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...le Maistre; the shipwrecks chiefly from Gilly’s ‘Shipwrecks of the British Navy;’ the Jersey Powder Magazine from the Annual Registrer, and that at Ci... ...ave called forth the actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm is often united with the utmost tenderness of heart, the very appreciation of suffer... ...pus was killed by lightning, and the two sisters re- turned to Thebes. The united armies of the seven chiefs against Thebes came on, led by Polynices.... ...Caspian to the Red Sea, was marshalling his forces against the little free states that nestled amid the rocks and gulfs of the Eastern Mediterranean. ... ...mpire was about to launch his countless host against the little cluster of states, the whole of which together would hardly equal one prov- ince of th... ...as held at the Isthmus of Corinth, and attended by depu- ties from all the states of Greece to consider of the best means of defense. The ships of the... ...ast blow that drove the Persians ingloriously from Greece. The Greeks then united in doing honor to the brave war- riors who, had they been better sup... ... to the valley called the Forum or Marketplace to give their votes for the officers of state who were elected ev- ery year; especially the two consuls... ...Napoleon and his army were cut off from home. These are the glories of our navy, gained by men with hearts as true and obedient as that of the brave c...

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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... ...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;... ...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... ...une, whom the consciousness of wit—of the insinuating and captivating kind—united with much ability, gracefulness of intellect, and learning, inspired... ...ition cost the King. M. le Duc presided this year over the Assembly of the States of Burgundy, in place of his father M. le Prince, who did not wish t... ... was obliged to go, and was established at the house of the Duke while the States were held. Every evening there was a supper, and Santeuil was always... ... brother, the Chevalier de Luynes, who served with much distinction in the navy , and together they arranged the matter. They seized an opportunity wh... ...ich are still felt by the State. Pontchartrain, Secretary of State for the Navy, was the plague of it, as of all those who were under his cruel depend... ...ad been conducted to the King by Pontchartrain, who had the affairs of the navy under his control. The courier sent by T esse, who commanded the land ...

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...rom the gods. Both warriors; that by all the world’s allowed. Both of them united with strength of body an equal vigor mind; and of the two most famou... ...erope, the daughter of Erechtheus. In the meanwhile he secretly prepared a navy, part of it at home near the village of the Thymoetadae, a place of no... ...st and sacrifice, which he called Panathenaea, or the sacrifice of all the united Athenians. He instituted also another sacrifice, called Metoecia, or... ...e Pitthean maid, To your town the terms and fates, My father gives of many states. Be not anxious nor afraid; The bladder will not fail so swim On the... ...erodorus, write that he made this voyage many years after Hercules, with a navy under his own command, and took the Amazon prisoner, the more probable... ...actions of his former life. Theseus was now fifty years old, as Hellanicus states, when he carried off Helen, who was yet too young to be married. Som... ...But Romulus seemed rather to act by counsel, and to show the sagacity of a statesman, and in all his dealings with their neighbors, whether relating t... ...our brothers, and countrymen, that time, having now by the strictest bonds united us to those we once mortally hated, has made it impossible for us no... ...r to him at the same time, to deliver into his hands both the army and the navy of the Athenians. This occa- sioned no damage to the Athenians, becaus...

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...hird-rate maritime power in Europe) should appoint a few admirals in their navy, I hope to hear that your flag is hoisted on board one of the grandest... ... they inhabited; the warriors were in ging- hams, cottons, and tinsel; the officers had huge epaulets of sham silver lace drooping over their bosoms, ... ...o talk about it, simple as it is:he has been seven-and-thirty years in the navy, being somewhat more mature in the service than Lieutenant Peel, Rear-... ...greeable picture in my imagination; rather, perhaps, resembling the Junior United Service Club in Charles Street, by which every Londoner has passed e... ...board our ship had been battling, and which had charmed all—from our great statesman, our polished lawyer, our young Oxonian, who sighed over certain ... ...e of his subaltern, the hospi- table one-eyed Armenian, who represents the United States at Jaffa. The stars and stripes were flaunting over his terra... ...s subaltern, the hospi- table one-eyed Armenian, who represents the United States at Jaffa. The stars and stripes were flaunting over his terraces, to... ... his tattooage of the five crosses, the fellow had a picture of two hearts united, and the pathetic 112 Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cai... ...mentioned our fellow-traveller, the Consul-General for Syria of the United States. He was a tradesman, who had made a considerable fortune, and lived ...

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...rom the law. There was scarce a word interchanged, and no common sentiment but that of cold united us, until at length, having touched at Greenock, a ... ...es. The starboard forward gallery is the second cabin. Away abaft the engines and below the officers’ cabins, to complete our survey of the vessel, th... ...nature of emigration. Day by day throughout the passage, and thence- forward across all the States, and on to the shores of the Pacific, this knowledg... ...nd un- founded; times were bad at home; they were said to have a turn for the better in the States; a man could get on any- where, he thought. That wa... .... ‘Is it one of the crew?’ he asked. ‘I believe him to be a fireman,’ I replied. I dare say officers are much annoyed by complaints and alarmist infor... ...d of man you find in books. He had been at Sebastopol under English colours; and again in a States ship, ‘after the Ala- bama, and praying God we shou... ...rica,’ he argued; ‘but who pays for it? All the money in the world’s in England.’ The Royal Navy was the best of possible services, according to him. ... ...he army.’ Among nations, En- gland was the first; then came France. He respected the French navy and liked the French people; and if he were forced to... ... as he could. He would have enlisted, but he was too small for the army and too old for the navy; and thought himself fortunate at last to find a bert...

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... many quarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing a far profounder interest in ... ...uarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing a far profounder interest in papers ... ... And perhaps this natural prece- dency in authority of years and judgment, united to the ten- der humility with which she declined to assert it, had b... ...r one hour on this thy festival of Pentecost I make my servant—render thee united worship in this thy recovered temple.” Lo! the apparition plucks an ... ...by way of anticipation; else he was too young at this time to serve in the navy. Afterwards he did so for many years, and saw every variety of service... ... and saw every variety of service in every class of ships belonging to our navy. At one time, when yet a boy, he was captured by pirates, and compelle... ...vil grandeur, as exemplified in three differ- ent modes by three different states. Availing himself of the brief scriptural notice,—“The devil taketh ... ...ng to his precedent) the many and remote embassies to and from independent states, in all quarters of the earth, with how many more groups might the s... ...ands; and they were given (perhaps are 12 given?) to post captains in the navy. Captain Skinner was celebrated for his convivial talents; he did the ...

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...cellent music’ among them. Many of these, like those of the negroes in the United States, were extempo- raneous, and allusive to events passing around... ... music’ among them. Many of these, like those of the negroes in the United States, were extempo- raneous, and allusive to events passing around them. ... ... The ships and tents in mingled prospect lay. But raging still, amidst his navy sat The stern Achilles, stedfast in his hate; Nor mix’d in combat, nor... ...or dare our will withstand, But dread the power of this avenging hand: The united strength of all the gods above In vain resists the omnipotence of Jo... ... High on the mound; from whence in prospect lay The fields, the tents, the navy, and the bay. In this dissembled form, she hastes to bring The unwelco... ...l the strand. Thou, godlike Hector! all thy force employ, Assemble all the united bands of T roy; In just array let every leader call 93 Pope The for... ...ire Preserved the son, in pity to the sire. The steeds and chariot, to the navy led, Increased the spoils of gallant Diomed. Struck with amaze and sha... ...wful silence broke; The heavens attentive trembled as he spoke: “Celestial states! immortal gods! give ear, Hear our decree, and reverence what ye hea... ...thus the council moved. “Monarch of nations! whose superior sway Assembled states, and lords of earth obey, The laws and sceptres to thy hand are give...

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...ferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest re- spect and de... ...cture is much in our favour. This peace will be turning all our rich naval officers ashore. They will be all wanting a home. Could not be a better tim... ...e to observe, Sir Walter, that, in the way of busi- ness, gentlemen of the navy are well to deal with. I have had a little knowledge of their methods ... ...room, he observed sarcastically— “There are few among the gentlemen of the navy, I imag- ine, who would not be surprised to find themselves in a house... ...posed to favour a tenant. The park would be open to him of course, and few navy officers, or men of any other description, can have had such a range; ... ...her welfare. Captain Benwick was most considerately attentive to her; and, united as they all seemed by the distress of the day, she felt an increasin... ...r Walter! He was not allowed to escape, however. His daughter and Mrs Clay united in hinting that Colonel W allis’s companion might have as good a fig... ...story which you know to be either false or improbable, stop me. My account states, that your sister’s friend, the lady now staying with you, whom I ha... ...gh. I really cannot be plaguing myself for ever with all the new poems and states of the nation that come out. Lady Russell quite bores one with her n...

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...the wide ocean in an open boat, by order of Fletcher Christian, one of his officers, at this very minute. Another flash of my fire, and ‘Thursday Octo... ...s on for a few days, lies down in the desert, and dies. But he shall be re united in his immortal spirit—who can doubt it!—with the child, when he and... ...T OF MONEY he annually diverts from wholesome and useful purposes in the United Kingdom, would be a set off against the Window T ax. He is one of t... ...een attached to every conceivable pursuit. He has been in the army, in the navy, in the church, in the law; connected with the press, the fine arts, p... ...ty cry of joy went forth through all the star, be cause the mother was re united to her two children. And he stretched out his arms and cried, ‘O, mo... ...omething else as I lie awake; or, like that sagacious animal in the United States who recognised the colonel who was such a dead shot, I am a gone ‘Co... ... tic Ocean. At Liverpool he was too many for me. He had gone to the United States, and I gave up all thoughts of Mesheck, and likewise of his—Carpet B... ...oon, and we never see more of him for three months. He is a captain in the navy—retired—wery old—wery odd—and served with Lord Nelson. He is particula... ... is just as likely as not— or rather more so—that he means No. This is the statesman ship of our honourable friend. It is in this, that he differs fr...

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...ich was very often on his lips, “We never make mistakes.” To the Company’s officers it took the form of a severe injunction, “We must make no mistakes... ... a youth he had deserted from a ship trading to La Plata, to enlist in the navy of Montevideo, then under the command of Garibaldi. Afterwards, in the... ...ed glow of embers. “I shall see Holroyd himself on my way back through the States,” said Sir John. “I’ve ascertained that he, too, wants the railway.”... ...siness of living. Don Jose Avellanos, their neighbour across the street, a statesman, a poet, a man of culture, who had rep- resented his country at s... ...ed backwards and forwards in a rocking-chair of the sort exported from the United States. The ceiling of the largest drawing-room of the Casa Gould ex... ...wards and forwards in a rocking-chair of the sort exported from the United States. The ceiling of the largest drawing-room of the Casa Gould extended ... ..., with my dear mother, for a whole year, while poor father was away in the United States on business. You shall be the new mis- tress of the Casa Goul... ...romo twenty-dollar pieces was a secret between himself, a great man in the United States (who condescended to answer the Sulaco mail with his own hand... ... The O.S.N. Company found much occupation for its fleet. Costaguana had no navy, and, apart from a few coastguard cutters, there were no national ship...

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...otel-advertisement is personally addressed to me, no hotel-room tapestried with great-coats and railway wrappers is set apart for me, no house of publ... ...JACK I S THE SWEET little cherub who sits smiling aloft and keeps watch on life of poor Jack, commissioned to take charge of Mercantile Jack, as well ... ... the Charles Dickens 42 male sex, in a checked shirt and without a coat, reading a newspaper; now, it was a man crimp and a woman crimp, who always i... ...d forks, three-quarters of an hour for the chops, and an hour for the potatoes. On settling the little bill—which was not much more than the day’s pay... ...est public authority in existence. ‘We are told of these unfortunate men being laid low by scurvy,’ said I. ‘Since lime-juice has been regularly store... ...ghbourhoods and small shops, is the fancy of a humble artist, as exemplified in two portraits representing Mr. Thomas Sayers, of Great Brit- ain, and ... ...oods and small shops, is the fancy of a humble artist, as exemplified in two portraits representing Mr. Thomas Sayers, of Great Brit- ain, and Mr. Joh... ...ystem of for- tifications. Fifty times a day, I got down to harangue an in- furiated soldiery about the Bottle. Through the filthy degra- dation of th... ...th the young and ardent which it were more than heresy to doubt, can scarcely have failed to discover that I love your adorable daughter, deeply, devo...

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...ers, and in the bag of my railway rug the whole of Bancroft’s History of the United States, in six fat volumes. It was as much as I could carry with c... ...d in the bag of my railway rug the whole of Bancroft’s History of the United States, in six fat volumes. It was as much as I could carry with convenie... ... where nomenclature is so rich, poetical, hu- morous, and picturesque as the United States of America. All times, races, and languages have brought th... ...nomenclature is so rich, poetical, hu- morous, and picturesque as the United States of America. All times, races, and languages have brought their con... ... arrowhead under a steam factory, below anglified New York. The names of the States and T erritories themselves form a chorus of sweet and most romant... ...soldierly smartness in his man- ner. T o be exact, he had acquired it in the navy. But that was all one; he had at least been trained to desperate res... ...s besides an exercise of culture, where all they knew of art and letters was united and expressed. And it made a man’s heart sorry for the good father... ...our arrival, which we thought a strange thing in itself; but when one of the officers of the Pharos, passing narrowly by him, observed his book to be ...

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...ersate diurne; Especially nocturnâ. In these assassinations of princes and statesmen, there is nothing to excite our wonder; important changes often d... ...ther, warm already, became warmer; culinary and meta- physical irritations united to derange his liver: he took to his bed, and died. Such is the comm... ...ust go undone. The better men that I meant were the sailors in the British navy , every man of whom mends his own stockings. Who else is to do it? Do ... ...hat the junior lords of the admiralty are under ar- ticles to darn for the navy? The reason, meantime, for my systematic hatred of D’Arc is this. Ther... ...ted together by cords of superstition. What else was it but her constancy, united with her angelic gentleness, that drove the fanatic English soldier—... ...rs discharged without noise by war offices and other absurd people. In our navy, both royal and commercial, and generally from deep remembrances of sl... ... together. But I told her how these dear children of England, privates and officers, had leaped their horses over all obstacles as gaily as hunters to... ...ong, hunting the county up and down, and regularly subsiding about sunset, united with the permanent distinc- tion of Lancashire as the very metropoli... ...sweat of their brow. In Rome only, (and at one time in some of the Grecian states,) it was the very mean- ing of citizen that he could vote and be idl...

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...y of this little novel to a beautiful girl of seventeen, the daughter of a statesman in Westmoreland, not designing any deception (nor so much as any ... ...ency to lawless and gigantesque ideals of adventur- ous life; under which, united with the duelling code of Eu- rope, many things would become trivial... ... a sentiment as pity, in the fact of both from so early an age having been united in the calamity of orphan- age,—go where they might, these young wom... ...easonably, that possibly the 66 Memorials, and Other Papers same learning united with the same zeal might not revolve as a matter of course in the ev... ...e, or anywhere off the line of tourists, I and a lieutenant in our English navy paid sixpence uniformly for a handsome din- ner; sixpence, I mean, api... ...th, concentrated in a small number of hands, exists in various continental states upon a larger scale than with us, moderately large estates, on the o... ...and consideration, as those who bear the king’s commission in the army and navy? Can this be affirmed of the continent, either generally, or, indeed, ... ...- lending friend could exist “in Oxford-street;” and, at the same time, he states, as circumstances drawn from my descrip- tion, but, in fact, pure co... ...ady passed; and the battle of Lepanto, in 1571, which crippled the Turkish navy in a degree never wholly recovered, gave the first overt signal to Eur...

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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 ... ...ws as to the advancement of knowledge and status for the whole body of the officers of the mercantile ma- rine. He organized for us courses of profess... ...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 devel- oped those uncom... ...orable retreat from Moscow that Mr. Nicholas B., in company of two brother officers—as to whose morality and natural refinement I know nothing—bagged ... ...ld not suspect the pres- ence of stragglers from the Grand Army. The three officers had strayed away in a blizzard from the main column and had been l... ... ladies, of nicely graduated ages, who held a neighbouring farm-house in a united and more or less military occupation. The eldest warred against the ... ...nity of observ- ing 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... ... with the last of the French Bourbons. “I preserved it from the time of my navy service,” he ex- plained, nodding rapidly his frail, vulture-like head...

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...eeded to possess and to display the rare qualities and precious gifts of a states- man under the mocking fire of the Calvinist press. Those facts are ... ...e liberty of thought; and no sovereign can interfere with money. The great statesmen who were vanquished in the long struggle (it lasted five centurie... ...s action, and the elective principle is discussion. There is no policy, no statesmanship possible where discussion is permanent. Therefore we ought to... ...f age, was known, left the city surrounded by a large retinue of servants, officers, and secretaries, preceded by armed men, and followed by an escort... ...ded to the size and dignity of the flotilla. Duke Alessandro presented the officers of Catherine’s household to the Pope, with whom he had a secret co... ...ciated in corporations which limited their number, they were still further united into guilds by the Church. In this way prices were maintained. Also,... ...ation; they desired to es- tablish throughout Europe the government of the United Provinces, which ended by triumphing over the greatest Power of thos... ... while he was plotting a diabolical conspiracy against us! That rascal has united the Protestants of Germany with the heretics of France by reconcilin... ...lzac PART III I TWO DREAMS IN 1786 BODARD DE SAINT-JAMES, treasurer of the navy, ex- cited more attention and gossip as to his luxury than any other f...

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...ght expensive ties “and could pay cash for ‘em, too, by golly;” and at the United Cigar Store, with its crimson and gold alertness, he reflected, “Won... ...ollars—bet there isn’t more than five per cent. of the people in the whole United States that make more than Uncle George does, by golly! Right up at ... ...bet there isn’t more than five per cent. of the people in the whole United States that make more than Uncle George does, by golly! Right up at the top... ...his evening and, after an adequate sketch of the day’s progressive weather-states, his four-hundred- and-fifty-dollar fee, his lunch with Paul Rieslin... ... is flat, that the English are the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, and that the United States is a de- mocracy. At that moment the steel and cement town wh... ...t, that the English are the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, and that the United States is a de- mocracy. At that moment the steel and cement town which com... ... riding on the Pullman. Both of them, I forgot to say, were sailors in the Navy. It seems Mike had the lower berth and by and by he heard a terrible r... ...Rather than make trouble, and always providin’ there ain’t any enforcement officers hiding in the waste-bas- ket—” The words died choking in his throa... ...n and the United States must, on behalf of oppressed small nations, keep a navy equal to the ton- nage of all the rest of the world. But they were so ...

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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 ... ...ws as to the advancement of knowledge and status for the whole body of the officers of the mercantile marine. He organised for us courses of professio... ...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... ...orable retreat from Moscow that Mr. Nicholas B., in company of two brother officers—as to whose morality and natu- ral refinement I know nothing—bagge... ...ith excitement. The dog barked. And if he had done no more than bark three officers of the Great Napoleon’s army would have perished honourably on the... ...r ladies, of nicely graduated ages, who held a neighbouring farmhouse in a united and more or less military occupation. The eldest warred against the ... ...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... ... with the last of the French Bourbons. “I preserved it from the time of my Navy Service,” he explained, nodding rapidly his frail, vulture-like head. ...

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...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... ...enced, they pushed off in boats and captured cod; and at last, launching a navy of great ships on the sea, explored this watery world; put an incessan... ... 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... ...ica now outnumber all the rest of the banded whalemen in the world; sail a navy of upwards of seven hundred vessels; manned by eighteen thousand men; ... ...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, ... ...Coffin, of Nantucket, both messmates of mine in a certain voyage, and they united in the opinion that the reasons set forth were altogether insufficie... ...ing his quarter-deck with an elated grandeur not surpassed in any military navy; nay, extorting almost as much outward homage as if he wore the imperi... ...ow? Or, to the unread, unsophisticated Protestant of the Middle Ameri- can States, why does the passing mention of a White Friar or a White Nun, evoke...

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... until, uniting their streams, they form one of the proudest rivers of the United States. The mountains are generally arable to the tops, although ins... ... uniting their streams, they form one of the proudest rivers of the United States. The mountains are generally arable to the tops, although instances ... ...a wilderness. Very soon after the establishment of the independence of the States by the peace of 1783, the enterprise of their citizens was directed ... ...te to which we have alluded. *Sleigh is the word used in every part of the United States to denote a traineau. It is of local use in the west of Engla... ...hich we have alluded. *Sleigh is the word used in every part of the United States to denote a traineau. It is of local use in the west of England, whe... ...the commencement of agriculture. These spots were sometimes, by the aid of united labor, enlarged 32 The Pioneers into what were called settlements, ... ...riding a donkey in one of his native mines. But, being discharged from the navy at the peace of ‘83, he declared that, as he had seen all the civilize... ...ere was a hole under your lee-quarter big enough to hold the whole British navy.” “Oh! for massy’s sake! and wa’n’t you afeard, Benjamin? and how did ... ...le man, I declare, and none of your crazy democrats. Hum, hum—’our gallant navy’—hum, hum—’under our most excellent monarch’— ay, a good man enough, t...