Mark Rowland: A Tale of the Sea

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Loring, 1867 - 206 pages
 

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Page 34 - Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead!
Page 181 - Well, indeed, is it ordained that we should pray for those who go down to the sea in ships, and do business on the great deep; for what me and mine have come through is unspeakable, and the hand of Providence was visibly manifested.
Page 183 - I pettishly asked why she did not call a domestic to do it. With a look of mild reproach which I shall never forget if I live to be a hundred years old, she said, " And will not my daughter bring a glass of water for her poor sick mother?
Page 69 - Cape, rise abruptly to the height of one hundred or one hundred and fifty feet, and have, in general, an ENE direction.
Page 12 - ... wild adventures and romantic incidents abroad. Besides, Mark did not anticipate any misfortunes. He looked, as youths are apt to look, on the sunny side of life, without seeing the storms and tornadoes which are gathering in the distance. He figured to himself the delight of his mother when he should return from a voyage to a foreign land stout, hearty, and cheerful, and fling into her lap a pile of Spanish dollars. As he indulged in thoughts like these his step was quicker and more vigorous,...

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