Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... expected from craft resembling the suspicious stranger . This little port , not as large in itself as a modern dock in places like London or Liverpool , was sufficiently protected against any probable dangers , by suitable batteries ...
... expected from craft resembling the suspicious stranger . This little port , not as large in itself as a modern dock in places like London or Liverpool , was sufficiently protected against any probable dangers , by suitable batteries ...
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... ; and that , too , in a very brief conversation . We book - worms , " added Andrea Barrofaldi , with a glance of triumph at his neighbour , for he now expected to give the podestâ an illustration of the LE FEU - FOLLET . 31.
... ; and that , too , in a very brief conversation . We book - worms , " added Andrea Barrofaldi , with a glance of triumph at his neighbour , for he now expected to give the podestâ an illustration of the LE FEU - FOLLET . 31.
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James Fenimore Cooper. now expected to give the podestâ an illustration of the prac- tical benefits of general learning , a subject that had often been discussed between them , " we book - worms can manage these trifles in our own way ...
James Fenimore Cooper. now expected to give the podestâ an illustration of the prac- tical benefits of general learning , a subject that had often been discussed between them , " we book - worms can manage these trifles in our own way ...
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... sundry sea - ports , for any expected occasion of this sort , he had never anticipated a conversation which would aspire as high as the institutions , religion and laws of his adopted country . Had the 38 FEU - FOLLET . LE .
... sundry sea - ports , for any expected occasion of this sort , he had never anticipated a conversation which would aspire as high as the institutions , religion and laws of his adopted country . Had the 38 FEU - FOLLET . LE .
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... expected it in Livorno ! " 66 But , ' Maso , " put in Daniele Bruno , in the manner of one who was a little sceptical , " I have often seen the pavilion of the Inglese , and this is as much like that which all their frigates and ...
... expected it in Livorno ! " 66 But , ' Maso , " put in Daniele Bruno , in the manner of one who was a little sceptical , " I have often seen the pavilion of the Inglese , and this is as much like that which all their frigates and ...
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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...