Cooper's Novels, Volume 1Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... companion , " of a spotless shield for a clear conscience , with an open hand for a crest , and the motto , Frugality and Justice ? " " 6 " I like the open hand , though the conceit is pre- tending . I see you would intimate that the ...
... companion , " of a spotless shield for a clear conscience , with an open hand for a crest , and the motto , Frugality and Justice ? " " 6 " I like the open hand , though the conceit is pre- tending . I see you would intimate that the ...
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... companion hesitated . " What think you of this Hanoverian settlement ? - Shall a German wear the crown of a Plantagenet ? " It hath been worn by a Hollander . " 66 " Aptly answered ! Worn , and worn worthily ! There is affinity between ...
... companion hesitated . " What think you of this Hanoverian settlement ? - Shall a German wear the crown of a Plantagenet ? " It hath been worn by a Hollander . " 66 " Aptly answered ! Worn , and worn worthily ! There is affinity between ...
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... companion could not forget his ease of manner , even at a moment of so much vexation . Foiled in an effort , that nothing but his desperate condition , and nearly desperate character , could have induced him to attempt , the degenerate ...
... companion could not forget his ease of manner , even at a moment of so much vexation . Foiled in an effort , that nothing but his desperate condition , and nearly desperate character , could have induced him to attempt , the degenerate ...
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... companion hurried on to overtake the slow - moving boat in which they were to embark . A brief description of the scene will not be without interest , to a generation that may be termed modern in reference to the time of which we write ...
... companion hurried on to overtake the slow - moving boat in which they were to embark . A brief description of the scene will not be without interest , to a generation that may be termed modern in reference to the time of which we write ...
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... companion were enabled to step into it , before the fasts were thrown aboard . The periagua , as the craft was called , partook of a European and an American character . It possessed the length , narrowness , and clean bow , of the ...
... companion were enabled to step into it , before the fasts were thrown aboard . The periagua , as the craft was called , partook of a European and an American character . It possessed the length , narrowness , and clean bow , of the ...
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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...