Cooper's Works: The red roverJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1859 - American fiction |
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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
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Page 240 - I' the name of truth, Are ye fantastical, or that indeed Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner You greet with present grace, and great prediction Of noble having, and of royal hope, That he seems rapt withal; to me you speak not: If you can look into the seeds of time, And say, which grain will grow, and which will not...
Page 269 - ... weight and the renewed violence of the gusts. At this critical instant, while the seamen aloft were still gazing in the direction in which the little cloud of canvass had disappeared, a lanyard of the lower rigging parted, with a crack that even reached the ears of Wilder. " 'Lie down !' he shouted fearfully through his trumpet ; ' down by the backstays ; down for your lives ; every man of you, down...
Page 101 - The world affords no law to make thee rich ; Then be not poor, but break it, and take this. Apoth. My poverty, but not my will, consents.
Page 438 - 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 260 - 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.