Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 11
... a syllable that could commit the old man , had escaped his lips . He let the others talk at will ; as for himself , it suited his habits , and possibly his difficulties in deciding , to main.ain a grave LE FEU - FOLLET . 11.
... a syllable that could commit the old man , had escaped his lips . He let the others talk at will ; as for himself , it suited his habits , and possibly his difficulties in deciding , to main.ain a grave LE FEU - FOLLET . 11.
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... escaped without a question , or a conjecture , both volubly and quite audibly expressed . The interjections , too , were somewhat numerous , as the guesses were crude and absurd . One said it was a vessel with despatches from Livorno ...
... escaped without a question , or a conjecture , both volubly and quite audibly expressed . The interjections , too , were somewhat numerous , as the guesses were crude and absurd . One said it was a vessel with despatches from Livorno ...
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... escaped even the duller vision of the artillerists , were made at the outer end of this jigger - yard . A boy had appeared on the taffrail , and he was evidently clearing the ensign - halyards for that purpose . In half a minute , how ...
... escaped even the duller vision of the artillerists , were made at the outer end of this jigger - yard . A boy had appeared on the taffrail , and he was evidently clearing the ensign - halyards for that purpose . In half a minute , how ...
Page 23
... escaped his vigilance and means of observation to detect the circumstance that the stranger , who , while he steered into the bay with so much confidence , had contrived to bring up at a point where not a single gun from the bat- teries ...
... escaped his vigilance and means of observation to detect the circumstance that the stranger , who , while he steered into the bay with so much confidence , had contrived to bring up at a point where not a single gun from the bat- teries ...
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... escape , aided by the American , called 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 ...
... escape , aided by the American , called 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 ...
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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...