The Jack O'Lantern; (le Feu-follet;) Or, The PrivateerTauchnitz, 1843 - 435 pages |
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... followed them up the broad steps of the crooked streets which led to the heights behind the town ; or to the rocky elevation that overlooks the sea from north - east to west . The approach of the lugger had produced some such effect on ...
... followed them up the broad steps of the crooked streets which led to the heights behind the town ; or to the rocky elevation that overlooks the sea from north - east to west . The approach of the lugger had produced some such effect on ...
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... followed with equal curiosity , but with eager steps . By the time the throng was assembled on the quays , in the streets , on the decks of feluccas , or at other points that commanded the view , the stranger was seen gliding past , in ...
... followed with equal curiosity , but with eager steps . By the time the throng was assembled on the quays , in the streets , on the decks of feluccas , or at other points that commanded the view , the stranger was seen gliding past , in ...
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... followed than my having to call myself ' le Capitaine Smeet , ' and finding out the means of mystifying le vice - governatore . " Ghita laughed , in spite of the fears she entertained ; for it was one of the most powerful of the ...
... followed than my having to call myself ' le Capitaine Smeet , ' and finding out the means of mystifying le vice - governatore . " Ghita laughed , in spite of the fears she entertained ; for it was one of the most powerful of the ...
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... followed , when Ghita left Raoul on the hill , insisting that she knew the town too well to have any apprehen- sions about threading its narrow and steep streets at any hour by herself . This much , in sooth , must be said in favour of ...
... followed , when Ghita left Raoul on the hill , insisting that she knew the town too well to have any apprehen- sions about threading its narrow and steep streets at any hour by herself . This much , in sooth , must be said in favour of ...
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... followed , to the astonishment of all the guests , and to the absolute awe of Benedetta , by the vice - governor himself . The solution of this unexpected visit is very easily given . After the departure of the Capitano Smees , Vito ...
... followed , to the astonishment of all the guests , and to the absolute awe of Benedetta , by the vice - governor himself . The solution of this unexpected visit is very easily given . After the departure of the Capitano Smees , Vito ...
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 |
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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.