The Pathfinder or, the Inland seaAegitas, 19. 8. 2016 - Počet stran: 415 The plan of this tale suggested itself to the writer many years since, though the details are altogether of recent invention. The idea of associating seamen and savages in incidents that might be supposed characteristic of the Great Lakes having been mentioned to a Publisher, the latter obtained something like a pledge from the Author to carry out the design at some future day, which pledge is now tardily and imperfectly redeemed. |
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... seen by the novice with indifference; and the mind, even in the obscurity of night, finds a parallel to that grandeur, which seems inseparable from images that the senses cannot compass. With feelings akin to this admiration and awe—the ...
... seen by the novice with indifference; and the mind, even in the obscurity of night, finds a parallel to that grandeur, which seems inseparable from images that the senses cannot compass. With feelings akin to this admiration and awe—the ...
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... seen nothing to frighten a seal. I doubt if any of your inland animals will compare with a low latitude shark." "See!" exclaimed the niece, who was more occupied with the sublimity and beauty of the "boundless wood" than with her ...
... seen nothing to frighten a seal. I doubt if any of your inland animals will compare with a low latitude shark." "See!" exclaimed the niece, who was more occupied with the sublimity and beauty of the "boundless wood" than with her ...
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... seen from this lookout." "Look," said Arrowhead, stretching an arm before him with quiet grace; "Ontario!" "Uncle, you are accustomed to cry 'Land ho!' but not 'Water ho!' and you do not see it," cried the niece, laughing, as girls will ...
... seen from this lookout." "Look," said Arrowhead, stretching an arm before him with quiet grace; "Ontario!" "Uncle, you are accustomed to cry 'Land ho!' but not 'Water ho!' and you do not see it," cried the niece, laughing, as girls will ...
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... seen more green than blue water." "It is not surprising that we should get some of the phrases which belong to the land; for we are seldom out of sight of it twentyfour hours at a time." "More's the pity, boy, more's the pity! A very ...
... seen more green than blue water." "It is not surprising that we should get some of the phrases which belong to the land; for we are seldom out of sight of it twentyfour hours at a time." "More's the pity, boy, more's the pity! A very ...
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... seen as the difference between the sun and the moon. I am glad, friend Cap, that we have met, however, if it be only that you may tell the Big Sarpent here that there are lakes in which the water is salt. We have been pretty much of one ...
... seen as the difference between the sun and the moon. I am glad, friend Cap, that we have met, however, if it be only that you may tell the Big Sarpent here that there are lakes in which the water is salt. We have been pretty much of one ...
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