...disposition natural to him, enjoyed the pleasures of social intercourse with his affectionate family. So true it is, that in the midst of life we are in death ; that, when in our full strength and all the vigour of our powers, and surrounded by earthly enjoyments, we...

...health, after having been so near the gates of death. LOSS OF THE MAGPIE, AND ESCAPE OF TWO OF HER CREW. I KNOW many men in the navy, who have served their...schooner, under the command of Lieutenant Smith, an active, intelligent officer, was ordered to cruise between the Colorados, a shoal at the western extremity...

...years and years afloat, who have passed through the rugged life of a sailor untouched by the enemy ifnd unhurt by misfortune. How true it is, "that in the...schooner, under the command of Lieutenant Smith, an active, intelligent officer, was ordered to cruise between the Colorados, a shoal at the western extremi.ty...

...loves a life where the light only filters in through stained-glass windows, and where the dominant idea is that in the midst of life we are in death. That shews the profound disagreement between Rodenbach and living, triumphant, or suffering society. All...

...in the first-class he will find a more than usually responsive audience. For the moral of his poem is that in the midst of life we are in death ; that drowned seafarers do not return to their wives or sweethearts ; that this unfortunate third-class steward...