Chums, a tale of the queen's navy, Volume 3Tinsley, 1882 |
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Page 142 - Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on ! The night is dark and I am far from home; Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.
Page 143 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead Thou me on!
Page 153 - O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone, And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
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Page 223 - A good and interesting novel, full of exciting details, and containing at least one episode — that of the shipwrecked yacht — which may challenge comparison with anything in recent fiction. ... As for the description of the Duke's disastrous voyage, it is simply perfect. The author has never been seen to greater advantage than in this portion of the narrative, at once so realistic and so full of the truest romance ; and the final rescue, when the yacht is breaking to pieces on the reef, is tremendous...