The Water-Witch: or the Skimmer of the SeasРипол Классик, 1837 - 429 Seiten James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Water Witch is an 1830 novel by Cooper. Set in 17th century New York and the surrounding sea, the novel depicts the abduction of a woman, Alida de Barberie, by the pirate captain of the brigantine Water Witch, and the subsequent pursuit of that elusive ship by her suitor, Captain Ludlow. |
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... hope declines with his years, that man deteriorates, is probably as far from the truth, as the visionary who sees the dawn of a golden age, in the commencement of the nineteenth century. That we have greatly improved on the opinions and ...
... hope declines with his years, that man deteriorates, is probably as far from the truth, as the visionary who sees the dawn of a golden age, in the commencement of the nineteenth century. That we have greatly improved on the opinions and ...
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... hope, that these are not the only features of the narrative, which a better policy, and a more equitable administration of power, have made purely historical. Early released from the fetters of the middle ages, fetters that bound the ...
... hope, that these are not the only features of the narrative, which a better policy, and a more equitable administration of power, have made purely historical. Early released from the fetters of the middle ages, fetters that bound the ...
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... hope that your lordship's creditors will relent, or has the Earl furnished means to open the prisondoor?” “You use the pleasantest terms, Sir! – but I love directness of language, above all other qualities. No doubt the prisondoor, as ...
... hope that your lordship's creditors will relent, or has the Earl furnished means to open the prisondoor?” “You use the pleasantest terms, Sir! – but I love directness of language, above all other qualities. No doubt the prisondoor, as ...
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... hope for it under the administration of this Mr. Hunter. Yes, Sir; were I once more in the presence of my royal cousin, there would quickly be an end to this delusion, and the colony should be once more restored to a healthful state ...
... hope for it under the administration of this Mr. Hunter. Yes, Sir; were I once more in the presence of my royal cousin, there would quickly be an end to this delusion, and the colony should be once more restored to a healthful state ...
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... hope my friend the young Patroon has slept sound as yourself, and that he has shown his face already, to prove it.” The negro answered with the slow clipping manner that characterized his condition and years. “He'm werry wakeful, Masser ...
... hope my friend the young Patroon has slept sound as yourself, and that he has shown his face already, to prove it.” The negro answered with the slow clipping manner that characterized his condition and years. “He'm werry wakeful, Masser ...
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CHAPTER IX | 119 |
CHAPTER X | 132 |
CHAPTER XIX | 290 |
CHAPTER XX | 303 |
CHAPTER XXI | 319 |
CHAPTER XXII | 334 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 342 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 364 |
CHAPTER XXV | 385 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 404 |
CHAPTER XI | 146 |
CHAPTER XII | 163 |
CHAPTER XIII | 178 |
CHAPTER XIV | 195 |
CHAPTER XV | 211 |
CHAPTER XVI | 231 |
CHAPTER XVII | 249 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 269 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 424 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 441 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 462 |
CHAPTER XXX | 481 |
495 CHAPTER XXXII | 515 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 534 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 551 |
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