Cooper's Novels, Volume 1Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... head , as thou knowest by bitter experience ! D'ye remember , ragamuffin , the time when I saw thee , from the Hague , riding the beasts , as if the devil spurred them , along the dyke f Leyden , without remorse as without leave ? " " I ...
... head , as thou knowest by bitter experience ! D'ye remember , ragamuffin , the time when I saw thee , from the Hague , riding the beasts , as if the devil spurred them , along the dyke f Leyden , without remorse as without leave ? " " I ...
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... head , he bowed so ceremoni ously as to leave the other no reason to exult in his pleasantry , as he answered— " The colony has reason to regret the services of a governor who can quit his bed so soon . That we of business habits stir ...
... head , he bowed so ceremoni ously as to leave the other no reason to exult in his pleasantry , as he answered— " The colony has reason to regret the services of a governor who can quit his bed so soon . That we of business habits stir ...
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... head that was grizzled , a nose that was levelled nearly to the plane of his face , features that were wrinkled and confused , and with a form which , though still solid , was bend- with its load of years . ing " Brave cheer to thee ...
... head that was grizzled , a nose that was levelled nearly to the plane of his face , features that were wrinkled and confused , and with a form which , though still solid , was bend- with its load of years . ing " Brave cheer to thee ...
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... head with all the misgivings of an ignorant and superstitious mind , he drove the young íry of blacks , who thronged the door , into the house , closing all after him with singular and scrupulous care . How far the presentiment of the ...
... head with all the misgivings of an ignorant and superstitious mind , he drove the young íry of blacks , who thronged the door , into the house , closing all after him with singular and scrupulous care . How far the presentiment of the ...
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... head thrust out of an upper window , listening to these barbarisms of speech , and taking note of all the merry jibes , that flew from mouth to mouth with an indomitable gravity , that no levity of those beneath could under- mine . As ...
... head thrust out of an upper window , listening to these barbarisms of speech , and taking note of all the merry jibes , that flew from mouth to mouth with an indomitable gravity , that no levity of those beneath could under- mine . As ...
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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...