Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 pages |
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William Leggett. while the steamboats and the white sails of the sloops and other vessels which were ever gliding along its sur- face , gave much additional loveliness to the prospect . It was at the twilight hour of a delicious day that ...
William Leggett. while the steamboats and the white sails of the sloops and other vessels which were ever gliding along its sur- face , gave much additional loveliness to the prospect . It was at the twilight hour of a delicious day that ...
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... vessels were indistinctly seen , as they bounded merrily on their course before a fresh and favouring breeze . When the boat reached a certain situation , which seemed to be pointed out to the rowers by the person who sat in the stern ...
... vessels were indistinctly seen , as they bounded merrily on their course before a fresh and favouring breeze . When the boat reached a certain situation , which seemed to be pointed out to the rowers by the person who sat in the stern ...
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... the expected passen- gers , and as soon as they were on board , gave the ne- cessary orders , and put his vessel off before the wind . It would be slighting the reader's discernment to suppose he 74 TALES AND SKETCHES .
... the expected passen- gers , and as soon as they were on board , gave the ne- cessary orders , and put his vessel off before the wind . It would be slighting the reader's discernment to suppose he 74 TALES AND SKETCHES .
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... vessel that we have seen them reach . In the management of this negotiation he exhibited so much adroitness , that the captain never knew , to the end of his life , which was terminated by the yellow fever shortly after he reached his ...
... vessel that we have seen them reach . In the management of this negotiation he exhibited so much adroitness , that the captain never knew , to the end of his life , which was terminated by the yellow fever shortly after he reached his ...
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... vessel to , cleared away the stern boat , and , giving the trumpet to another lieutenant , whom the cry had brought on deck , jumped , himself , the first man , into the jolly boat , and pulled an oar most lustily to his rescue . But I ...
... vessel to , cleared away the stern boat , and , giving the trumpet to another lieutenant , whom the cry had brought on deck , jumped , himself , the first man , into the jolly boat , and pulled an oar most lustily to his rescue . But I ...
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Page 20 - 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.
Page 189 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange: Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Page 89 - On beds of green sea-flowers thy limbs shall be laid; Around thy white bo-nes the red coral shall grow ; Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made ; And every part suit to thy mansion below.
Page 188 - Sincerity, Thou first of virtues! let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way.
Page 20 - And also to the act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an act, entitled, ' An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.