Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... turned an instant from the lugger , on which they 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 ...
... turned an instant from the lugger , on which they 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 ...
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... turned aside , and observing Ghita , who had visited his niece , and of whose intelligence he entertained . a favourable opinion , he drew nearer to the girl , determined to lose a moment in dignified trifling . " Honest ' Maso , poor ...
... turned aside , and observing Ghita , who had visited his niece , and of whose intelligence he entertained . a favourable opinion , he drew nearer to the girl , determined to lose a moment in dignified trifling . " Honest ' Maso , poor ...
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... turned aside , and stopped their cars , the battery being within a hundred yards of the spot where they stood ; but ... turning to watch the flight of the shot , though she clasped her hands as she did so , and ap- peared to await the ...
... turned aside , and stopped their cars , the battery being within a hundred yards of the spot where they stood ; but ... turning to watch the flight of the shot , though she clasped her hands as she did so , and ap- peared to await the ...
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... turned aside again , and shaped her course once more in the direction of the entrance of the Canal . This drew another shot , which effectually justified the magistrate's eulogy , for it certainly flew as much ahead of the stranger , as ...
... turned aside again , and shaped her course once more in the direction of the entrance of the Canal . This drew another shot , which effectually justified the magistrate's eulogy , for it certainly flew as much ahead of the stranger , as ...
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... turned the stranger , in very good Italian , " and five minutes shall prove to him how eager I am to salute him ; " then turning to the crew of his boat , he ordered them to return on board the lugger , and not to fail to look out for ...
... turned the stranger , in very good Italian , " and five minutes shall prove to him how eager I am to salute him ; " then turning to the crew of his boat , he ordered them to return on board the lugger , and not to fail to look out for ...
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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...