The Jack O'lantern: (le Feu-follet;) Or, The Privateer |
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... Proserpine , I have forgotten the cut of my own jib ! " " La Proserpine ! " repeated Raoul , who was familiar with his shipmate's adventures , and did not require to be told his meaning ; " if you are not mistaken , Etooell , Le Feu ...
... Proserpine , I have forgotten the cut of my own jib ! " " La Proserpine ! " repeated Raoul , who was familiar with his shipmate's adventures , and did not require to be told his meaning ; " if you are not mistaken , Etooell , Le Feu ...
Page 78
... Proserpine , a French - built ship , a circumstance which first deceived me as to her character . " " And the noble cavaliere , her commander- know his name and rank ? " - you doubtless " Oh ! perfectly ; he is the son of an old admiral ...
... Proserpine , a French - built ship , a circumstance which first deceived me as to her character . " " And the noble cavaliere , her commander- know his name and rank ? " - you doubtless " Oh ! perfectly ; he is the son of an old admiral ...
Page 81
... Proserpine , Etooell says , and he knows . You remember Etooell , dearest Ghita , the American who was with me at the tower ? -well , he has served in this very ship , and knows her to be La Proserpine , of fourty - four . " Raoul ...
... Proserpine , Etooell says , and he knows . You remember Etooell , dearest Ghita , the American who was with me at the tower ? -well , he has served in this very ship , and knows her to be La Proserpine , of fourty - four . " Raoul ...
Page 83
... Proserpine , for Ithuel was right as to the name of the stranger , had got within a league of the entrance of the bay , and had gone about , stretching over to its eastern shore , appa- rently with the intention to fetch fairly into it ...
... Proserpine , for Ithuel was right as to the name of the stranger , had got within a league of the entrance of the bay , and had gone about , stretching over to its eastern shore , appa- rently with the intention to fetch fairly into it ...
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... Proserpine , as I was an hour ago . I see symptoms of its being a republican , after all , and must have a care for ze Ving - and - Ving . " " The devil carry away all republicans , is my humble prayer , Signor Capitano ; but I can ...
... Proserpine , as I was an hour ago . I see symptoms of its being a republican , after all , and must have a care for ze Ving - and - Ving . " " The devil carry away all republicans , is my humble prayer , Signor Capitano ; but I can ...
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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.