The Red Rover: A Tale, Volumes 1-2Lea & Blanchard, 1843 |
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adventurer answer appeared Bignall boat boatswain Bob Bunt bows breeze cabin calm canvas Captain cast character Commander companion countenance crew cruiser danger Dart deck deep demanded Dolphin ears exclaimed favour feelings followed gaze Gertrude give glance governess Guinea guns hand head heard Heaven honest Honour hope hour humour instant interrupted Joram knew Lacey lady light sails lips look Madam manner mariner masts matter ment mind minute mister Robert never Newport Nighthead ocean officer passed perhaps pinnace province of Carolina quarter-deck Red Rover reply returned rigging Roderick Rover Royal Caroline sail seaman seemed seen ship silent skiff slaver smile sound spars speak stood stranger taffrail tailor thing thought tion tones topman turned uncon vessel voice voice of Wilder Wilder wind words Wyllys yard yonder young youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 109 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Pagina 2 - 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. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pagina 266 - ... arms, and in a voice that atoned for his momentary confusion, by its steadiness and force. " Hold! — Does the ship mind her helm at all?"
Pagina 259 - The dim tracery of the stranger's form had been swallowed by the flood of misty light, which, by this time, rolled along the sea like drifting vapour, semipellucid, preternatural, and seemingly tangible. The ocean itself appeared admonished that a quick and violent change was nigh. The waves had ceased to break in their former foaming and brilliant crests , but black masses of the water were seen lifting their surly summits against the eastern horizon, no longer relieved by their scintillating brightness,...
Pagina 259 - Each moment, the eastern puffs of air lost their strength, becoming more and more feeble, until, in an incredibly short period, the heavy sails were heard flapping against the masts. A frightful and ominous calm succeeded.
Pagina 269 - ... key-stone of an ill-cemented arch. The canvas broke from its fastenings with a loud explosion, and, for an instant, it was seen sailing in the air ahead of the ship, as if it were sustained on wings. The vessel rose on a sluggish wave— the lingering remains of the former breeze — and...