The Jack O'Lantern; (le Feu-follet;) Or, The PrivateerTauchnitz, 1843 - 435 pages |
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... truth must be owned , unwillingly collected around her a clientelle of at least a dozen girls of her own age , and apparently of her own class . The latter , however , felt no necessity for the reserve maintained by the curious who ...
... truth must be owned , unwillingly collected around her a clientelle of at least a dozen girls of her own age , and apparently of her own class . The latter , however , felt no necessity for the reserve maintained by the curious who ...
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... truth must be said . Well , we will be indulgent on this subject , - though , out of doubt , you and all your people are Luterani ? " " Set us down as what you please , " answered the captain , with an ironical smile . " Our fathers ...
... truth must be said . Well , we will be indulgent on this subject , - though , out of doubt , you and all your people are Luterani ? " " Set us down as what you please , " answered the captain , with an ironical smile . " Our fathers ...
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... truth , had proceeded from his own obstinacy , and had been done in the very teeth of the objections of the scribe who had forged the papers . But Andrea was still too little of an English scholar to understand the blunder , and the ...
... truth , had proceeded from his own obstinacy , and had been done in the very teeth of the objections of the scribe who had forged the papers . But Andrea was still too little of an English scholar to understand the blunder , and the ...
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... truth of his opinions . In most cases the parties agreed surprisingly , for the stranger started with a deliberate intention to assent to everything ; but even this compliant temper had its embarrassments , since the vice - governor so ...
... truth of his opinions . In most cases the parties agreed surprisingly , for the stranger started with a deliberate intention to assent to everything ; but even this compliant temper had its embarrassments , since the vice - governor so ...
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... truth were known , a scion of some noble house yourself , Signore ? " " 1 ? - Peste ! - I hate an aristocrat , Signor Vice - governatore , as I do the devil ! " This was said just after the freest draught the stranger had taken , and ...
... truth were known , a scion of some noble house yourself , Signore ? " " 1 ? - Peste ! - I hate an aristocrat , Signor Vice - governatore , as I do the devil ! " This was said just after the freest draught the stranger had taken , and ...
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.