Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1801 edition. Excerpt: ... jasper. A fragment. This Novel, though unfinished, will not fail to recommend itself to the Reader, whose principal feeling will probably be the regret that it terminates so abruptly. jasper. chapter I. oud blew the wind, and the contending waves augmented the howling of the storm, when Jasper rushed towards the forecastle with the infant Edmund. It was midnight. The white foam dashed over the lofty prow of the vessel, and the lightning every moment illumined the wide ocean. Horror and dilmay were pictured in the countenances of the devoted crew; and the small boat which was lifted and engulphed alternately, as the tempest swayed the surge, presented the only chance of rescue from destruction. Jasper had seen many years of service: he had felt the salt wave wash his white hairs in the stormy hour of night, while the less nobly organized, reposed upon beds of down: He had been driven by the fierce hurricane on the G 2 bleak bleak sands or on the rocky eminence, while undisturbed slumber had closed the eyes of indolence and folly. On the forecastle he meditated;--the infant Edmund crept into his bosom. The cold rain, the bleak and cutting wind scattered the golden hair that played about a cheek rosy and beautiful. The lightning shivered the mainmast, the ship rolled as it fell into the deep yawning abyss. The thunder, in frequent and terrifying peals, seemed to shake the heavens. Jasper looked fearsully towards the flashing clouds--he pressed the infant close to his breast. The boat was ready; one place yet remained; it was reserved as the last scene of hope for the preserver of poor Edmund. At no great distance from the wreck, the few who had escaped beheld her disappear for ever. The boat, after many hours of peril and fatigue to her...
