The Buccaneer: A Tale, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833 - Crime |
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... eye , which , though deficient in dignity , was acute , and peculiarly fierce in expression . The seaman , for such was ... eyes ! are we to trust our necks to such footing as this ? I'd rather mount the top - gallant of the good ship ...
... eye , which , though deficient in dignity , was acute , and peculiarly fierce in expression . The seaman , for such was ... eyes ! are we to trust our necks to such footing as this ? I'd rather mount the top - gallant of the good ship ...
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... eyes will not dis- tinguish . Watch as if your life as if a thousand lives hung upon the caution of a moment ; and remember , while the blue light revolves , which you now see in the vessel's bow , all things aboard go on well . You ...
... eyes will not dis- tinguish . Watch as if your life as if a thousand lives hung upon the caution of a moment ; and remember , while the blue light revolves , which you now see in the vessel's bow , all things aboard go on well . You ...
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... eyes , and then his arm , to be as- sured whether the events of the last few minutes were not the effects of a distempered imagination , He had , however , more certain proof of its reality : for , upon peering closely through the ...
... eyes , and then his arm , to be as- sured whether the events of the last few minutes were not the effects of a distempered imagination , He had , however , more certain proof of its reality : for , upon peering closely through the ...
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... eyes of the present lord of the mansion , " Sir Robert , " muttered Dalton , " may well change the name of his dwelling from Cecil Abbey to Cecil Place.— Why , the very trees are manufactured into Roundheads . But there is something ...
... eyes of the present lord of the mansion , " Sir Robert , " muttered Dalton , " may well change the name of his dwelling from Cecil Abbey to Cecil Place.— Why , the very trees are manufactured into Roundheads . But there is something ...
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... eyes of the stern man of ocean ; and as he replaced the dollars , he muttered something that sounded like , " I thank God she is uncontaminated ! " He then followed the gentle girl through many passages , and THE BUCCANEER . 11.
... eyes of the stern man of ocean ; and as he replaced the dollars , he muttered something that sounded like , " I thank God she is uncontaminated ! " He then followed the gentle girl through many passages , and THE BUCCANEER . 11.
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Page 198 - I how great she be ? Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair: If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve : If she slight me when I woo, I can scorn and let her go ; For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be ? George Wither.
Page 30 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...
Page 198 - Cause I see a woman kind? Or a well-disposed nature Joined with a lovely feature? Be she meeker, kinder, than The turtle-dove or pelican : If she be not so to me, What care I how kind she be? Shall a woman's virtues move Me to perish for her love? Or, her well-deservings known, Make me quite forget mine own? Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name of Best ; If she be not such to me, What care I how good she be?
Page 30 - Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; till oft converse with heavenly habitants begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Page 8 - Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so: For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be...
Page 33 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 207 - First American from the first London edition, with Notes by BENJAMIN F. JOSLIN, MD, Professor of Natural Philosophy in Union College. " It fully sustains the favorable opinion we have already expressed as to this valuable compendium of modern science.
Page 174 - Tell wit how much it wrangles In tickle points of niceness : Tell wisdom she entangles Herself in over-wiseness. And when they do reply, Straight give them both the lie.