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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the headBarker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

Name: Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head
Author: Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

Sea stories, English; Seafaring life -- Fiction

“She is the consummator of that undefinable species of wit, which we
should call (if we did not know the word might be deemed offensive, in
which sense we do not mean it) the _slang_ of good society.

“But few people ever painted, with so felicitous a hand, the scenery
of worldly life, without any apparent satire. She brings before you
the hollowness, the manœuvres, and the intrigues of the world, with
the brilliancy of sarcasm, but with the quiet of simple narrative.
Her men and women, in her graver tales, are of a noble and costly
clay; their objects are great; their minds are large, their passions
intense and pure. She walks upon the stage of the world of fashion,
and her characters, have grown dwarfed as if by enchantment. The air
of frivolity has blighted their stature; their colours are pale and
languid; they have no generous ambition; they are _little people_! they
are fine people! This it is that makes her novel of our social life so
natural, and so clear a transcript of the original.”--_The Author of
Pelham._

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                          In One Volume, 12mo.

                      SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF
                     SIR PUMPKIN FRIZZLE, K. C. B.
                            AND OTHER TALES.

“Decidedly one of the most amusing productions of the year. In addition
to the adventures of _Sir Pumpkin_, there are several capital stories,
which cannot fail to be popular.”

                       *     *     *     *     *

                         In Two Volumes, 12mo.

                     ADVENTURES OF GILBERT GURNEY.

                           BY THEODORE HOOK,
                    Author of “SAYINGS AND DOINGS.”

                       *     *     *     *     *

                          In One Volume, 8vo.

                             MEMOIRS OF THE
                         BEAUTIES OF THE COURT
                         OF CHARLES THE SECOND.

                            BY MRS. JAMESON.

           Author of “DIARY OF AN ENNUYEE,” “CHARACTERISTICS
                             OF WOMEN,” &c.

“NEW WORK.--Messrs. Carey & Hart, Philadelphia, have in press a popular
book, ‘The Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second,’ written
by Mrs. Jameson, whose father had been employed by the princess
Charlotte to paint cabinet pictures of those too celebrated ladies. The
princess died before they were completed, and the consequence was, they
were never paid for. The circumstances of the family required some use
should be made of the paintings to produce a remuneration; and Mrs.
Jameson undertook the delicate task of the letter press, the portraits
being engraved in the highest style of art. The London copy costs about
twenty-five dollars: the American edition will be an octavo without the
portraits. Nell Gwynn, the Duchess of Hamilton, &c. are not unknown
characters in history. Mrs. Jameson has executed her department in a
remarkably graceful manner.”--_Journal of Belles Lettres._

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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the headBarker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

General

Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)

Sea stories, English; Seafaring life -- Fiction

“She is the consummator of that undefinable species of wit, which we
should call (if we did not know the word might be deemed offensive, in
which sense we do not mean it) the _slang_ of good society.

“But few people ever painted, with so felicitous a hand, the scenery
of worldly life, without any apparent satire. She brings before you
the hollowness, the manœuvres, and the intrigues of the world, with
the brilliancy of sarcasm, but with the quiet of simple narrative.
Her men and women, in her graver tales, are of a noble and costly
clay; their objects are great; their minds are large, their passions
intense and pure. She walks upon the stage of the world of fashion,
and her characters, have grown dwarfed as if by enchantment. The air
of frivolity has blighted their stature; their colours are pale and
languid; they have no generous ambition; they are _little people_! they
are fine people! This it is that makes her novel of our social life so
natural, and so clear a transcript of the original.”--_The Author of
Pelham._

                       *     *     *     *     *

                          In One Volume, 12mo.

                      SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF
                     SIR PUMPKIN FRIZZLE, K. C. B.
                            AND OTHER TALES.

“Decidedly one of the most amusing productions of the year. In addition
to the adventures of _Sir Pumpkin_, there are several capital stories,
which cannot fail to be popular.”

                       *     *     *     *     *

                         In Two Volumes, 12mo.

                     ADVENTURES OF GILBERT GURNEY.

                           BY THEODORE HOOK,
                    Author of “SAYINGS AND DOINGS.”

                       *     *     *     *     *

                          In One Volume, 8vo.

                             MEMOIRS OF THE
                         BEAUTIES OF THE COURT
                         OF CHARLES THE SECOND.

                            BY MRS. JAMESON.

           Author of “DIARY OF AN ENNUYEE,” “CHARACTERISTICS
                             OF WOMEN,” &c.

“NEW WORK.--Messrs. Carey & Hart, Philadelphia, have in press a popular
book, ‘The Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second,’ written
by Mrs. Jameson, whose father had been employed by the princess
Charlotte to paint cabinet pictures of those too celebrated ladies. The
princess died before they were completed, and the consequence was, they
were never paid for. The circumstances of the family required some use
should be made of the paintings to produce a remuneration; and Mrs.
Jameson undertook the delicate task of the letter press, the portraits
being engraved in the highest style of art. The London copy costs about
twenty-five dollars: the American edition will be an octavo without the
portraits. Nell Gwynn, the Duchess of Hamilton, &c. are not unknown
characters in history. Mrs. Jameson has executed her department in a
remarkably graceful manner.”--_Journal of Belles Lettres._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head

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