Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 52
... wind , even if there were a breeze on the river . Our boat was of some size , sloop - rigged , and half - decked ; but Neb's vigorous arms made her move through the water with some rapidity , and , to own the truth , the lad sprang to ...
... wind , even if there were a breeze on the river . Our boat was of some size , sloop - rigged , and half - decked ; but Neb's vigorous arms made her move through the water with some rapidity , and , to own the truth , the lad sprang to ...
Pàgina 56
... wind . I suc- ceeded in holding on , however , and I found the Grace and Lucy was doing wonders in my watch . When I gave Rupert his call at four o'clock , the boat was just approaching two frowning mountains , where the river was ...
... wind . I suc- ceeded in holding on , however , and I found the Grace and Lucy was doing wonders in my watch . When I gave Rupert his call at four o'clock , the boat was just approaching two frowning mountains , where the river was ...
Pàgina 57
James Fenimore Cooper. sleep . The wind still continued fresh and fair , and I felt no uneasiness on account of the boat . It is true , there were two parts of the naviga- tion before us of which I ... wind still continued fresh and fair, ...
James Fenimore Cooper. sleep . The wind still continued fresh and fair , and I felt no uneasiness on account of the boat . It is true , there were two parts of the naviga- tion before us of which I ... wind still continued fresh and fair, ...
Pàgina 58
James Fenimore Cooper. wind enough , and a road that was plain enough . From this moment , excitement kept us wide awake . Everything was new , and everything seemed delightful . The day was pleasant , the wind continued fair , and ...
James Fenimore Cooper. wind enough , and a road that was plain enough . From this moment , excitement kept us wide awake . Everything was new , and everything seemed delightful . The day was pleasant , the wind continued fair , and ...
Pàgina 72
... wind and weather permitting . There I saw Rupert , in his country guise , nothing remarkable , of a cer- tainty , strutting about with the best of them , and looking handsome in spite of his rusticity . It was getting late , and he left ...
... wind and weather permitting . There I saw Rupert , in his country guise , nothing remarkable , of a cer- tainty , strutting about with the best of them , and looking handsome in spite of his rusticity . It was getting late , and he left ...
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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.