Cooper's Novels, Volume 1Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 39
... passed lives of adventure , and perhaps of hardship and daring . Beckoning to one of these idlers to follow him , the hero of the India - shawl stepped into an empty boat , and casting loose its fast , he sculled the light yawl towards ...
... passed lives of adventure , and perhaps of hardship and daring . Beckoning to one of these idlers to follow him , the hero of the India - shawl stepped into an empty boat , and casting loose its fast , he sculled the light yawl towards ...
Page 74
... passed to send the glasses aloft , there was seen a glit- tering cross on high , and far above the spars on which earthly ships carry their private signals . " " This was indeed extraordinary ! and what did you , to come at the ...
... passed to send the glasses aloft , there was seen a glit- tering cross on high , and far above the spars on which earthly ships carry their private signals . " " This was indeed extraordinary ! and what did you , to come at the ...
Page 84
... passed in the country and here she amused herself , in those pretty and feminine employments that suited her years and tastes . In compliment to the beauty and origin o its inhabitant , the gallant François had christened this ...
... passed in the country and here she amused herself , in those pretty and feminine employments that suited her years and tastes . In compliment to the beauty and origin o its inhabitant , the gallant François had christened this ...
Page 95
... passed the shrubbery of her little lawn . Fran- çois reappeared at the door , to repeat his wishes for her rest and happiness , and then she believed she was finally alone for the night , since the ladies of that age and country , were ...
... passed the shrubbery of her little lawn . Fran- çois reappeared at the door , to repeat his wishes for her rest and happiness , and then she believed she was finally alone for the night , since the ladies of that age and country , were ...
Page 98
... passed and no such fearful sound interrupted the stillness of the night , she began to bethink her of those lawless ro- vers , who were known to abound among the Carri- bean isles , and who were said sometimes even to enter and to refit ...
... passed and no such fearful sound interrupted the stillness of the night , she began to bethink her of those lawless ro- vers , who were known to abound among the Carri- bean isles , and who were said sometimes even to enter and to refit ...
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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...