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... manner of the soldiers , by turning to watch the flight of the shot , though she clasped her hands as she did so , and appeared to await the result with trembling . The few seconds of suspense were soon past , when the ball was seen to ...
... manner of the soldiers , by turning to watch the flight of the shot , though she clasped her hands as she did so , and appeared to await the result with trembling . The few seconds of suspense were soon past , when the ball was seen to ...
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... manner seem de- ranged at the salutation they had just received . After a few mi- nutes , however , the lugger jibed her mainsail , and then hauled up a little so as to look more towards the head - land , as if disposed to steer for the ...
... manner seem de- ranged at the salutation they had just received . After a few mi- nutes , however , the lugger jibed her mainsail , and then hauled up a little so as to look more towards the head - land , as if disposed to steer for the ...
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... manner ; " Ving - y - Ving ! " This passed just as the lugger anchored , and the crowd had begun to disperse . It caused some merriment , and it was soon spread in the little town that a craft had just arrived from Inghil- terra , whose ...
... manner ; " Ving - y - Ving ! " This passed just as the lugger anchored , and the crowd had begun to disperse . It caused some merriment , and it was soon spread in the little town that a craft had just arrived from Inghil- terra , whose ...
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... manner to show that it was not the first time he had heard it ; " ze Ving - y - Ving ; that is a poetical appellation , Signor Capi- tano ; may I presume to ask what it signifies ? " " Ala e ala , in your Italian , Mister Vice ...
... manner to show that it was not the first time he had heard it ; " ze Ving - y - Ving ; that is a poetical appellation , Signor Capi- tano ; may I presume to ask what it signifies ? " " Ala e ala , in your Italian , Mister Vice ...
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... manner , " that none but a knave would object to it . Pursue your own course , Signor Vice - governatore , and satisfy all your scruples in your own manner . How shall this be done ? will you 25.
... manner , " that none but a knave would object to it . Pursue your own course , Signor Vice - governatore , and satisfy all your scruples in your own manner . How shall this be done ? will you 25.
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.