Westward ho !Macmillan, 1887 - Sermons, English |
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... voice , with a strong Devonshire accent , and a fair sprinkling of oaths . " If you don't believe me , go and see , or stay here and grow all over blue mould . I tell you , as I am a gentleman , I saw it with these eyes , and so did ...
... voice , with a strong Devonshire accent , and a fair sprinkling of oaths . " If you don't believe me , go and see , or stay here and grow all over blue mould . I tell you , as I am a gentleman , I saw it with these eyes , and so did ...
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... to traffic , to colonise and to civilise , until no wind can sweep the earth which does not bear the echoes of an English voice . Patience , young Amyas ! Thou too shalt forth , and westward ho , beyond 10 [ CHAP . I. HOW MR . OXENHAM.
... to traffic , to colonise and to civilise , until no wind can sweep the earth which does not bear the echoes of an English voice . Patience , young Amyas ! Thou too shalt forth , and westward ho , beyond 10 [ CHAP . I. HOW MR . OXENHAM.
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... voice not merely in the Gloria in Excelsis , but in the Te Deum , which was the closing act of all . And no sooner had the clerk given out the first verse of that great hymn , than it was taken up by five hundred voices within the ...
... voice not merely in the Gloria in Excelsis , but in the Te Deum , which was the closing act of all . And no sooner had the clerk given out the first verse of that great hymn , than it was taken up by five hundred voices within the ...
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... voice , turning away from the old dame , — " Amyas , Mr. Oxenham has not come home ; and from the day he sailed , no word has been heard of him and all his crew . " " Oh , Sir Richard ! and you kept me from sailing with him ! Had I ...
... voice , turning away from the old dame , — " Amyas , Mr. Oxenham has not come home ; and from the day he sailed , no word has been heard of him and all his crew . " " Oh , Sir Richard ! and you kept me from sailing with him ! Had I ...
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... voice was heard calling out- " Room there , good people , for the gallant ' prentice lads ! " And on they came , headed by a giant of buckram and pasteboard armour , forth of whose stomach looked , like a clock - face in a steeple , a ...
... voice was heard calling out- " Room there , good people , for the gallant ' prentice lads ! " And on they came , headed by a giant of buckram and pasteboard armour , forth of whose stomach looked , like a clock - face in a steeple , a ...
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