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Newton Forster (1); Or, the Merchant Service, by the Author of 'the King's Own'.
Newton Forster Or the Merchant Service by the Author of 'the King's Own' - 1 Author:Frederick Marryat Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1832 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a m... more »illion books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. Creation smiles around; on every spray The warbling birds exalt their evening lay: Blithe skipping o'er yon hill, the fleecy train Join the deep chorus of the lowing plain: The glassy ocean hush'd, forgets to roar, But trembling murmurs on the sandy shore. Falconer. Forster was soon fast asleep after his night of exertion: his dreams were confused and wild ; but I seldom trouble people about dreams, which are as nought. When Reason descends from her throne, and seeks a transitory respite from her labour, Fancy usurps the vacant seat, and in pretended majesty, would fain exert her sister's various powers. These she enacts to the best of her ability, and with about the same success as attends a monkey when he attempts the severaloperations connected with the mystery of shaving : -- and thus ends a very short and conclusive dissertation upon dreams. But, to use a nautical phrase, we must " heave - to" in our narrative awhile, as it is necessary that we should enter a little more into the previous history of Edward Forster; which we can now do without interruption, as the parties we have introduced to the reader are all asleep. The father of Edward Forster was a clergyman, who, notwithstanding he could reckon up some twenty or thirty first, second, and third cousins with high-sounding titles, officiated as curate in a district not far from that part of the country where Forster at present was located. He was one of the bees of the church, who are constantly toiling, while the drones are eating up the honey. He preached three sermons, and read three services, at three ...« less