The Water-witch: Or, The Skimmer of the SeasStringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Página iii
... truth , as the visionary who sees the dawn of a golden age , in the commencement of the nineteenth century . That we have greatly improved or the opinions and practices of our ancestors , is quite as certain as that there will be ...
... truth , as the visionary who sees the dawn of a golden age , in the commencement of the nineteenth century . That we have greatly improved or the opinions and practices of our ancestors , is quite as certain as that there will be ...
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... truth in this descrip- tion ; though , after making a trifling allowance for the coloring of political rivalry , the reader may re- ceive its physical portion as sufficiently descriptive to answer all the necessary purposes of this tale ...
... truth in this descrip- tion ; though , after making a trifling allowance for the coloring of political rivalry , the reader may re- ceive its physical portion as sufficiently descriptive to answer all the necessary purposes of this tale ...
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... truth been , pithily , spoken . This is an ill - judged step , Alderman Van Beverout , that lets a gentleman out by night , like the ghost in Ham- let , to flee into the narrow house with the crowing of the cock . The ear of my royal ...
... truth been , pithily , spoken . This is an ill - judged step , Alderman Van Beverout , that lets a gentleman out by night , like the ghost in Ham- let , to flee into the narrow house with the crowing of the cock . The ear of my royal ...
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... truth to be sent among the islands . " " Matters are getting very wrong , most worthy Sir ; and the greater the necessity there should be one at court to undeceive the Queen . Innovators should be made to give way to men whose names are ...
... truth to be sent among the islands . " " Matters are getting very wrong , most worthy Sir ; and the greater the necessity there should be one at court to undeceive the Queen . Innovators should be made to give way to men whose names are ...
Página 39
... truth , something in the reck- less air , the decision , and the manly attitudes of so fine a specimen of a seaman , that might have at- tracted notice from those who were more practised in the world than the little crowd of admirers he ...
... truth , something in the reck- less air , the decision , and the manly attitudes of so fine a specimen of a seaman , that might have at- tracted notice from those who were more practised in the world than the little crowd of admirers he ...
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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.