Cooper's Sea Tales, Band 4Stringer and Townsend, 1857 |
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... true , and how much fiction , is left in doubt , with the express intention , that such histo- rians , as having nothing useful to do , may employ their time in drawing the lines for their own amuse- ment . As to the scene chosen for ...
... true , and how much fiction , is left in doubt , with the express intention , that such histo- rians , as having nothing useful to do , may employ their time in drawing the lines for their own amuse- ment . As to the scene chosen for ...
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... true . If we are in error , it is a misfortune we share in common with honest Panza , and that , too , on a subject about equal , in moment , to the one in which he was misled . After all , the world hears little , and knows less , of ...
... true . If we are in error , it is a misfortune we share in common with honest Panza , and that , too , on a subject about equal , in moment , to the one in which he was misled . After all , the world hears little , and knows less , of ...
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... true , did not hesitate to speak as became their experience . But Tonti had obtained no small part of his reputation by exercising great moderation in delivering his oracles , and , perhaps , by seeming to know more than he actually ...
... true , did not hesitate to speak as became their experience . But Tonti had obtained no small part of his reputation by exercising great moderation in delivering his oracles , and , perhaps , by seeming to know more than he actually ...
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... true , she was probably the only person of her sex in the town , who had ever seen Vesu- vius , or planted her eyes on the wonders of a part of Italy that has a reputation second only to that of Rome . Of course , if any girl in Porto ...
... true , she was probably the only person of her sex in the town , who had ever seen Vesu- vius , or planted her eyes on the wonders of a part of Italy that has a reputation second only to that of Rome . Of course , if any girl in Porto ...
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... true , as the ground - swell swung the yards to and fro , but , on the whole , standing out and receiving the air , as if guided more by volition than any mechanical power . The effect on the hull was almost magical ; for , notwith ...
... true , as the ground - swell swung the yards to and fro , but , on the whole , standing out and receiving the air , as if guided more by volition than any mechanical power . The effect on the hull was almost magical ; for , notwith ...
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