The Water-witch: Or, The Skimmer of the SeasStringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... minute . The devil's roysterers ! a Manhattan negro takes a Flem- Ish gelding for a gaunt hound that is never out of breath , and away he goes , at night , scampering along the highways like a Yankee witch switching through the air on a ...
... minute . The devil's roysterers ! a Manhattan negro takes a Flem- Ish gelding for a gaunt hound that is never out of breath , and away he goes , at night , scampering along the highways like a Yankee witch switching through the air on a ...
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... minutes longer , shortly quitting the lower streets , to enter one that ran along the ridge , which crowned the land , in that quarter of the island . Here he soon stopped before the door of a house which , in that provincial town , had ...
... minutes longer , shortly quitting the lower streets , to enter one that ran along the ridge , which crowned the land , in that quarter of the island . Here he soon stopped before the door of a house which , in that provincial town , had ...
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... minute , and the rogue gets impu dence with his years . Age is a reverend and respect able condition , when it brings gravity and thought but , if a young fool be tiresome , an old fool is con- temptible . I'll warrant me , you never ...
... minute , and the rogue gets impu dence with his years . Age is a reverend and respect able condition , when it brings gravity and thought but , if a young fool be tiresome , an old fool is con- temptible . I'll warrant me , you never ...
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... minute . The rogues are never exact ; sometimes starting be- fore I am ready , and sometimes keeping me waiting in the sun , as if I were no better than a dried dun fish . Punctuality is the soul of business , and one of my habits does ...
... minute . The rogues are never exact ; sometimes starting be- fore I am ready , and sometimes keeping me waiting in the sun , as if I were no better than a dried dun fish . Punctuality is the soul of business , and one of my habits does ...
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... , and shut his eyes . In less than five minutes , all within hearing had audible evidence that this extraor linary son of the ocean was in a sound sleep . CHAPTER IV . " Be patient , for the prize THE WATER - WITCH . 45.
... , and shut his eyes . In less than five minutes , all within hearing had audible evidence that this extraor linary son of the ocean was in a sound sleep . CHAPTER IV . " Be patient , for the prize THE WATER - WITCH . 45.
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Página 83 - He lent me counsel, and I lent him eyes. I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far As that vast shore wash'd with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise.
Página 4 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 70 - 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.