Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 19
... boat , of which we had one that frequently descended the creek , and navigated the Hudson for miles at a time , under my command . The lad , by such means , and through an off - hand friendliness of manner that I rather think was ...
... boat , of which we had one that frequently descended the creek , and navigated the Hudson for miles at a time , under my command . The lad , by such means , and through an off - hand friendliness of manner that I rather think was ...
Pàgina 45
... boat , taking Neb with us to bring the boat back . Now you know the whole story , there will be no occasion to leave a letter for Mr. Hardinge ; for , three hours after we have sailed , you can tell him everything . We shall be gone a ...
... boat , taking Neb with us to bring the boat back . Now you know the whole story , there will be no occasion to leave a letter for Mr. Hardinge ; for , three hours after we have sailed , you can tell him everything . We shall be gone a ...
Pàgina 47
... boat all ready for the succeeding Tuesday evening , it being the plan to sail the day after the Walling- ford of Clawbonny ( this was the name of the sloop ) had gone on one of her regular trips , in order to escape a pursuit . I had ...
... boat all ready for the succeeding Tuesday evening , it being the plan to sail the day after the Walling- ford of Clawbonny ( this was the name of the sloop ) had gone on one of her regular trips , in order to escape a pursuit . I had ...
Pàgina 49
... boat , when I caught a glimpse of two female forms within six feet of me . There were Grace and Lucy in tears , both waiting our arrival , with a view to see us depart ! I confess I was shocked and concerned at seeing these two delicate ...
... boat , when I caught a glimpse of two female forms within six feet of me . There were Grace and Lucy in tears , both waiting our arrival , with a view to see us depart ! I confess I was shocked and concerned at seeing these two delicate ...
Pàgina 51
James Fenimore Cooper. again , by near a twelvemonth . Everything was in the boat but our hearts . Mine , I can say truly , remained with the two beloved creatures we left on the wharf ; while Rupert's was be- twixt and between , I fancy ...
James Fenimore Cooper. again , by near a twelvemonth . Everything was in the boat but our hearts . Mine , I can say truly , remained with the two beloved creatures we left on the wharf ; while Rupert's was be- twixt and between , I fancy ...
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American anchor Andrew Drewett answered ascer began better boat bolt-rope Bradfort brig called canvass Captain Robbins Captain Williams cerning Clawbonny coast Compte course Crisis dear deck Digges dollars Emily everything eyes fancied father favour feeling fellow felt forecastle French gave girl give Grace guarda-costas hands Hardinge heard hope hour instant island knew lady land laugh letter-of-marque look Lucy Lucy's lugger Major Merton manner Marble Masser Mile mate matter minutes Miss Merton morning never nigger night nolle prosequi ocean passage passed pearls pounds currency pretty proas ready reef round Rupert sail sailor savages schooner seemed seen ship sister sloop Smudge soon sort stay-sail suppose taffrail Talcott tell thing thought Tigris tion told took top-mast true turned Ulster county vessel voyage Wallingford whole wind wish yawl young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 244 - And with them the Being Beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Pàgina 86 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Pàgina 25 - The monarch mind, the mystery of commanding, The birth-hour gift, the art Napoleon, Of winning, fettering, moulding, wielding, banding The hearts of millions till they move as one : Thou hast it.
Pàgina 239 - Drink ! drink ! to whom shall we drink ? To a friend or a mistress ? — Come, let me think ! To those who are absent, or those who are here ? To the dead that we loved, or the living still dear ? Alas ! when I look, I find none of the last ! The present is barren — let 's drink to the past.
Pàgina 134 - With look, like patient Job's, eschewing evil ; With motions graceful as a bird's in air ; Thou art, in sober truth, the veriest devil That e'er clenched fingers in a captive's hair?
Pàgina 245 - How pleasant and how sad the turning tide Of human life, when side by side The child and youth begin to glide Along the vale of years : The pure twin-being for a little space, With lightsome heart, and yet a graver face, Too young for woe, though not for tears ! ALLSTON.