Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 42
... Ithuel Bolt , an impressed seaman of our own Republic , who fully enter- ing into all the plans imagined by his more enterprising friend and fellow - sufferer , had cheerfully enlisted in the execution of his future schemes of revenge ...
... Ithuel Bolt , an impressed seaman of our own Republic , who fully enter- ing into all the plans imagined by his more enterprising friend and fellow - sufferer , had cheerfully enlisted in the execution of his future schemes of revenge ...
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... Ithuel Bolt , the seaman just mentioned , was a proof , in a small way , of the harm that even an insignifi- cant individual can effect , when his mind is fully and wholly bent on revenge . Ghita knew him well ; and , although she ...
... Ithuel Bolt , the seaman just mentioned , was a proof , in a small way , of the harm that even an insignifi- cant individual can effect , when his mind is fully and wholly bent on revenge . Ghita knew him well ; and , although she ...
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... Ithuel Bolt , the American seaman , already named in the earlier part of this chapter . He was backed by a Genoese , who had come in the double capacity of interpreter and boon companion . That the reader may the better understand the ...
... Ithuel Bolt , the American seaman , already named in the earlier part of this chapter . He was backed by a Genoese , who had come in the double capacity of interpreter and boon companion . That the reader may the better understand the ...
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... Ithuel had gone through all the ordinary vicissitudes of an American life , beneath those pursuits which are com monly thought to be confined to the class of gentlemen . He had been farmer's boy , printer's devil , schoolmaster , stage ...
... Ithuel had gone through all the ordinary vicissitudes of an American life , beneath those pursuits which are com monly thought to be confined to the class of gentlemen . He had been farmer's boy , printer's devil , schoolmaster , stage ...
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... Ithuel came . He was " clever " in this sense , precisely in proportion as he was ignorant . His success , on this occasion , gained him friends , and he was immediately sent out again as the regular master of the craft , in which he ...
... Ithuel came . He was " clever " in this sense , precisely in proportion as he was ignorant . His success , on this occasion , gained him friends , and he was immediately sent out again as the regular master of the craft , in which he ...
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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...