Homeward Bound; Or, The Chase: A Tale of the SeaD. Appleton, 1881 - 532 頁 A few wealthy Brits and Americans set sail from London to New York in 1835. Their small ship goes astray which leads to harrowing adventures on the African coast. Some great characters, especially Captain Truck and Jack Effingham. --www.goodreads.com. |
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第 10 頁
... side , too , seemed a softened reflection of all his sentiment , intelligence , knowledge , tastes , and cultivation , united to the artlessness and simplicity that became her sex and years . " We have seen nobler coasts , Eve , " said ...
... side , too , seemed a softened reflection of all his sentiment , intelligence , knowledge , tastes , and cultivation , united to the artlessness and simplicity that became her sex and years . " We have seen nobler coasts , Eve , " said ...
第 30 頁
... side , and a grave - looking personage , who was not disposed to lessen his dignity by levity or an omission . of forms , appeared on deck , where he demanded to be shown the master . An introduction was unnecessary in this instance ...
... side , and a grave - looking personage , who was not disposed to lessen his dignity by levity or an omission . of forms , appeared on deck , where he demanded to be shown the master . An introduction was unnecessary in this instance ...
第 32 頁
... sides against the law , and enlisted in the cause of the defendant . All this was done quietly , however , for no one menaced or dreamed of vio- lence , crew and passengers usually taking their cues from the officers of the vessel on ...
... sides against the law , and enlisted in the cause of the defendant . All this was done quietly , however , for no one menaced or dreamed of vio- lence , crew and passengers usually taking their cues from the officers of the vessel on ...
第 47 頁
... side . " Take a peep at the creeping rogue through this night - glass , and you will see his crew seated at their thwarts with their arms folded , like men who eat the king's beef . None but your regular public servant ever gets that ...
... side . " Take a peep at the creeping rogue through this night - glass , and you will see his crew seated at their thwarts with their arms folded , like men who eat the king's beef . None but your regular public servant ever gets that ...
第 56 頁
... side of the big waters . " There was a pause , and then the lieutenant , with the sort of hesitation that a gentleman is apt to feel when he makes a proposal that he knows ought not to be accepted , called out that those in the boat ...
... side of the big waters . " There was a pause , and then the lieutenant , with the sort of hesitation that a gentleman is apt to feel when he makes a proposal that he knows ought not to be accepted , called out that those in the boat ...
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Active Inquirer America anchor appeared Arabs arms astern barbarians believe better boat bows cabin called Captain Ducie Captain Truck coast companion corvette course cousin Jack cried Dane danger dear deck desert Dodge Edward Effingham entremet escape eyes F. O. C. Darley fancy father favor fear feel fellow felt Foam friends gale gentlemen halyards hand hauled head heave honor hope hour inlet John Effingham kedge knew ladies land launch Leach look Mademoiselle Viefville manner mate matter means minutes Miss Effingham Monday Montauk Nanny nations never night observed ocean opinion packet party passed passengers Paul Blunt Portsmouth Powis raft ready reef returned rigging rocks sail sands Saunders seamen Sharp sheik ship Sir George Templemore sloop-of-war smiled soon spars stateroom staysail steward stood tain thing thought tion Toast truth turned Vattel vessel weather wind wish words wreck young
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第 434 頁 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the LORD ; even so saith the SPIRIT ; for they rest from their labours.
第 434 頁 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
第 435 頁 - IF the LORD himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say ; if the LORD himself had not been on our side...
第 293 頁 - The moment was critical, but the steadiness of Captain Truck did not desert him. Issuing a rapid order to the second mate, with a small party previously selected for that duty, to stand by the arms, he urged the rest of the people to renewed exertions. Just as this was done, Mr. Monday appeared on the bank, with a bottle in one hand and a glass in the other, calling aloud to Mr. Dodge to return and drink with the Arabs. " Do not disgrace Christianity in this unmannerly way," he said ; " but show...
第 15 頁 - Effingham used to express it, " from the crown of her head to the sole of her foot.
第 533 頁 - THE ENDURING MONUMENTS OF FENIMORE COOPER ARE HIS WORKS. WHILE THE LOVE OF COUNTRY CONTINUES TO PREVAIL, HIS MEMORY WILL EXIST IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE. So TRULY PATRIOTIC AND AMERICAN THROUGHOUT, THEY SHOULD FIND A PLACE IN EVERY AMERICAN'S LIBRARY.
第 103 頁 - ... that was beyond his reach, which manifested itself, not in manly efforts to attain the forbidden fruit, but rather in a spirit of opposition and detraction, that only betrayed, through its jealousy, the existence of the feeling, which jealousy, however, he affected to conceal under an intense regard for popular rights, since he was apt to aver it was quite intolerable that any man should possess anything, even to qualities, in which his neighbors might not properly participate.
第 13 頁 - ... possessed a large hereditary property, that brought a good income, and which attached him to this world of ours by kindly feelings towards its land and water ; while John, much the wealthier of the two, having inherited a large commercial fortune, did not own ground enough to bury him. As he sometimes deridingly said, he " kept his gold in corporations, that were as soulless as himself.