The Jack O'Lantern; (le Feu-follet;) Or, The PrivateerTauchnitz, 1843 - 435 pages |
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... admiral ; and , as they are not secret , you can cast your eyes over them . This is my commission , Signor Vice - governatore - this is the signature of the English minister of marine - and here is my own , ' Jaques Smeet , ' as you see ...
... admiral ; and , as they are not secret , you can cast your eyes over them . This is my commission , Signor Vice - governatore - this is the signature of the English minister of marine - and here is my own , ' Jaques Smeet , ' as you see ...
Page 78
... ! perfectly ; he is the son of an old admiral , under whom I was educated , though we happen ourselves never to have met . Sir Brown is the name and title of the gentleman . " " Ah ! that is a truly English rank and 78 CHAPTER VI. ...
... ! perfectly ; he is the son of an old admiral , under whom I was educated , though we happen ourselves never to have met . Sir Brown is the name and title of the gentleman . " " Ah ! that is a truly English rank and 78 CHAPTER VI. ...
Page 97
... admiral , Elisabetta , and the Spanish armada ; and there was Nelsoni ; and now we have Smees ! " Raoul accepted these compliments , both national and personal , in a very gracious manner , squeezing the hand of the podestà with ...
... admiral , Elisabetta , and the Spanish armada ; and there was Nelsoni ; and now we have Smees ! " Raoul accepted these compliments , both national and personal , in a very gracious manner , squeezing the hand of the podestà with ...
Page 98
... admiral who dies for his sovereign , does deserve to be made a saint this would leave these miserable French republicans , Signore , without hope or honour ! " " They are canaille , from the highest to the lowest , and can reasonably ...
... admiral who dies for his sovereign , does deserve to be made a saint this would leave these miserable French republicans , Signore , without hope or honour ! " " They are canaille , from the highest to the lowest , and can reasonably ...
Page 101
... Vito Viti . He gives up his Sir Cicero with a grace which causes one regret that it was necessary ; and , like yourself , I make no doubt of his becoming an illustrious admiral in time . It is true , his father , 101.
... Vito Viti . He gives up his Sir Cicero with a grace which causes one regret that it was necessary ; and , like yourself , I make no doubt of his becoming an illustrious admiral in time . It is true , his father , 101.
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Jack O'lantern: (Le Feu-follet) Or, The Privateer James Fenimore Cooper Affichage du livre entier - 1845 |
The Jack O'Lantern: (Le Feu-follet;) Or, the Privateer, Volume 1 James Fenimore Cooper Affichage du livre entier - 1842 |
The Jack O' Lantern; (Le Feu-follet;) Or, The Privateer James Fenimore Cooper Affichage du livre entier - 1843 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
a-head admiral anchor Andrea Barrofaldi appearance boat breeze cabin called canvass Capitano Capri Captain Cuffe Captain Rule Caraccioli Carlo Giuntotardi carronades chase circumstances Clinch coast commander course craft crew deck duty eccellenza Elba Elbans enemy English escape Etooelle exclaimed eyes favour feeling felt felucca Feu-Follet Few-Folly fire followed forecastle French Frenchman frigate Ghita girl Griffin guns hand hauled heard heart honour hour Ischia island Italian Ithuel Jack O'Lantern judge-advocate land Le Feu-Follet lieutenant light look lugger Lyon manner mariners Maso matter mind minutes Monsieur Yvard Naples Nelson never night officer passed podestà port Porto Ferrajo prisoner Proserpine Raoul Yvard render Ringdove rocks sail seamen seen serpine ship shore side Signor Vice-governatore Sir Frederick Sir Smees smile soon stand stranger tell Terpsichore thee thing thou thought truth vessel vice-governor Ving-y-Ving Vito Viti Winchester wind wish yawl young
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Page 184 - If ever you have looked on better days; If ever been where bells have knolled to church; If ever sat at any good man's feast; If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear, And know what 'tis to pity, and be pitied; Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope, I blush, and hide my sword.
Page 290 - WHITE as a white sail on a dusky sea, When half the horizon's clouded and half free, Fluttering between the dun wave and the sky, Is hope's last gleam in man's extremity.
Page 358 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...
Page 169 - A justice of the peace, for the time being, They bow to, but may turn him out next year ; They reverence their priest, but disagreeing In price or creed, dismiss him without fear ; They have a natural talent for foreseeing And knowing all things ; — and should PAKK appear From his long tour in Africa, to show The Niger's source, they 'd meet him with — We know.
Page 1 - 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 color as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.