Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 12
... seemed to me far more possible than that my father could die . Bitter truth now convinced me of the fallacy of such notions . It was months and months before I ceased to dream of this frightful scene . At my age , all the feelings were ...
... seemed to me far more possible than that my father could die . Bitter truth now convinced me of the fallacy of such notions . It was months and months before I ceased to dream of this frightful scene . At my age , all the feelings were ...
Pàgina 14
... seemed selfish to regret . Still , we wept and mourned , even while , in one sense , I think we rejoiced . She was relieved from much bodily suffering , and I remember , when I went to take a last look at her beloved 14 WALLINGFORD . MILES.
... seemed selfish to regret . Still , we wept and mourned , even while , in one sense , I think we rejoiced . She was relieved from much bodily suffering , and I remember , when I went to take a last look at her beloved 14 WALLINGFORD . MILES.
Pàgina 16
... seemed de- lighted with the idea , looking forward to the time when her brother would officiate in the same desk where her father and grandfather had now conducted the worship of God for more than half a century ; a period of time that ...
... seemed de- lighted with the idea , looking forward to the time when her brother would officiate in the same desk where her father and grandfather had now conducted the worship of God for more than half a century ; a period of time that ...
Pàgina 20
... seemed totally unconscious of the advantage , she had a natural manner of showing them , that would have made a far less interesting face altogether agree . able . Her voice and laugh , too , when happy and free from care , were ...
... seemed totally unconscious of the advantage , she had a natural manner of showing them , that would have made a far less interesting face altogether agree . able . Her voice and laugh , too , when happy and free from care , were ...
Pàgina 34
... seemed now the most com- posed of the two , and I have since suspected that she had had a private conversation with my ingenious friend , whose convincing powers were of a very extraordinary quality , when he set about their use in ...
... seemed now the most com- posed of the two , and I have since suspected that she had had a private conversation with my ingenious friend , whose convincing powers were of a very extraordinary quality , when he set about their use in ...
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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.