Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... girl , and noble boy ! Do not thus shut out their sight for ever ! " But it was in vain . There lay the lifeless corpse , as in- sensible as if the spirit of God had never had a dwelling within it . The principal injury had been ...
... girl , and noble boy ! Do not thus shut out their sight for ever ! " But it was in vain . There lay the lifeless corpse , as in- sensible as if the spirit of God had never had a dwelling within it . The principal injury had been ...
Pàgina 16
... now conducted the worship of God for more than half a century ; a period of time that , to us young people , seemed to lead us back to the dark ages of the coun- try . And all this the dear girl wished for 16 WALLINGFORD . MILES.
... now conducted the worship of God for more than half a century ; a period of time that , to us young people , seemed to lead us back to the dark ages of the coun- try . And all this the dear girl wished for 16 WALLINGFORD . MILES.
Pàgina 17
James Fenimore Cooper. try . And all this the dear girl wished for her brother , in connection with his spiritual rather than his temporal inte- rests , inasmuch as the living was worth only a badly - paid salary of ... girl wished for ...
James Fenimore Cooper. try . And all this the dear girl wished for her brother , in connection with his spiritual rather than his temporal inte- rests , inasmuch as the living was worth only a badly - paid salary of ... girl wished for ...
Pàgina 19
... youthful in this country , she would not have been at all remarked in a large assembly of young American girls . Her face was pleasing , nevertheless ; and there was a piquant contrast between the raven blackness of MILES 19 WALLINGFORD .
... youthful in this country , she would not have been at all remarked in a large assembly of young American girls . Her face was pleasing , nevertheless ; and there was a piquant contrast between the raven blackness of MILES 19 WALLINGFORD .
Pàgina 20
... 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 coxcomb enough to imagine I had half her good - looks , even ...
... 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 coxcomb enough to imagine I had half her good - looks , even ...
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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.