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... honour to form a sort a literary clientelle , will never tire of reading . Our chief concern , on the present occasion , is on the subject of the contrast we have attempted to draw between profound belief and light - hearted infidelity ...
... honour to form a sort a literary clientelle , will never tire of reading . Our chief concern , on the present occasion , is on the subject of the contrast we have attempted to draw between profound belief and light - hearted infidelity ...
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... honour the flag . I fear this stranger does not intend to enter our harbour ! " " He steers as if he did not , certainly , Signor Podestà , " said Ghita , sighing so gently that the respiration was audible only to herself . " Perhaps he ...
... honour the flag . I fear this stranger does not intend to enter our harbour ! " " He steers as if he did not , certainly , Signor Podestà , " said Ghita , sighing so gently that the respiration was audible only to herself . " Perhaps he ...
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... honour of your company at his house , which stands so near us , hard by here , in the prin- cipal street , as will make it only a pleasure to go there ; I know he would be disappointed if he failed of the happiness of seeing you ...
... honour of your company at his house , which stands so near us , hard by here , in the prin- cipal street , as will make it only a pleasure to go there ; I know he would be disappointed if he failed of the happiness of seeing you ...
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... honour to receive into our little haven a vessel of Inghilterra , Signor Capitano , " observed the vice- governor , earnestly regarding the other through his spectacles as he spoke , and that , too , in a manner not altogether free from ...
... honour to receive into our little haven a vessel of Inghilterra , Signor Capitano , " observed the vice- governor , earnestly regarding the other through his spectacles as he spoke , and that , too , in a manner not altogether free from ...
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... honour to serve , " returned the mariner . " You are an Inglese yourself , I trust , Signor Capitano - what name shall I enter in my book , here ? " " Jaques Smeet , " answered the other , betraying what might have proved two very fatal ...
... honour to serve , " returned the mariner . " You are an Inglese yourself , I trust , Signor Capitano - what name shall I enter in my book , here ? " " Jaques Smeet , " answered the other , betraying what might have proved two very fatal ...
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.