Cooper's Novels, Volume 1Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... already raised the insig- nificant provincial town of the last century to the level of the second - rate cities of the other hemisphere . The New - Amsterdam of this continent already rivals its parent of the other ; and , so far as ...
... already raised the insig- nificant provincial town of the last century to the level of the second - rate cities of the other hemisphere . The New - Amsterdam of this continent already rivals its parent of the other ; and , so far as ...
Page 24
... already , to prove it . " The negro answered with the slow clipping manner that characterized his condition and years . " He'm werry wakeful , Masser Al'erman . I t'ink he no sleep half he time , lately . All he a'tiverty and wiwacerty ...
... already , to prove it . " The negro answered with the slow clipping manner that characterized his condition and years . " He'm werry wakeful , Masser Al'erman . I t'ink he no sleep half he time , lately . All he a'tiverty and wiwacerty ...
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... already in the street , dipping their brooms into the creek , and flourishing water over the side - walks , and on the fronts of the low edifices . This light but daily duty was relieved by clamorous collisions of wit , and by shouts of ...
... already in the street , dipping their brooms into the creek , and flourishing water over the side - walks , and on the fronts of the low edifices . This light but daily duty was relieved by clamorous collisions of wit , and by shouts of ...
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... already floating outward , a cer- ain evidence that the tide was on the ebb . " I care nothing for your ins and outs , your ebbs and floods , " returned the Alderman , in heat . " There is no better time - piece than the leg and eye of ...
... already floating outward , a cer- ain evidence that the tide was on the ebb . " I care nothing for your ins and outs , your ebbs and floods , " returned the Alderman , in heat . " There is no better time - piece than the leg and eye of ...
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... with the greatest accuracy . A small bullet head was set firmly on its broad foundation , and it was thickly covered with a mass of brown hair that was already VOL . I. D a little grizzled . The face was that of a THE WATER - WITCH . 37 8.
... with the greatest accuracy . A small bullet head was set firmly on its broad foundation , and it was thickly covered with a mass of brown hair that was already VOL . I. D a little grizzled . The face was that of a THE WATER - WITCH . 37 8.
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Page 66 - But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep. [Aside. CADE. Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Page 190 - Thou think'st It much to tread the ooze of the salt deep, And run upon the sharp wind of the north !" " I never dared to ask again. But what matters that ? They say the ground is rough and difficult to walk on ; that earthquakes shake it and make holes to swallow cities...
Page 25 - I am gone, sir, and anon, sir, I'll be with you again, In a trice, like to the old vice, Your need to sustain. Who with dagger of lath, in his rage and his wrath, Cries ah, ha ! to the devil. Like a mad lad, pare thy nails, dad, Adieu, goodman devil.
Page 191 - ... the sea-fowl, rocking in the storm* In breeze and gale, thy onward course we urge ; My Water-Queen ! Lady of mine ! More light and swift than thou, none thread the sea, With surer keel, or steadier on its path ; We brave each waste of ocean-mystery, And laugh to hear the howling tempest's wrath ! For we are thine ! My brigantine ! Trust to the mystic power that points thy way, Trust to the eye that pierces from afar, Trust the red meteors that around thee play, And fearless trust the sea-green...