The Jack O'lantern: (le Feu-follet;) Or, The Privateer |
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... hour ; or quite as fast as an ordinarily active man is apt to walk . Her motion was nearly unobservable to all on board , and might rather be termed gliding than sailing , the ripple under her cut- water not much exceeding that which is ...
... hour ; or quite as fast as an ordinarily active man is apt to walk . Her motion was nearly unobservable to all on board , and might rather be termed gliding than sailing , the ripple under her cut- water not much exceeding that which is ...
Page 19
... hour elapsed , however , before there were any signs of an intention to land ; but by the time it was dark a boat was ready , and it was seen making its way to the common stairs , where one or two of the regular officials were ready to ...
... hour elapsed , however , before there were any signs of an intention to land ; but by the time it was dark a boat was ready , and it was seen making its way to the common stairs , where one or two of the regular officials were ready to ...
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... hour by herself . This much , in sooth , must be said in favour of Andrea Barrofaldi's administration of justice ; he had made it safe for the gentle , the feeble , and the poor , equally , to move about the is- land by day or by night ...
... hour by herself . This much , in sooth , must be said in favour of Andrea Barrofaldi's administration of justice ; he had made it safe for the gentle , the feeble , and the poor , equally , to move about the is- land by day or by night ...
Page 39
... hour permitted ; that craft being anchored about a cable's length distant , and , as a sailor might have expressed it , just abeam . On this occasion he had selected the upper room , and but three companions , because it was his wish ...
... hour permitted ; that craft being anchored about a cable's length distant , and , as a sailor might have expressed it , just abeam . On this occasion he had selected the upper room , and but three companions , because it was his wish ...
Page 45
... hour of leisure to any man , and is very consoling and useful to a Christian . But who have you below , Benedetta ? I hear steps on the stairs , and wish not to be seen . " The widow stepped promptly forward to meet her new guests , and ...
... hour of leisure to any man , and is very consoling and useful to a Christian . But who have you below , Benedetta ? I hear steps on the stairs , and wish not to be seen . " The widow stepped promptly forward to meet her new guests , and ...
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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.