His Natural Life, Volumen1R. Bentley, 1875 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 24
Página 2
... figure , dressed in rough seafaring clothes , and who held in his arms , protecting her , a lady of middle age . The face of the young man wore an expres- sion of horror - stricken astonishment , and the slight frame of the grey ...
... figure , dressed in rough seafaring clothes , and who held in his arms , protecting her , a lady of middle age . The face of the young man wore an expres- sion of horror - stricken astonishment , and the slight frame of the grey ...
Página 25
... figure , but their remarks were confined to gestures only . There are degrees in crime , and Rufus Dawes , the convicted felon , who had but escaped the gallows to toil for all his life in irons , was a man of mark . He had been tried ...
... figure , but their remarks were confined to gestures only . There are degrees in crime , and Rufus Dawes , the convicted felon , who had but escaped the gallows to toil for all his life in irons , was a man of mark . He had been tried ...
Página 26
... Order of the Halter which is conferred by the hand of the hangman . The young man on the poop caught sight of the tall figure leaning against the bulwarks , and it gave him an excuse to break the monotony 26 His Natural Life .
... Order of the Halter which is conferred by the hand of the hangman . The young man on the poop caught sight of the tall figure leaning against the bulwarks , and it gave him an excuse to break the monotony 26 His Natural Life .
Página 43
... figure gliding up and down the poop deck , he saw it joined by another and a darker one , he muttered , " She's after no good , I'll swear . " At that moment his arm was touched by a soldier in undress uniform , who had come up the ...
... figure gliding up and down the poop deck , he saw it joined by another and a darker one , he muttered , " She's after no good , I'll swear . " At that moment his arm was touched by a soldier in undress uniform , who had come up the ...
Página 57
... figure turned to retrace its steps , she cast a quick glance around , and slipping down the ladder , made her way to the ' tween decks . The iron - studded oak barricade that , loop- holed for musketry , and perforated with plated ...
... figure turned to retrace its steps , she cast a quick glance around , and slipping down the ladder , made her way to the ' tween decks . The iron - studded oak barricade that , loop- holed for musketry , and perforated with plated ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
arms asked Frere barricade Bates berths blow boat brig bunk cabin Captain Blunt Captain Vickers caught Cheshire child companions convict coracle cried Frere Crow cuddy cutlass darkness dear deck door escape eyes face feet fell fellow fever fire forecastle Gabbett giant girl glance Grimes guard hand harbour hatchway head heard Hobart Town Hydaspes instant iron Jemmy Vetch John Rex Ladybird laudanum laughed light lips listen looked Lord Bellasis Macquarie Harbour Malabar Maurice Frere Miles Moocher musket mutiny never night noise Osprey paused poop poor prison pulled Richard Devine rock round Rufus Dawes rushed Sarah Island Sarah Purfoy savage says Frere seemed sentry settlement ship shot sick side silence Sir Richard soldiers staring strange struck sudden Sylvia terror thought took Troke turned Van Diemen's Land vessel voice woman wretch young