The Jack O'Lantern; (le Feu-follet;) Or, The PrivateerTauchnitz, 1843 - 435 pages |
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... the guns in the battery loaded , as usual ? " The answer being in the affirmative , there was a hurried con- sultation among some of the principal men in the crowd , and then the podestà walked towards the government - house with an ...
... the guns in the battery loaded , as usual ? " The answer being in the affirmative , there was a hurried con- sultation among some of the principal men in the crowd , and then the podestà walked towards the government - house with an ...
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... the third shot , that you might see it strike the lugger ; as yet , you have only beheld their preparations . " " It is enough , Signor Podestà , " returned Ghita , smiling , for she could smile now ... the bows of the craft up to 13.
... the third shot , that you might see it strike the lugger ; as yet , you have only beheld their preparations . " " It is enough , Signor Podestà , " returned Ghita , smiling , for she could smile now ... the bows of the craft up to 13.
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James Fenimore Cooper. being to press the bows of the craft up to the wind when close hauled , and render her what is termed weatherly . On the present occasion , there could scarcely be said to be anything deserving the name of wind ...
James Fenimore Cooper. being to press the bows of the craft up to the wind when close hauled , and render her what is termed weatherly . On the present occasion , there could scarcely be said to be anything deserving the name of wind ...
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... the Saints , at first , knew whither ! Some said , it was to destroy the Holy Sepulchre ; some , to overturn the Grand Turk ; and some thought , to seize the Islands . There was a craft in here , the same week , which said he had got ...
... the Saints , at first , knew whither ! Some said , it was to destroy the Holy Sepulchre ; some , to overturn the Grand Turk ; and some thought , to seize the Islands . There was a craft in here , the same week , which said he had got ...
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James Fenimore Cooper. very like the appearance which the human imagination has assigned to those heavenly beings , cherubs . This emblem seemed to satisfy the minds of the observers , who were too much accustomed to the images of art ...
James Fenimore Cooper. very like the appearance which the human imagination has assigned to those heavenly beings , cherubs . This emblem seemed to satisfy the minds of the observers , who were too much accustomed to the images of art ...
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.