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Page 39
... doubts were drawing to a close , he added , when the boisterous merriment of the negro had ceased , " Scipio , you are right : he rides altogether by his stream , and he keeps every thing in readiness for a sudden move . In ten minutes ...
... doubts were drawing to a close , he added , when the boisterous merriment of the negro had ceased , " Scipio , you are right : he rides altogether by his stream , and he keeps every thing in readiness for a sudden move . In ten minutes ...
Page 41
... doubt you will soon arrive at that distinction , " returned the other , " if his majesty's ministers have any just conceptions of modest merit ; unless , indeed , you should happen to be pre- maturely —————— ” The youth bit his lip ...
... doubt you will soon arrive at that distinction , " returned the other , " if his majesty's ministers have any just conceptions of modest merit ; unless , indeed , you should happen to be pre- maturely —————— ” The youth bit his lip ...
Page 42
... doubts as to the other's claims on his confidence , before he committed himself by any precipitate disclosure . " I may say more ; - his familiar confidant ! " " It is an honour to converse with such a man , that I feel in every bone of ...
... doubts as to the other's claims on his confidence , before he committed himself by any precipitate disclosure . " I may say more ; - his familiar confidant ! " " It is an honour to converse with such a man , that I feel in every bone of ...
Page 43
... doubt not , honourable sir , to have this opportunity of proving my zeal to the king , before one who will not fail to report my humble efforts to his royal ears . " " Speak freely , " interrupted the stranger in green , with an air of ...
... doubt not , honourable sir , to have this opportunity of proving my zeal to the king , before one who will not fail to report my humble efforts to his royal ears . " " Speak freely , " interrupted the stranger in green , with an air of ...
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... doubt of yonder vessel being the pirate , than I have of your wearing spurs , and being called Sir Hector . The two things are equally established in my mind ; but it is needful that we proceed in the matter with caution . I understand ...
... doubt of yonder vessel being the pirate , than I have of your wearing spurs , and being called Sir Hector . The two things are equally established in my mind ; but it is needful that we proceed in the matter with caution . I understand ...
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adventurer answered appeared believe Bignall boat boatswain Bob Bunt bows breeze cabin calm canvass captain cast character commander companion continued countenance crew cruiser danger deck demanded Dolphin ears exclaimed favour feel flag followed gaze Gertrude give glance governess Guinea guns hand head heard Heaven honest honour hope hour humour instant interrupted Joram knew Knighthead Lacey lady land light sails look madam manner mariner Master Harry masts mate matter mind minute Mister Robert never Newport night ocean officer passed pinnace province of Carolina quarter-deck racter Red Rover reply returned rigging Roderick Rover Royal Caroline sail seaman seemed seen ship skiff slaver smile sound spars speak stood stranger taffrail tailor thing thought topman turned vessel voice voice of Wilder Wilder wind words Wyllys yard yonder young youth
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Page 429 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly I know not what, He should, or he should not; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet...
Page 234 - ... 46," continued the other, " and saw a vessel lying, as it might be, here on our weatherbow — which is just opposite to this fellow, since he is on our lee-quarter — but there I saw a ship standing for an hour across our fore-foot, and yet, though we set the azimuth, not a degree did he budge, starboard or larboard, during all that time, which, as it was heavy weather, was, to say the least, something out of the common order.
Page 261 - At this appalling moment, a candle would have sent its flame perpendicularly towards the heavens. The ship, missing the steadying power of the wind, rolled heavily in the troughs of the seas, which began to lessen at each instant, as if the startled element was recalling into the security of its own vast bosom that portion of its particles which had so lately been permitted to gambol madly over its surface. The water washed sullenly along the side of the ship, or, as she...
Page 265 - ... Earing by the arm, as the latter rushed madly up the steep of the deck ; ' it is our duty to be calm : bring hither an axe.' " Quick as the thought which gave the order, the admonished mate complied, jumping into the miz'zen^channels of the ship, to execute, with his own hands, the mandate that he well knew must follow.
Page 267 - What would you do, Captain Wilder?" interrupted the mate, laying his hand on the shoulder of his commander, who had already thrown his sea-cap on the deck, and was preparing to divest himself of some of his outer garments. " I go aloft to ease the mast of that topsail, without which we lose the spar, and possibly the ship.