Cooper's Novels, Volume 9Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... is that flag , with its unnat ' ral stripes , up and down , instead of running in the true old way . I have heard a lawyer say , that the revenue VOL . I. - 2 flag of this country is onconstitutional , and that a OR , THE FLORIDA REEF . 13.
... is that flag , with its unnat ' ral stripes , up and down , instead of running in the true old way . I have heard a lawyer say , that the revenue VOL . I. - 2 flag of this country is onconstitutional , and that a OR , THE FLORIDA REEF . 13.
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... true the insurance offices blew upon her , and would have nothing to do with a craft that had seen her two score years and ten ; but this gave none who belonged to her any concern , inasmuch as they could scarcely have been underwritten ...
... true the insurance offices blew upon her , and would have nothing to do with a craft that had seen her two score years and ten ; but this gave none who belonged to her any concern , inasmuch as they could scarcely have been underwritten ...
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... - rooms . It is true , all these apartments were small , and the state - rooms were very low , but no fault could be VOL . I. - 3 - found with their neatness and general arrangements , when it OR , THE FLORIDA REEF . 25.
... - rooms . It is true , all these apartments were small , and the state - rooms were very low , but no fault could be VOL . I. - 3 - found with their neatness and general arrangements , when it OR , THE FLORIDA REEF . 25.
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... true the brigantine was a very beautiful , as well as an exceedingly swift vessel ; but all this was lost on Rose , who would have admired a horse - jockey bound to the West Indies , in this the incipient state of her nautical knowledge ...
... true the brigantine was a very beautiful , as well as an exceedingly swift vessel ; but all this was lost on Rose , who would have admired a horse - jockey bound to the West Indies , in this the incipient state of her nautical knowledge ...
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... true , sir , and you'll find I am right as to all the rest . Then , there were the fore , main , and mizen top - masts —they make six , if I can count , Mr. Mulford ? " " Ah ! " exclaimed the mate , laughing , in spite of Rose's frowns ...
... true , sir , and you'll find I am right as to all the rest . Then , there were the fore , main , and mizen top - masts —they make six , if I can count , Mr. Mulford ? " " Ah ! " exclaimed the mate , laughing , in spite of Rose's frowns ...
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Page 3 - The night has been unruly : where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down : and, as they say, Lamentings heard i' the air ; strange screams of death: And, prophesying with accents terrible Of dire combustion and confused events, New hatch'd to the woeful time, The obscure bird clamour'd the live-long night : Some say the earth was feverous, and did shake.
Page 1 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Page 63 - The western wave was all a-flame; The day was well nigh done! Almost upon the western wave Rested the broad bright Sun; When that strange shape drove suddenly Betwixt us and the Sun. And...
Page 188 - MAN hath a weary pilgrimage As through the world he wends, On every stage from youth to age Still discontent attends ; With heaviness he casts his eye Upon the road before, And still remembers with a sigh The days that are no more.
Page 185 - Don't grudge a poor morthal half a minute of lite, at the last moment," answered Biddy. " It's not long that I'll throuble ye, and so no more need be said.