Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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... observation . • Tuesday was an uneasy , nervous and sad day for us all , Mr. Hardinge excepted . As the last had not the smallest distrust , he continued calm , quiet , and cheerful as was his wont . Rupert had a conscience - stricken ...
... observation . • Tuesday was an uneasy , nervous and sad day for us all , Mr. Hardinge excepted . As the last had not the smallest distrust , he continued calm , quiet , and cheerful as was his wont . Rupert had a conscience - stricken ...
Pàgina 47
... this time , Rupert was kept at quill - driving . Once he got leave to quit the ship - it was the day before we sailed- and I observed he went ashore in his long - togs , of which each of us had one suit . I stole away MILES WALLINGFORD .
... this time , Rupert was kept at quill - driving . Once he got leave to quit the ship - it was the day before we sailed- and I observed he went ashore in his long - togs , of which each of us had one suit . I stole away MILES WALLINGFORD .
Pàgina 61
... observed this also , and remarked that our movements had been so prompt as " to take the rascals aback . " He meant , they did not exactly know what we were at , and had not kept away with us . At this instant , the captain and five or ...
... observed this also , and remarked that our movements had been so prompt as " to take the rascals aback . " He meant , they did not exactly know what we were at , and had not kept away with us . At this instant , the captain and five or ...
Pàgina 71
... observed that half a dozen boats would not be enough to find all the channel we wanted ; while Marble kept his eye , though always in an underhand way , on his main object . The breakers we got in and stowed , filled with fresh water ...
... observed that half a dozen boats would not be enough to find all the channel we wanted ; while Marble kept his eye , though always in an underhand way , on his main object . The breakers we got in and stowed , filled with fresh water ...
Pàgina 77
... observations , than to make any more speculations about matters of which we knew nothing . The captain and Mr. Marble saw things differently , and we kept away accordingly , when we ought to have luffed all we could . Fortunately the ...
... observations , than to make any more speculations about matters of which we knew nothing . The captain and Mr. Marble saw things differently , and we kept away accordingly , when we ought to have luffed all we could . Fortunately the ...
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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.