The Pathfinder, Or, The Inland SeaW.A. Townsend, 1860 - Počet stran: 515 |
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Strana 104
... islands . too , have their uses , for they serve to correct the reckonings by . If my taste is consulted , I should ... thousand tongues , in the eloquent language of night in a wilderness . The air sighed through ten thousand trees ...
... islands . too , have their uses , for they serve to correct the reckonings by . If my taste is consulted , I should ... thousand tongues , in the eloquent language of night in a wilderness . The air sighed through ten thousand trees ...
Strana 125
... Thousand Islands ; and , as I heard him say he intended that Mabel should go along , THE 125 PATHFINDER .
... Thousand Islands ; and , as I heard him say he intended that Mabel should go along , THE 125 PATHFINDER .
Strana 127
... thousand islands ? " " Pathfinder , this is some of your forgetfulness ? " " Nay , nay , serjeant ; I forgot nothing , but it did not seem to me necessary to hide your intentions so very closely from your own flesh and blood . " " You ...
... thousand islands ? " " Pathfinder , this is some of your forgetfulness ? " " Nay , nay , serjeant ; I forgot nothing , but it did not seem to me necessary to hide your intentions so very closely from your own flesh and blood . " " You ...
Strana 153
... Thousand Islands , for the next month . All the old subalterns have had their tours of duty in that quarter -- all that I like to trust , at least , -- and it has , at length , come to your turn . Lieutenant Muir , it is true , claims ...
... Thousand Islands , for the next month . All the old subalterns have had their tours of duty in that quarter -- all that I like to trust , at least , -- and it has , at length , come to your turn . Lieutenant Muir , it is true , claims ...
Strana 186
... Thousand Islands would be able to get out that night or not , on account of the total absence of wind . The stores , arms , and ammunition were already shipped , and even Mabel's effects were on board ; but the small draft of men that ...
... Thousand Islands would be able to get out that night or not , on account of the total absence of wind . The stores , arms , and ammunition were already shipped , and even Mabel's effects were on board ; but the small draft of men that ...
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Strana 258 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Strana 171 - The respect for Pathfinder's skill and for his quickness and accuracy of sight [the italics are mine] was so profound and general that the instant he made this declaration the spectators began to distrust their own opinions, and a dozen rushed to the target in order to ascertain the fact. There, sure enough, it was found that the Quartermaster's bullet had gone through the hole made by Jasper's, and that, too, so accurately as to require a minute examination to be certain of the circumstance, which,...
Strana 175 - ... of fictitiousness and general improbability over it. This comes of Cooper's inadequacy as an observer. The reader will find some examples of Cooper's high talent for inaccurate observation in the account of the shooting-match in The Pathfinder. "A common wrought nail was driven lightly into the target, its head having been first touched with paint.
Strana 258 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests: in all time. Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm. Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; — boundless, endless, and sublime; The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible: even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Strana 173 - If one dared to hint at such a thing," cried Major Duncan, "I should say that the Pathfinder has also missed the target!" As nobody had missed it yet, the "also" was not necessary; but never mind about that, for the Pathfinder is going to speak. "No, no, Major," said he, confidently, "that would be a risky declaration. I didn't load the piece and can't say what was in it; but if it was lead...
Strana 173 - Major," said he, confidently, "that would be a risky declaration. I didn't load the piece, and can't say what was in it; but if it was lead, you will find the bullet driving down those of the Quartermaster and Jasper, else is not my name Pathfinder.
Strana 174 - I'll own to a miss. The Quartermaster cut the wood, but you'll find no wood cut by that last messenger.
Strana 143 - ... a sort of type of what Adam might have been supposed to be before the fall, though certainly not without sin, and not feel a respect and admiration for him, that had no reference to his positioniin life.