Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... head , Wave in a wreath of snow ! And where the star of youth arose , I deem'd life's lingering ray should close , And those lov'd trees my tomb o'ershade , Beneath whose arching bowers my childhood play'd . " MRS . HEMANS . I was born ...
... head , Wave in a wreath of snow ! And where the star of youth arose , I deem'd life's lingering ray should close , And those lov'd trees my tomb o'ershade , Beneath whose arching bowers my childhood play'd . " MRS . HEMANS . I was born ...
Pàgina 11
... head at the risk he ran , when the arresting power lost its control of the machinery , the heavy head of water burst into the buckets , and the wheel whirled round , carrying my unfortunate father with it . I was an eye - wit ness of ...
... head at the risk he ran , when the arresting power lost its control of the machinery , the heavy head of water burst into the buckets , and the wheel whirled round , carrying my unfortunate father with it . I was an eye - wit ness of ...
Pàgina 12
... head had been driven between a projecting beam and one of the buckets , in a way to crush one temple in upon the brain . So swift and sudden had been the whole thing , that , on stopping the wheel , his lifeless body was still incli ...
... head had been driven between a projecting beam and one of the buckets , in a way to crush one temple in upon the brain . So swift and sudden had been the whole thing , that , on stopping the wheel , his lifeless body was still incli ...
Pàgina 31
... heads , and then begin to talk about ' superficial views of duties , ' and all such nonsense . My father will set it all right , and the boys will have had their talk . " " Not so fast , Miss Lucy , if you please . Your father will ...
... heads , and then begin to talk about ' superficial views of duties , ' and all such nonsense . My father will set it all right , and the boys will have had their talk . " " Not so fast , Miss Lucy , if you please . Your father will ...
Pàgina 38
... head was over his shoulder , for he affected to sit with his face down - stream , so long as the hills that lay in the rear of Clawbonny could be at all dis- tinguished . This must have proceeded from tradition , or instinct , or some ...
... head was over his shoulder , for he affected to sit with his face down - stream , so long as the hills that lay in the rear of Clawbonny could be at all dis- tinguished . This must have proceeded from tradition , or instinct , or some ...
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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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American anchor Andrew Drewett answered ascer began better boat Bradfort brig called Canton canvass Captain Robbins Captain Williams chief-mate Clawbonny coast Compte course Crisis dear deck Emily everything eyes fancied father favour feeling fellow felt forecastle French gave gentleman girl give Grace guarda-costas hands Hardinge heard hope hour instant island knew lady land laugh letter-of-marque look love Lucy Lucy Lucy's lugger Major Merton manner mate matter Miles 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 smile 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
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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.