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... were landlubbers and had better not betray their ignorance . In this novel Cooper does not describe the sea ; he takes us thither . We feel the salt mist in our face ; the deck slants ; we hear the wind THE SPIRIT OF ROMANCE 49.
... were landlubbers and had better not betray their ignorance . In this novel Cooper does not describe the sea ; he takes us thither . We feel the salt mist in our face ; the deck slants ; we hear the wind THE SPIRIT OF ROMANCE 49.
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William Lyon Phelps. face ; the deck slants ; we hear the wind in the rig- ging ; we see the white flashes of the breakers pre- cariously near , followed by the reassuring rhythm of the long waves on the open ocean . In description and ...
William Lyon Phelps. face ; the deck slants ; we hear the wind in the rig- ging ; we see the white flashes of the breakers pre- cariously near , followed by the reassuring rhythm of the long waves on the open ocean . In description and ...
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... hear a cannon - blast , and a cannon - ball presently comes rolling into the wood and stops at their feet . To the females this suggests nothing . The case is very different with the admirable Bumppo . I wish I may never know peace ...
... hear a cannon - blast , and a cannon - ball presently comes rolling into the wood and stops at their feet . To the females this suggests nothing . The case is very different with the admirable Bumppo . I wish I may never know peace ...
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... hear from my lips a word of explanation or apology for my remaining in the Cabinet of John Tyler , they are likely to go home as wise as they came , ' and he roared it out through the hall in such a way that he dominated that great ...
... hear from my lips a word of explanation or apology for my remaining in the Cabinet of John Tyler , they are likely to go home as wise as they came , ' and he roared it out through the hall in such a way that he dominated that great ...
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... hear a singer con- tinually doing his utmost , so it is distressing to hear an orator continuously screaming or continuously using superlatives . Webster never multiplied words without knowledge , and he made adjectives do their full ...
... hear a singer con- tinually doing his utmost , so it is distressing to hear an orator continuously screaming or continuously using superlatives . Webster never multiplied words without knowledge , and he made adjectives do their full ...
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Page 92 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 11 - They say there is a young lady in [New Haven] who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight...
Page 159 - Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.
Page 125 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Page 104 - This claims to be called a haunted chamber, for thousands upon thousands of visions have appeared to me in it; and some few of them have become visible to the world. If ever I should have a biographer, he ought to make great mention of this chamber in my memoirs, because so much of my lonely youth was wasted here...
Page 49 - Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness, while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity.
Page 157 - BURLY, dozing humble-bee, Where thou art is clime for me. Let them sail for Porto Rique, Far-off heats through seas to seek; I will follow thee alone, Thou animated torrid zone! Zigzag steerer, desert cheerer, Let me chase thy waving lines; Keep me nearer, me thy hearer, Singing over shrubs and vines. Insect lover of the sun, Joy of thy dominion! Sailor of the atmosphere...
Page 173 - Looky here, Jim; does a cat talk like we do?" "No, a cat don't." "Well, does a cow?" "No, a cow don't, nuther." "Does a cat talk like a cow, or a cow talk like a cat?
Page 91 - If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not, now and here, argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.
Page 92 - I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, every-where, could be free.