Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 28
... Lucy met the remark with a truthful , simple answer , that showed abundant sympathy with the sentiment , though with less of exaggeration of manner and feeling , perhaps . I seized the moment as favourable for my purpose , and spoke out ...
... Lucy met the remark with a truthful , simple answer , that showed abundant sympathy with the sentiment , though with less of exaggeration of manner and feeling , perhaps . I seized the moment as favourable for my purpose , and spoke out ...
Pàgina 29
... Lucy must give me your words . I know you will not break them , when once given . " " Promise him , Grace , " said Lucy , in a low tone , and a voice that , even at that age , I could perceive was tremulous . " If we promise , we shall ...
... Lucy must give me your words . I know you will not break them , when once given . " " Promise him , Grace , " said Lucy , in a low tone , and a voice that , even at that age , I could perceive was tremulous . " If we promise , we shall ...
Pàgina 30
... Lucy , in an expostulating tone . " What of that ? There are plenty of ships . The ocean is just as big , and the world just as wide , as if we had a navy to cover the first . I see no great objection on that account - do you , Ru ...
... Lucy , in an expostulating tone . " What of that ? There are plenty of ships . The ocean is just as big , and the world just as wide , as if we had a navy to cover the first . I see no great objection on that account - do you , Ru ...
Pàgina 31
... Lucy raised her face from the apron and burst into a laugh , the tears filling her eyes all the while . 66 " Believe them , dear Grace , " she said . They are pre- cisely two self - satisfied , silly fellows , that have got some ...
... Lucy raised her face from the apron and burst into a laugh , the tears filling her eyes all the while . 66 " Believe them , dear Grace , " she said . They are pre- cisely two self - satisfied , silly fellows , that have got some ...
Pàgina 32
... Lucy impertinent for presuming to laugh at sentiments which came from such a source , and , by way of settling my own correctness of thought and terms , I made no bones of falling back on my great authority , by fairly pointing him out ...
... Lucy impertinent for presuming to laugh at sentiments which came from such a source , and , by way of settling my own correctness of thought and terms , I made no bones of falling back on my great authority , by fairly pointing him out ...
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Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford: Vol. 1-4 James Fenimore Cooper Visualització completa - 1851 |
Afloat and Ashore, Or The Adventures of Miles Wallingford James Fenimore Cooper Visualització completa - 1850 |
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Pàgina 53 - 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 250 - 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.