The Jack O'Lantern; (le Feu-follet;) Or, The PrivateerTauchnitz, 1843 - 435 pages |
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... stands on the extremity of a low , rocky promontory which forms the western ramparts of the deep extensive bay , on the side of which , ensconced behind a very convenient curvature of the rocks , which here incline westward in the form ...
... stands on the extremity of a low , rocky promontory which forms the western ramparts of the deep extensive bay , on the side of which , ensconced behind a very convenient curvature of the rocks , which here incline westward in the form ...
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... standing all the gossip and the many ludicrous opinions of her companions , her eyes scarcely turned an instant from the lugger , on which they seemed to be riveted by a sort of fascination . Had there been one there sufficiently ...
... standing all the gossip and the many ludicrous opinions of her companions , her eyes scarcely turned an instant from the lugger , on which they seemed to be riveted by a sort of fascination . Had there been one there sufficiently ...
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... standing out and receiving the air as if guided more by volition than any mechanical power . The effect on the hull was almost magical ; for , notwithstanding the nearly imperceptible force of the propelling power , owing to the ...
... standing out and receiving the air as if guided more by volition than any mechanical power . The effect on the hull was almost magical ; for , notwithstanding the nearly imperceptible force of the propelling power , owing to the ...
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... standing in , as before , in the direction of the canal . This change in the lugger's course produced a general movement in the crowd , which began to quit the heights , hastening to descend the terraced streets , in order to reach the ...
... standing in , as before , in the direction of the canal . This change in the lugger's course produced a general movement in the crowd , which began to quit the heights , hastening to descend the terraced streets , in order to reach the ...
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... stand English , but whose knowledge was such as is generally met with in a linguist of a little - frequented port , the meaning of the term . " Ving - y - ving ! " growled this functionary , not a little puzzled , " what ze devil sort ...
... stand English , but whose knowledge was such as is generally met with in a linguist of a little - frequented port , the meaning of the term . " Ving - y - ving ! " growled this functionary , not a little puzzled , " what ze devil sort ...
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.