The Jack O'lantern: (le Feu-follet;) Or, The Privateer |
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... guns in the battery loaded , as usual ? " The answer being in the affirmative , there was a hurried con- sultation ... gun was dis- charged . Though all her companions uttered invocations to the saints , and other exclamations , and some ...
... guns in the battery loaded , as usual ? " The answer being in the affirmative , there was a hurried con- sultation ... gun was dis- charged . Though all her companions uttered invocations to the saints , and other exclamations , and some ...
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... gun from the batteries could be brought to bear on him ; while his own shot , had he been disposed to hostility , would have com- pletely raked the little haven . But Vito Viti , though so enthusias- tic an admirer of the art , was no ...
... gun from the batteries could be brought to bear on him ; while his own shot , had he been disposed to hostility , would have com- pletely raked the little haven . But Vito Viti , though so enthusias- tic an admirer of the art , was no ...
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... guns before they will hurt ' Le Feu - Follet ' where she lies . I never leave my little Jack o ' Lantern within ... gun from any battery in Porto Ferrajo can as much as frighten , much less harm her . " - " I know her position , Raoul ...
... guns before they will hurt ' Le Feu - Follet ' where she lies . I never leave my little Jack o ' Lantern within ... gun from any battery in Porto Ferrajo can as much as frighten , much less harm her . " - " I know her position , Raoul ...
Page 68
... gun frowning in each . Although the ham- mocks were not stowed , and the hammock - cloths had that empty and undressed look so common to a man - of - war in the night , it was apparent that the ship had an upper - deck , with quarter ...
... gun frowning in each . Although the ham- mocks were not stowed , and the hammock - cloths had that empty and undressed look so common to a man - of - war in the night , it was apparent that the ship had an upper - deck , with quarter ...
Page 69
... guns ; it is the Proserpine ; and the only harm I wish her is , that she were at the bottom of the The Proserpine , thirty - six , Captain Cuffe ; though Cap- tain Flog would have been a better name for him . Yes , the Pro- serpine ...
... guns ; it is the Proserpine ; and the only harm I wish her is , that she were at the bottom of the The Proserpine , thirty - six , Captain Cuffe ; though Cap- tain Flog would have been a better name for him . Yes , the Pro- serpine ...
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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
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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.