The Water-witch: Or, The Skimmer of the Seas. A Tale ...D. Appleton and Company, 1883 - 462 Seiten |
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... Coquette might yet be ordered for service among the islands ! " It has been said , that Oloff Van Staats was a fair personable young man of vast stature , and with much of the air of a gen- tleman of his country ; for , though a British ...
... Coquette might yet be ordered for service among the islands ! " It has been said , that Oloff Van Staats was a fair personable young man of vast stature , and with much of the air of a gen- tleman of his country ; for , though a British ...
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... Coquette , he rolled his glance over the persons of his com- panions , suffering it to rest for a moment , with a secret signifi- cance , on the steady eye of the burgher . 66 Well , " he continued , " the sloop answers for a floating ...
... Coquette , he rolled his glance over the persons of his com- panions , suffering it to rest for a moment , with a secret signifi- cance , on the steady eye of the burgher . 66 Well , " he continued , " the sloop answers for a floating ...
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... Coquette more distinctly into view . This vessel , a ship of twenty guns , lay abreast of the hamlet on the shores of Staten Island , which was the destination of the ferry- boat . Here was the usual anchorage of outward - bound ships ...
... Coquette more distinctly into view . This vessel , a ship of twenty guns , lay abreast of the hamlet on the shores of Staten Island , which was the destination of the ferry- boat . Here was the usual anchorage of outward - bound ships ...
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... Coquette's anchor will be aweigh in twenty minutes , and I shall find two hours of an ebbing tide , and a top - gallant breeze , but too short a time for the pleasure of entertaining such guests . I am certain that the fears of la Belle ...
... Coquette's anchor will be aweigh in twenty minutes , and I shall find two hours of an ebbing tide , and a top - gallant breeze , but too short a time for the pleasure of entertaining such guests . I am certain that the fears of la Belle ...
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... Coquette is safer than his periagua . ” " It is said to be easier to enter than to quit your ship , " returned the laughing Alida . " By certain symptoms that attended our passage to the island , your Coquette , like others , is fond of ...
... Coquette is safer than his periagua . ” " It is said to be easier to enter than to quit your ship , " returned the laughing Alida . " By certain symptoms that attended our passage to the island , your Coquette , like others , is fond of ...
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Alderman Van Beverout Alida anchor answer appeared beautiful believe belle Barbérie boat bowsprit breeze brigantine burgher cabin canvas Captain Ludlow character chase coast colony color companion Coquette countenance Cour des Fées Cove crew dealer in contraband deck duty Eudora favor feel François free-trader glance hand head heard hope hour island la belle Barbérie land latter less light light sails look lord Lust in Rust Majesty's Mam'selle manner mariner Master Seadrift masts midshipman minutes mistress Monsieur movements Myndert nature never niece night observed ocean officer Oloff Van Staats opinion passed Patroon of Kinderhook pavilion periagua Pierre Corneille Queen Queen Anne returned rogue royal cruiser sails sea-green lady seaman seemed seen ship shore Skimmer smile smuggler spars speak stood stranger Thomas Tiller thou thought Tiller trade truth Trysail uttered vessel visible voice watch Water-Witch wind wish yawl