Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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... happy wife , occurred in the year 1794 , when I was in my thirteenth year , and Grace was turned of eleven . It may be well to relate the particulars . There was a mill , just where the stream that 10 WALLINGFORD . MILES.
... happy wife , occurred in the year 1794 , when I was in my thirteenth year , and Grace was turned of eleven . It may be well to relate the particulars . There was a mill , just where the stream that 10 WALLINGFORD . MILES.
Pàgina 11
... turned it from me , still expanded in mirth . There was but one revolution made , when the wright succeeded in stopping the works . This brought the great wheel back nearly to its original position , and I fairly shouted with hys ...
... turned it from me , still expanded in mirth . There was but one revolution made , when the wright succeeded in stopping the works . This brought the great wheel back nearly to its original position , and I fairly shouted with hys ...
Pàgina 21
... turned our attention to mathematics , a science Mr. Har- dinge rightly enough thought there was no danger of my acquiring too thoroughly . We mastered arithmetic , of which I had a good deal of previous knowledge , in a few weeks , and ...
... turned our attention to mathematics , a science Mr. Har- dinge rightly enough thought there was no danger of my acquiring too thoroughly . We mastered arithmetic , of which I had a good deal of previous knowledge , in a few weeks , and ...
Pàgina 27
... turned aside from the completion of my purpose . It is now more than forty years since the inter- view took place in which this confidence was bestowed ; but every minute occurrence connected with it is as fresh in my mind as if the ...
... turned aside from the completion of my purpose . It is now more than forty years since the inter- view took place in which this confidence was bestowed ; but every minute occurrence connected with it is as fresh in my mind as if the ...
Pàgina 30
... turned Lucy , in an expostulating tone . " What of that ? There are plenty of ships . The ocean is just as big , and the world just as wide , as if we had a navy to cover the first . I see no great objection on that account - do you ...
... turned Lucy , in an expostulating tone . " What of that ? There are plenty of ships . The ocean is just as big , and the world just as wide , as if we had a navy to cover the first . I see no great objection on that account - do you ...
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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.