The Jack O'lantern: (le Feu-follet;) Or, The Privateer |
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... Captain Cuffe ; though Cap- tain Flog would have been a better name for him . Yes , the Pro- serpine , thirty - six , Captain Cuffe , Heaven bless her ! " occan . - " Bah ! this vessel has forty - four guns now I can see to count them ...
... Captain Cuffe ; though Cap- tain Flog would have been a better name for him . Yes , the Pro- serpine , thirty - six , Captain Cuffe , Heaven bless her ! " occan . - " Bah ! this vessel has forty - four guns now I can see to count them ...
Page 83
... Captain Cuffe , alias Sir Brown , who commanded the Proserpine , not being a man likely to be mystified by so stale a trick . Raoul scarcely breathed as he watched the lugger , in anticipation of her course . Ithuel certainly seemed in ...
... Captain Cuffe , alias Sir Brown , who commanded the Proserpine , not being a man likely to be mystified by so stale a trick . Raoul scarcely breathed as he watched the lugger , in anticipation of her course . Ithuel certainly seemed in ...
Page 84
... Captain Cuffe , that his ruse had so far succeeded as to cause that officer to attribute his unintelligible answer to ignorance , rather than to de- sign . Nevertheless , the frigate did not seem disposed to alter her course ; for ...
... Captain Cuffe , that his ruse had so far succeeded as to cause that officer to attribute his unintelligible answer to ignorance , rather than to de- sign . Nevertheless , the frigate did not seem disposed to alter her course ; for ...
Page 90
... Captain Cuffe had assisted in chasing , and he knew the hopelessness of following such a craft under circumstances so directly adapted to its qualities . Then he was far from certain that he was pursuing an enemy at all , whatever ...
... Captain Cuffe had assisted in chasing , and he knew the hopelessness of following such a craft under circumstances so directly adapted to its qualities . Then he was far from certain that he was pursuing an enemy at all , whatever ...
Page 109
... Captain Cuffe , of that ship , the frigate you saw off your harbour this morning , has sent me down in the felucca that got in this evening , to communicate intelligence concerning the lugger which we chased to the southward about nine ...
... Captain Cuffe , of that ship , the frigate you saw off your harbour this morning , has sent me down in the felucca that got in this evening , to communicate intelligence concerning the lugger which we chased to the southward about nine ...
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Common terms and phrases
a-head admiral anchor Andrea Barrofaldi appearance boat breeze cabin called canvass Capitano Capri Captain Cuffe Captain Rule Caraccioli Carlo Giuntotardi carronades chase circumstances Clinch coast commander course craft crew deck duty eccellenza Elba Elbans enemy English escape Etooelle exclaimed eyes favour feeling felt felucca Feu-Follet Few-Folly fire followed forecastle French Frenchman frigate Ghita girl Griffin guns hand hauled heard heart honour hour Ischia island Italian Ithuel Jack O'Lantern judge-advocate land Le Feu-Follet lieutenant light look lugger Lyon manner mariners Maso matter mind minutes Monsieur Yvard Naples Nelson never night officer passed podestà port Porto Ferrajo prisoner Proserpine Raoul Yvard render Ringdove rocks sail seamen seen serpine ship shore side Signor Vice-governatore Sir Frederick Sir Smees smile soon stand stranger tell Terpsichore thee thing thou thought truth vessel vice-governor Ving-y-Ving Vito Viti Winchester wind wish yawl young
Popular passages
Page 184 - If ever you have looked on better days; If ever been where bells have knolled to church; If ever sat at any good man's feast; If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear, And know what 'tis to pity, and be pitied; Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope, I blush, and hide my sword.
Page 290 - WHITE as a white sail on a dusky sea, When half the horizon's clouded and half free, Fluttering between the dun wave and the sky, Is hope's last gleam in man's extremity.
Page 358 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...
Page 169 - A justice of the peace, for the time being, They bow to, but may turn him out next year ; They reverence their priest, but disagreeing In price or creed, dismiss him without fear ; They have a natural talent for foreseeing And knowing all things ; — and should PAKK appear From his long tour in Africa, to show The Niger's source, they 'd meet him with — We know.
Page 1 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new color as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.