Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 10
... appearance of trade with the Italian dependency , as with any other purpose . At the moment of which we are writing , however , but'a dozen living beings were visible in or about all these craft . The intelligence that a strange lugger ...
... appearance of trade with the Italian dependency , as with any other purpose . At the moment of which we are writing , however , but'a dozen living beings were visible in or about all these craft . The intelligence that a strange lugger ...
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... appearances of this sort not being of rare occurrence , and usually taking the aspect of something out of the ordinary way . " Si , " said Annina , " but that would be a miracle , Maria ; VOL . I .-- 2 and why should we have a miracle ...
... appearances of this sort not being of rare occurrence , and usually taking the aspect of something out of the ordinary way . " Si , " said Annina , " but that would be a miracle , Maria ; VOL . I .-- 2 and why should we have a miracle ...
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... appearance , and with more real sensibility than all united expressed in her face , stood firm and erect . The flash and the explosion evidently had no effect on her ; not an artillerist among them was less unmoved in frame , at the ...
... appearance , and with more real sensibility than all united expressed in her face , stood firm and erect . The flash and the explosion evidently had no effect on her ; not an artillerist among them was less unmoved in frame , at the ...
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... appearance that the human imagination has assigned to those heavenly beings , cherubs . This emblem seemed to satisfy the minds of the observers , who were too much accustomed to the images of art , not to obtain some tolerably distinct ...
... appearance that the human imagination has assigned to those heavenly beings , cherubs . This emblem seemed to satisfy the minds of the observers , who were too much accustomed to the images of art , not to obtain some tolerably distinct ...
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... appearance within the influence of a light sufficiently strong to enable the podestâ to examine his person , both he and Andrea Barrofaldi turned their eyes on him with lively curiosity , the instant the rays of a strong lamp enabled ...
... appearance within the influence of a light sufficiently strong to enable the podestâ to examine his person , both he and Andrea Barrofaldi turned their eyes on him with lively curiosity , the instant the rays of a strong lamp enabled ...
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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...