Cooper's Novels, Volume 1Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... hour , a variety of usages that were obtained from Holland . Her edifices of painted bricks , her streets lined with trees , her inconvenient and awkward stoops , and a large proportion of her names , are equally derived from the Dutch ...
... hour , a variety of usages that were obtained from Holland . Her edifices of painted bricks , her streets lined with trees , her inconvenient and awkward stoops , and a large proportion of her names , are equally derived from the Dutch ...
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... hour at which this in- dustrious and flourishing merchant quitted his abode , his movement along the narrow streets of his native town was measured and dignified . More than once , he stopped to speak to some favorite family - servant ...
... hour at which this in- dustrious and flourishing merchant quitted his abode , his movement along the narrow streets of his native town was measured and dignified . More than once , he stopped to speak to some favorite family - servant ...
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... hour , on each successive revolution of our earth . " The countenance of the Alderman had barely time to recover its composure , ere he was required to answer to this free and somewhat facetious saluta tion . Uncovering his head , he ...
... hour , on each successive revolution of our earth . " The countenance of the Alderman had barely time to recover its composure , ere he was required to answer to this free and somewhat facetious saluta tion . Uncovering his head , he ...
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... hour , the Alderman was an expected guest . The countenance of him who acted as porter betrayed no surprise when he saw the per- son who applied for admission , and every movement of the black denoted preparation and readiness for his ...
... hour , the Alderman was an expected guest . The countenance of him who acted as porter betrayed no surprise when he saw the per- son who applied for admission , and every movement of the black denoted preparation and readiness for his ...
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... hour shall come ! Here are no nags to lose , to - day ; and we may commence our voyage , Patroon with cheerful faces and light hearts . Shall we pro ceed ? " Oloff Van Staats , or the Patroon of Kinderhook , as , by the courtesy of the ...
... hour shall come ! Here are no nags to lose , to - day ; and we may commence our voyage , Patroon with cheerful faces and light hearts . Shall we pro ceed ? " Oloff Van Staats , or the Patroon of Kinderhook , as , by the courtesy 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...