Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... vessel among animals - said they were so cer- tain , that we might safely swear they were absolutely true . If we are in error , it is a misfortune we share in common with honest Panza , and that , too , on a subject about equal , in ...
... vessel among animals - said they were so cer- tain , that we might safely swear they were absolutely true . If we are in error , it is a misfortune we share in common with honest Panza , and that , too , on a subject about equal , in ...
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... vessel in question ; a circumstance that the mariners who eyed her from the shores of Elba , deemed indicative of mischief . A three - masted lugger , that spread a wide breadth of canvass , with a low , dark hull , relieved by a single ...
... vessel in question ; a circumstance that the mariners who eyed her from the shores of Elba , deemed indicative of mischief . A three - masted lugger , that spread a wide breadth of canvass , with a low , dark hull , relieved by a single ...
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... vessel laid upon a shelf in a closet would be scarcely more secure . In this domestic little basin , which , with the exception of a narrow entrance was completely surrounded by buildings , lay a few feluccas , that traded between the ...
... vessel laid upon a shelf in a closet would be scarcely more secure . In this domestic little basin , which , with the exception of a narrow entrance was completely surrounded by buildings , lay a few feluccas , that traded between the ...
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... vessel so obviously superior to the ordinary craft of the Mediterra- nean , to carry them about . While a third , more imagina- tive than either , ventured to doubt whether it was a vessel at all ; deceptive appearances of this sort not ...
... vessel so obviously superior to the ordinary craft of the Mediterra- nean , to carry them about . While a third , more imagina- tive than either , ventured to doubt whether it was a vessel at all ; deceptive appearances of this sort not ...
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... vessel . " Had The others laughed , and , after a good deal of eager chat- tering on the subject , it was quite generally admitted that the stranger was a bona fide craft , of some species or an- other , though all agreed she was not a ...
... vessel . " Had The others laughed , and , after a good deal of eager chat- tering on the subject , it was quite generally admitted that the stranger was a bona fide craft , of some species or an- other , though all agreed she was not a ...
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admiral anchor Andrea Barrofaldi answered Raoul appearance boat breeze cabin called canvass Capitano Capri Captain Cuffe Captain Rule Caraccioli Carlo Giuntotardi carronades chase circumstances Clinch coast commander Corsica course craft crew deck duty Eccellenza Elba Elbans enemy English escape Etooelle exclaimed eyes favour feeling felt felucca Feu-Follet Few-Folly fire followed French Frenchman frigate Ghita girl Griffin guns hand hauled heard heart honour hope hour Ischia island Italian Ithuel Jack-o'-Lantern Judge Advocate land le Feu-Follet lieutenant light look lugger Lyon manner mariners Maso matter minutes Monsieur Yvard Naples Nelson never night officer passed podestâ port Porto Ferrajo prisoner Proserpine Raoul Yvard render Ringdove rocks sail seamen seen ship shore side Signor Vice-governatore Sir Frederick Sir Smees smile soon standing stranger tell Terpsichore thee thing thou thought truth vessel Ving-y-Ving Vito Viti Winchester wind wish yawl young
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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...