Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 36
... wind , even if there were a breeze on the river . Our boat was of some size , sloop - rigged and half - decked ; but Neb's vigorous arms made her move through the water with some rapidity , and , to own the truth , the lad sprang to his ...
... wind , even if there were a breeze on the river . Our boat was of some size , sloop - rigged and half - decked ; but Neb's vigorous arms made her move through the water with some rapidity , and , to own the truth , the lad sprang to his ...
Pàgina 39
... wind . I succeeded in holding on , however , and I found the Grace & Lucy was doing wonders in my watch . When I gave Rupert his call at four o'clock , the boat was just approaching two frowning mountains , where the river was narrowed ...
... wind . I succeeded in holding on , however , and I found the Grace & Lucy was doing wonders in my watch . When I gave Rupert his call at four o'clock , the boat was just approaching two frowning mountains , where the river was narrowed ...
Pàgina 40
... wind came out light from the southward , and , having a flood - tide , we were compelled to anchor . This made us all uneasy , for , while we were sta- tionary , we did not seem to be running away . The ebb came again , at length ...
... wind came out light from the southward , and , having a flood - tide , we were compelled to anchor . This made us all uneasy , for , while we were sta- tionary , we did not seem to be running away . The ebb came again , at length ...
Pàgina 48
... wind and weather permitting . There I saw Rupert , in his country guise , nothing remarkable , of a certainty , strutting about with the best of them , and looking handsome in spite of his rusticity . It was getting late , and he left ...
... wind and weather permitting . There I saw Rupert , in his country guise , nothing remarkable , of a certainty , strutting about with the best of them , and looking handsome in spite of his rusticity . It was getting late , and he left ...
Pàgina 50
... wind and tide , the John left the wharf , under her jib , main - top - mast staysail , and spanker , and dropped down as low as the Battery , when she sheered into the other channel , and anchored . Here I was , then , fairly at anchor ...
... wind and tide , the John left the wharf , under her jib , main - top - mast staysail , and spanker , and dropped down as low as the Battery , when she sheered into the other channel , and anchored . Here I was , then , fairly at anchor ...
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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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Passatges populars
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.