The Water-witch: Or, The Skimmer of the SeasStringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... stranger , as the face of a debtor- 99 " The returns certain . " " While one's creditors meet him , at every ccr- ner- 99 " The concern would be altogether Dutch . " " And last advices from Holland tell us to reserve our gold , for some ...
... stranger , as the face of a debtor- 99 " The returns certain . " " While one's creditors meet him , at every ccr- ner- 99 " The concern would be altogether Dutch . " " And last advices from Holland tell us to reserve our gold , for some ...
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... stranger was a son of the ocean . He was of a firmly kit and active franie , standing exactly six feet in his stockings . The shoulders though square were com pact , the chest full and high , the limbs round , neat and muscular , the ...
... stranger was a son of the ocean . He was of a firmly kit and active franie , standing exactly six feet in his stockings . The shoulders though square were com pact , the chest full and high , the limbs round , neat and muscular , the ...
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... stranger was quite as remarkable as his person . He wore a short pea - jacket , cut tight and tastefully ; a little , low , and rakish cap , and full bell - mouthed trowsers , all in a spotlessly white duck ; a material well adapted to ...
... stranger was quite as remarkable as his person . He wore a short pea - jacket , cut tight and tastefully ; a little , low , and rakish cap , and full bell - mouthed trowsers , all in a spotlessly white duck ; a material well adapted to ...
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... stranger , when he gained the half - deck of the periagua , was finely nautical , and confident to audacity . He seemed to analyze the half - maritime character of the crew and passengers , at a glance , and to feel that sort of ...
... stranger , when he gained the half - deck of the periagua , was finely nautical , and confident to audacity . He seemed to analyze the half - maritime character of the crew and passengers , at a glance , and to feel that sort of ...
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... stranger . " Long , or short ; Calcutta , or Cape Cod ; dead reckoning , eye - sight , or star - gazing , all's one to your real dolphin . The shape of the coast between Fundy and Horn , is as familiar to my eye , as an admirer to this ...
... stranger . " Long , or short ; Calcutta , or Cape Cod ; dead reckoning , eye - sight , or star - gazing , all's one to your real dolphin . The shape of the coast between Fundy and Horn , is as familiar to my eye , as an admirer to this ...
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Alderman Van Beverout Alida Alide answer appeared beautiful belle Bar belle Barbérie boat bowsprit breeze brigantine burgher cabin canvas Captain Ludlow character chase coast colony color commander companion Coquette countenance Cour des Fées Cove crew dealer in contraband deck duty Eudora favor feel François free-trader glance hand head heard hope hour island la belle Barbérie lady land less light light sails look lord Lust in Rust Mam'selle manner mariner Master Seadrift masts ment midshipman minutes mistress Monsieur movements Myndert nature never niece night ocean officer Oloff Van Staats opinions passed Patroon of Kinderhook periagua Queen Queen Anne returned rigging rogue royal cruiser sails sea-green seaman seemed seen ship shore Skimmer smile smuggler spars speak stood stranger Thomas Tiller thou thought Tiller tion trade troon truth Trysail uttered vessel visible voice watch Water-Witch wind wish yawl
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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.