Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... seemed to be riveted by a sort of fascination . there been one , there , sufficiently unoccupied to observe this interesting girl , he might have been struck with the varying expression of a countenance that was teeming with sensibility ...
... seemed to be riveted by a sort of fascination . there been one , there , sufficiently unoccupied to observe this interesting girl , he might have been struck with the varying expression of a countenance that was teeming with sensibility ...
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... blood of her country , fanned by an air so gentle , that occasionally it blew aside tresses , that seemed to vie with the floss silk of her native land . Had the natural - ringlets been less light , however , so gentle LE FEU - FOLLET . 19.
... blood of her country , fanned by an air so gentle , that occasionally it blew aside tresses , that seemed to vie with the floss silk of her native land . Had the natural - ringlets been less light , however , so gentle LE FEU - FOLLET . 19.
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... seemed to satisfy the minds of the observers , who were too much accustomed to the images of art , not to obtain some tolerably distinct notions , in the end , of what " Ala e ala " meant . But ' Maso , as has been said , remained after ...
... seemed to satisfy the minds of the observers , who were too much accustomed to the images of art , not to obtain some tolerably distinct notions , in the end , of what " Ala e ala " meant . But ' Maso , as has been said , remained after ...
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... seemed satisfied with this scrutiny , for she immediately disappeared . Not so with ' Maso , who by this time had hurried round from the felucca , and was at the stairs in season to say a word to the stranger . " Signore , " said the ...
... seemed satisfied with this scrutiny , for she immediately disappeared . Not so with ' Maso , who by this time had hurried round from the felucca , and was at the stairs in season to say a word to the stranger . " Signore , " said the ...
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... seemed to him , had a very close family resem . blance , in sound , though certainly spelled with different letters ; " these are words , Signore , that are enough to drive a foreigner to abandon your tongue in despair . " " Indeed they ...
... seemed to him , had a very close family resem . blance , in sound , though certainly spelled with different letters ; " these are words , Signore , that are enough to drive a foreigner to abandon your tongue in despair . " " Indeed they ...
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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...