The Wing-& Wing: Or, Le Feu-follet, a Tale Complete in 1 Vol..G. P. Putnam, 1853 - 486 pages |
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... wish to disturb them - a lugger is a lugger . " " Si , Signore ; that is just what we say in the port . A lugger is a lugger . " " And yonder strange craft , you maintain , and at need are ready to swear , is a lugger ? " Now ' Maso ...
... wish to disturb them - a lugger is a lugger . " " Si , Signore ; that is just what we say in the port . A lugger is a lugger . " " And yonder strange craft , you maintain , and at need are ready to swear , is a lugger ? " Now ' Maso ...
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... wishes to persuade us that the strange craft yonder is a lugger , though he cannot himself say to what country she belongs ! " " It is a lugger , Signore , " returned the girl , drawing a long breath , as if relieved by hearing the ...
... wishes to persuade us that the strange craft yonder is a lugger , though he cannot himself say to what country she belongs ! " " It is a lugger , Signore , " returned the girl , drawing a long breath , as if relieved by hearing the ...
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... wishes . The soldiers surely will not fire again ! " " That would be in the teeth of the law of nations , Signorina , and a blot on Tuscan civilization . Ah ! you perceive the artil- lerists are aware of what you say , and are putting ...
... wishes . The soldiers surely will not fire again ! " " That would be in the teeth of the law of nations , Signorina , and a blot on Tuscan civilization . Ah ! you perceive the artil- lerists are aware of what you say , and are putting ...
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... wish , dearest Ghita , I could persuade you to like the name of Yvard , " rejoined the young man , in a half - reproachful , half- tender manner , " and I should care nothing for any other . You accuse me of disrespect for priests ; but ...
... wish , dearest Ghita , I could persuade you to like the name of Yvard , " rejoined the young man , in a half - reproachful , half- tender manner , " and I should care nothing for any other . You accuse me of disrespect for priests ; but ...
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... wish that as few should enter into his coun- sels as at all comported with the love of homage to his own experience . The party had been assembled a quarter of an hour , and there had been time to cause the tide to ebb mate- rially in ...
... wish that as few should enter into his coun- sels as at all comported with the love of homage to his own experience . The party had been assembled a quarter of an hour , and there had been time to cause the tide to ebb mate- rially in ...
Common terms and phrases
admiral anchor Andrea Barrofaldi answered Raoul appearance boat breeze cabin called canvas 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 feeling felt felucca Feu-Follet Few-Folly fire followed French Frenchman frigate Ghita girl Griffin guns hand hauled heard heart honor 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 Naples Nelson never night officer passed podestà 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 taffrail tell Terpsichore thee things thou thought tion truth vessel Ving-y-Ving Vito Viti Winchester wind wish yawl young
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Page 211 - Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have...
Page 9 - 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 357 - I have no dread, And feel the curse to have no natural fear, Nor fluttering throb, that beats with hopes or wishes, Or lurking love of something on the earth.
Page 161 - tis a thought sublime, that man can force A path upon the waste, can find a way Where all is trackless, and compel the winds — Those freest agents of almighty power — To lend their untamed wings, and bear him on To distant climes.
Page 401 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...