Cooper's Novels, Volume 9Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Pagina 13
... schooner - rigged masts , just as Mulford ceased speaking . There was just air enough , aided by the steamer's motion , to open the bunting , and let the spectators see the design . There were the stars and stripes , as usual , but the ...
... schooner - rigged masts , just as Mulford ceased speaking . There was just air enough , aided by the steamer's motion , to open the bunting , and let the spectators see the design . There were the stars and stripes , as usual , but the ...
Pagina 44
... putting them on a wrong scent . A large coasting schooner , carrying every- thing that would draw on a wind , came sweeping under the stern of the Swash , and hailed . " Has anything happened , on board that brig ? 44 JACK TIER ;
... putting them on a wrong scent . A large coasting schooner , carrying every- thing that would draw on a wind , came sweeping under the stern of the Swash , and hailed . " Has anything happened , on board that brig ? 44 JACK TIER ;
Pagina 51
... schooner . Nor was this done in a loose and slovenly manner , under favour of the obscurity . On the contrary , it was so well executed that it might have de- ceived even a seaman under a noon - day sun , provided the vessel were a mile ...
... schooner . Nor was this done in a loose and slovenly manner , under favour of the obscurity . On the contrary , it was so well executed that it might have de- ceived even a seaman under a noon - day sun , provided the vessel were a mile ...
Pagina 56
... schooner was working up under the southern shore , because the ebb first made there . This reason satisfied Mulford , and , as soon as they were half - way between the bluff and the steamer , the Swash was again tacked , with her head ...
... schooner was working up under the southern shore , because the ebb first made there . This reason satisfied Mulford , and , as soon as they were half - way between the bluff and the steamer , the Swash was again tacked , with her head ...
Pagina 58
... schooner yet . " A moment of active exertion succeeded , during which the fore - yard went into its place . Then came a second hail . " Schooner , ahoy ! " was the summons this time . " The steamer hails us again , Captain Spike ...
... schooner yet . " A moment of active exertion succeeded , during which the fore - yard went into its place . Then came a second hail . " Schooner , ahoy ! " was the summons this time . " The steamer hails us again , Captain Spike ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
a'ter anchor answered appeared ashore aunt aunty better Biddy boat boatswain brig brig's brigantine cabin called canvas Captain Mull Captain Spike circumstance course craft danger dear deck distance Don Juan Don Wan doubloons Dry Tortugas duty eyes fancied feel flour forecastle foresail half hand Harry Mulford heard hope hour hydropathy instant island islets Jack Tier Josh keep Key West knew light light-house look Madam Budd mainsail manner masts matter Mexican mile minutes Miss Rose Molly Swash Mona Passage never night once passage passed Poughkeepsie reef relict returned rock Rose Budd Rose's sail schooner seemed seen Señor Montefalderon ship side sloop-of-war soon sort spot state-room steamer Stephen Spike steward's assistant stood tell thing thought turned Uncle vessel Wallace watch wind windward wish wreck yards yawl young mate
Populaire passages
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.