Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... true , and how much fiction , is left in doubt , with the express intention , that such histo- rians , as having nothing useful to do , may employ their time in drawing the lines for their own amuse . ment . As to the scene chosen for ...
... true , and how much fiction , is left in doubt , with the express intention , that such histo- rians , as having nothing useful to do , may employ their time in drawing the lines for their own amuse . ment . As to the scene chosen for ...
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... true . If we are in error , it is a misfortune we share in common with honest Panza , and that , too , on a subject about equal , in moment , to the one in which he was misled . After all , the world hears little , and knows less , of ...
... true . If we are in error , it is a misfortune we share in common with honest Panza , and that , too , on a subject about equal , in moment , to the one in which he was misled . After all , the world hears little , and knows less , of ...
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... true , did not hesitate to speak as became their experience . But Tonti had obtained no small part of his reputation by exercising great moderation in delivering his oracles , and , perhaps , by seeming to know more than he actually ...
... true , did not hesitate to speak as became their experience . But Tonti had obtained no small part of his reputation by exercising great moderation in delivering his oracles , and , perhaps , by seeming to know more than he actually ...
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... true , she was probably the only person of her sex in the town , who had ever seen Vesu- vius , or planted her eyes on the wonders of a part of Italy that has a reputation second only to that of Rome . Of course , if any girl in Porto ...
... true , she was probably the only person of her sex in the town , who had ever seen Vesu- vius , or planted her eyes on the wonders of a part of Italy that has a reputation second only to that of Rome . Of course , if any girl in Porto ...
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... true , as the ground - swell swung the yards to and fro , but , on the whole , standing out and receiving the air , as if guided more by volition than any mechanical power . The effect on the hull was almost magical ; for , notwith ...
... true , as the ground - swell swung the yards to and fro , but , on the whole , standing out and receiving the air , as if guided more by volition than any mechanical power . The effect on the hull was almost magical ; for , notwith ...
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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...