...: For, says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the topsails of sailors aback, 1 here's the lips of kith and kin, She laid her hand in mine : What more could ask the bas I said to our Poll — for, d'ye see, she would cry. When last we- weigh'd anchor for sea — What...

...; in the air; high above the ground ; as, the eagle soars aloft. There's a sweet little cherub ihat sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. DiMin. 2. Saut, in the top ; at the mast-head ; or on the higher yards or rigging; hence, on the upper...

...tow: For, says he, Do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the top-sails of sailors aback, There's tho life of poor Jack. I said to our Poll (for, d'ye see? she would cry When last we weighed anchor...

...aux d^pens de MI mltnoirc. Le Sage, Gil Slat, Livre iii. Ch. xi. CHARLES DIBDIN. 1745-1814. There 'sa sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Poor Jaclc. Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle ? He was all for love and a little for the bottle....

...20 For, says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the top-sails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the Ufe of poor Jack. I said to our Poll, for, d'ye see, she would cry When last we weigh'd anchor for...

...are reckless and taxpayers soft And we sailors are taken aback, Though we know " there's a Providence sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack. Just hear Lyon Playfair palaver away About ironclads, ordnance, and such. By Jingo I what Science has...

...don't think me a milksop so soft, To be taken for trifles aback ; For they say there's a providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack ! Charles Dibdin. BLOW high, blow low, let tempest tear, The main-mast by the board ; My heart with...

...also a large fleet of English and American merchant-vessels riding in the bay. CHAPTER VII. " There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack." DIBDIN. As soon as the crew had put the Calder in harbour trim, the European seamen were all paid off,...

...kind heart for thinking of a poor old chap like me ; did ever any one hear the like ? but ' There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, to keep watch for the life of poor Jack.' " Then came the business of the day, and Harry was finding a rapid sale for his wares, as the beach...

...good the relationship has done you. No more of 'poor Hogarth.' You'll make me think that you're the ' sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack — ' Hogarth, I mean." " I didn't know, Uncle Victor, but that since Hogarth has met with such an...