Cooper's Sea Tales, Band 4Stringer and Townsend, 1857 |
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... wind wing - and - wing , as seamen term it , or with a sail fanning like the heavy pinions of a sea - fowl , on each side , betrayed her pursuits ; and , as has been intimated , the mariners on the shore , who watched her movements ...
... wind wing - and - wing , as seamen term it , or with a sail fanning like the heavy pinions of a sea - fowl , on each side , betrayed her pursuits ; and , as has been intimated , the mariners on the shore , who watched her movements ...
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... wind , and then fall- ing off again , like a dolphin at its sports , when the radiance of the pleasure that glowed about her soft blue eyes , rendered the girl perfectly beautiful . But none of these passing expressions were noted by ...
... wind , and then fall- ing off again , like a dolphin at its sports , when the radiance of the pleasure that glowed about her soft blue eyes , rendered the girl perfectly beautiful . But none of these passing expressions were noted by ...
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... wind is so light . As for knowing a lugger from a felucca , it is as easy as to know a house from a church ; or one of the reverend padri , in the streets , from a mariner . " 66 Ay , so I would have told ' Maso on the spot , had the ...
... wind is so light . As for knowing a lugger from a felucca , it is as easy as to know a house from a church ; or one of the reverend padri , in the streets , from a mariner . " 66 Ay , so I would have told ' Maso on the spot , had the ...
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... wind wing - and - wing , or with a sail expanded to the air on each side of her hull , a disposition of the canvass ... wind , when close hauled , and render her what is termed weatherly . On the present occasion , there could scarcely ...
... wind wing - and - wing , or with a sail expanded to the air on each side of her hull , a disposition of the canvass ... wind , when close hauled , and render her what is termed weatherly . On the present occasion , there could scarcely ...
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... wind's eye , if that could be called wind , which was still little more than the sighing of the classical zephyr . His motion was neces- sarily slow , but it continued light , easy , and graceful . After passing the entrance of the port ...
... wind's eye , if that could be called wind , which was still little more than the sighing of the classical zephyr . His motion was neces- sarily slow , but it continued light , easy , and graceful . After passing the entrance of the port ...
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admiral anchor Andrea Barrofaldi answered Raoul appearance boat breeze cabin called canvass Capri Captain Cuffe Captain Rule Caraccioli Carlo Giuntotardi carronades chase circumstances Clinch coast commander Corsica countenance course craft crew deck duty Eccellenza Elba Elbans enemy English escape Etooelle exclaimed eyes favour feeling felt felucca Feu-Follet fire followed French Frenchman frigate Ghita girl Griffin guns hand hauled heard heart honour hope hour Ischia island Italian Ithuel Jack-o'-Lantern Judge Advocate land le Feu-Follet lieutenant light look lugger Lyon manner mariners Maso matter minutes Monsieur Yvard Naples Nelson never night officer passed podestâ port Porto Ferrajo prisoner Proserpine Raoul Yvard render Ringdove rocks sail seamen seen ship shore side Signor Vice-governatore Sir Frederick Sir Smees smile soon standing stranger tell Terpsichore thee thing thou thought truth vessel Ving-y-Ving Vito Viti Winchester wind wish yawl young