Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 15
... hand , the podestâ was nettled , and disappointed into the bargain , for he really imagined he was drawing nice distinctions , much as it was his wont to do in legal proceedings ; and it was his ambition to be thought to know something ...
... hand , the podestâ was nettled , and disappointed into the bargain , for he really imagined he was drawing nice distinctions , much as it was his wont to do in legal proceedings ; and it was his ambition to be thought to know something ...
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... hands on her heart , she stood like a statue of suspense , while the men in the battery exe- cuted their duty . In a minute the match was applied , and the gun was discharged . Though all her companions uttered invocations to the saints ...
... hands on her heart , she stood like a statue of suspense , while the men in the battery exe- cuted their duty . In a minute the match was applied , and the gun was discharged . Though all her companions uttered invocations to the saints ...
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... hand , that was as authoritative as the concession was liberal and indicative of a spirit en- lightened by study ; " the fact must be conceded . There is the fable of Hercules and the wagoner , to confirm it . Did our men first strive ...
... hand , that was as authoritative as the concession was liberal and indicative of a spirit en- lightened by study ; " the fact must be conceded . There is the fable of Hercules and the wagoner , to confirm it . Did our men first strive ...
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... hand , and in perfectly good English . The only thing that one who understood the language perfectly would have been apt to advert to , was the circumstance that the words which the sailor pronounced " Jaques Smeet , " were written ...
... hand , and in perfectly good English . The only thing that one who understood the language perfectly would have been apt to advert to , was the circumstance that the words which the sailor pronounced " Jaques Smeet , " were written ...
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... hand ; " if the truth were known , a scion of some noble house , yourself , Signore ? " - " I ? -Peste ! I hate an aristocrat , Signor Vice - gover . natore , as I do the devil ! " This was said just after the freest draught the ...
... hand ; " if the truth were known , a scion of some noble house , yourself , Signore ? " - " I ? -Peste ! I hate an aristocrat , Signor Vice - gover . natore , as I do the devil ! " This was said just after the freest draught 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...