Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 10
... felt he had a family to provide for , and he wished to make one more mark on the enemy in return for the beauty - spot his wife so gloried in . He accordingly got a commission in a privateer , made two or three fortunate cruises , and ...
... felt he had a family to provide for , and he wished to make one more mark on the enemy in return for the beauty - spot his wife so gloried in . He accordingly got a commission in a privateer , made two or three fortunate cruises , and ...
Pàgina 11
... felt in the security of his invention . He was in the very act of laughing exultingly at the manner in which the mill- wright shook his head at the risk he ran , when the arresting power lost its control of the machinery , the heavy ...
... felt in the security of his invention . He was in the very act of laughing exultingly at the manner in which the mill- wright shook his head at the risk he ran , when the arresting power lost its control of the machinery , the heavy ...
Pàgina 14
... felt our loss keenly , and my sister , I think I may almost say , inextinguishably . Mr. Hardinge had us both brought to the bed - side , to listen to the parting advice of our dying parent , and to be impressed with a scene that is ...
... felt our loss keenly , and my sister , I think I may almost say , inextinguishably . Mr. Hardinge had us both brought to the bed - side , to listen to the parting advice of our dying parent , and to be impressed with a scene that is ...
Pàgina 20
... felt that my sister was far more beautiful than any of the young girls of her age and condi- tion that I had seen in her society ; and I had pleasure and pride in the fact . I knew that I resembled her in some respects , but I was never ...
... felt that my sister was far more beautiful than any of the young girls of her age and condi- tion that I had seen in her society ; and I had pleasure and pride in the fact . I knew that I resembled her in some respects , but I was never ...
Pàgina 23
... felt himself bound by my father's wishes to educate me for the bar , and my own repugnance to the profession was unconquerable , why should I not relieve him from the responsibility at once by assuming the right to judge for myself ...
... felt himself bound by my father's wishes to educate me for the bar , and my own repugnance to the profession was unconquerable , why should I not relieve him from the responsibility at once by assuming the right to judge for myself ...
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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.