Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... better sort of country residence of our own , was then , as now , occupied by the Florentine governor of the Tuscan portion of the island . It stands on the extremity of a low rocky promontory that forms the western ramparts of the deep ...
... better sort of country residence of our own , was then , as now , occupied by the Florentine governor of the Tuscan portion of the island . It stands on the extremity of a low rocky promontory that forms the western ramparts of the deep ...
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... better he understood all these mat . ters than a magistrate . On the other hand , the podestâ was nettled , and disappointed into the bargain , for he really imagined he was drawing nice distinctions , much as it was his wont to do in ...
... better he understood all these mat . ters than a magistrate . On the other hand , the podestâ was nettled , and disappointed into the bargain , for he really imagined he was drawing nice distinctions , much as it was his wont to do in ...
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... better became her sex , since it removed her from imme- diate contact with the rough spirits of the port , while it ena- bled her to see what occurred about the Wing - And - Wing . More than half an hour elapsed , however , before there ...
... better became her sex , since it removed her from imme- diate contact with the rough spirits of the port , while it ena- bled her to see what occurred about the Wing - And - Wing . More than half an hour elapsed , however , before there ...
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... better acquainted with the rig of a lugger , than with that of a ship . " 66 Guernsey is a country I never heard of , " answered ' Maso , simply ; " is it like Holland - or more like Lisbon ? " " Very little of either . Guernsey is a ...
... better acquainted with the rig of a lugger , than with that of a ship . " 66 Guernsey is a country I never heard of , " answered ' Maso , simply ; " is it like Holland - or more like Lisbon ? " " Very little of either . Guernsey is a ...
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... better , indeed , in many respects , than he understood it himself and that he should be so familiar with its habits , institutions and geography , that , by the time the flask was emptied , the superior functionary whispered to his ...
... better , indeed , in many respects , than he understood it himself and that he should be so familiar with its habits , institutions and geography , that , by the time the flask was emptied , the superior functionary whispered to his ...
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Page 7 - 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 colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 168 - Returned the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — "Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Page 156 - Wearied, I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go Is to stay here; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Page 104 - He saw with his own eyes the moon was round, Was also certain that the earth was square, Because he had journey'd fifty miles, and found No sign that it was circular anywhere...