded the house, and having met you succeeded b...

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...little way off upon the ledge two men in black clothes, whom I judged to be superior in rank, laid their heads together over some task which at first ... ...While I was still watching them with the stupefac- tion of surprise, my mind hardly yet able to work on what my eyes reported, this third person sudde... ...us far shalt thou go,’ said I, ‘and no farther.’ And then I quoted as solemnly as I was able a verse that I had often before fitted to the chorus of t... ...king up skyward as though watching the approach of the storm now, in the character of a seaman, waving the rest to come aboard; now as an officer, run... ... leaped to his feet and turned as if to face me. I hailed him at once, as well as I was able, in the same tones and words as I had often used before, ... ...in his stockings, with an iron constitution and a friendly voice. He soon began to take rank in the dis- trict as a bit of an oddity: it was not much ... ... son and stable-boy. He began as the latter, but he rose rapidly to the more honourable rank in our affections. He is, I may say, the greatest comfort...