Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 24
... asking Mr. Hardinge whether my father , in his will , had ordered that I should be sent to Yale , and there be edu- cated for the bar . He had done nothing of the sort . Had he left any particular request , writing , or message on the ...
... asking Mr. Hardinge whether my father , in his will , had ordered that I should be sent to Yale , and there be edu- cated for the bar . He had done nothing of the sort . Had he left any particular request , writing , or message on the ...
Pàgina 28
... asked , a sudden change again coming over her sweet countenance , though I was altogether too inexperienced to understand its meaning . " He is certainly to be a clergyman - his dear father's assistant , and , a long , long , very long ...
... asked , a sudden change again coming over her sweet countenance , though I was altogether too inexperienced to understand its meaning . " He is certainly to be a clergyman - his dear father's assistant , and , a long , long , very long ...
Pàgina 30
... We have no intention of asking it of him , Grace . Ru- pert and I intend to be off next week , without saying a word to Mr. Hardinge on the subject . " Another long , eloquent silence succeeded , during which I 30 WALLINGFORD . MILES.
... We have no intention of asking it of him , Grace . Ru- pert and I intend to be off next week , without saying a word to Mr. Hardinge on the subject . " Another long , eloquent silence succeeded , during which I 30 WALLINGFORD . MILES.
Pàgina 37
... asked him how he could manage to get any sleep , on account of this very duty . But we were very green , up at Clawbon- ny , in most things that related to the world . The hour that succeeded was one of the most painful I ever passed in ...
... asked him how he could manage to get any sleep , on account of this very duty . But we were very green , up at Clawbon- ny , in most things that related to the world . The hour that succeeded was one of the most painful I ever passed in ...
Pàgina 45
... asked in a low voice- " of Miles Wallingford , from up the river ? " " I am , sir ; his only son . He left but two of us , a son and a daughter ; and , though under no necessity to work at all , I wish to make this Miles Wallingford as ...
... asked in a low voice- " of Miles Wallingford , from up the river ? " " I am , sir ; his only son . He left but two of us , a son and a daughter ; and , though under no necessity to work at all , I wish to make this Miles Wallingford as ...
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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.