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... spoil my fun by tellin' even you what it is, though yo're my partner in this gamble. It's a trump, an' Carlsen's ... sky of indigo the stars were glittering points, not of gold, but steel, hard and cold. Ahead, the northern lights were ...

... these volumes it will be after biographical description has given way to narrative , as being the more convenient form in which to convey impressions almost exclusively connected with those amongst us still . Probably no memory is ...

... Buttercup turned it on , then , pulling a match - box out of her pocket she ... Buttercup dashed up to the saloon , missed her way , and found herself on the ... chord in our hero's sympathetic breast , which was ever ready to vibrate ...

... of live coal from the camp fire on—” The thought was checked abruptly, for he suddenly remembered that he had a burning-glass in his trousers pocket. He might perhaps be able to roast them with that—in a somewhat underdone fashion, no ...

... tinkers. I know an old woman of sixtyfive who ran away with a baldheaded young tinker once. And that's the reason I ... hammer, caulkingiron, pitchpot,and marlingspike! Let'sto it.” Chapter. 127. Table of Contents Thecoffin laidupon ...

... law of meat. There were two kinds of life —his own kind and the other kind. His own kind included his mother and himself. The other kind included all live things that moved. But the other kind was divided. One portion was what his own ...

... see through such darkness as this . " Johnson chuckled . “ Do you think ... light batten , and to the other end the men now proceeded to secure a small pig of iron ... as long as it remained visible to the naked eye , and when it could no ...

... personality of the boar , the consul bent down while the rest of the onlookers crowded round , and said in a low voice- " Why , Flag = " “ Whist ! whist ! blood an thunder ! it'll rain scimitars an ' grape - shot av ye say a word ! Mate ...

... City: An. Algerine. Tale. (R. M. Ballantyne) Table of Contents Chapter One: Opens the Tale Chapter Two: Unfolds a Little of the Tale Chapter Three: Reveals Something Surprising in Regard to European Forbearance and Piratic Impudence ...

... gold sovereigns. His ears were hung with silver half-crowns, and from the cartilage separating his nostrils depended a big English penny, tarnished and green, but unmistakable. “Hold on, Grief,” Pankburn said, with ... golden week. From dawn.

Herman Melville transforms the little world of the whale ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate.★★★ How This Book is Different ◆ The True Story, Almost in Original ...

... Roswell left the forecastle, and walked aft, pondering on what had just been said. His situation was delicate, and demanded decision, as well as prudence. The manner in which Daggett had stuck by him, ever since the two vessels took ...

... more than the gifts of a Delaware grafted on a Christian stock. No, no, I thought I ... Pathfinder is in the habit of letting prowlers around the fort beat a ... mercy to me than to another? I feel, Pathfinder, that I owe you my life.” “I ...

... light as long as it remained visible to the naked eye , and when it could no longer be seen in that fashion he deliberately set himself to watch it through his night - glass . More than an hour had elapsed since the cask had been sent ...

... personality of the boar , the consul bent down while the rest of the onlookers crowded round , and said in a low voice- " Why , Flag = " “ Whist ! whist ! blood an thunder ! it'll rain scimitars an ' grape - shot av ye say a word ! Mate ...

... Brotherhood of the Rose purpose in such a case?" Amyas, a little nettled, stood on his guard in return, and answered bluntly—"What the Brotherhood of the Rose will do, I can't yet say. What it ought to do, I have a pretty sure guess ...

... light as long as it remained visible to the naked eye , and when it could no longer be seen in that fashion he deliberately set himself to watch it through his night - glass . More than an hour had elapsed since the cask had been sent ...

... treasure hunting. Blackbeard might ... the secret from Captain Wellsby, but there is an obligation on us ——" "To Bill Saxby and the old sea wolf," said Joe. "We'll not forget this trump of a skipper when it comes to splittin' up the treasure ...

Moby-Dick, Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, White-Jacket, Pierre, Israel Potter ... Max's shore clothes, all washed, plaited, and ironed, and ready to put on at ... Max, not thirty I days previous. So long as we laid in port, Sally visited ...

... transient masters since he had come into the Northland had bred in him a fear that no master could be permanent. He was afraid that Thornton would pass out of his life as Perrault and Francois and the Scotch half-breed had passed out ...

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... chart-room. Whenever I go into the library, I am impressed that way. The ... charts I want to refer to, what coasts I want to explore. And from the way I ... blurt out, as he caught a vision of a world without end of sunlit spaces and ...

... tree, and paying out line, as the yawl was towed back again to the ship. The Dipper's calculation proved to be sufficiently accurate, the rope reaching from the vessel to the tree. As soon as this feat was accomplished, and it was done ...

... Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Daniel Defoe, Jack ... Tabaqui, the Dish-licker — and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling ...

... teeth. Also, in that sub-tropical city I managed to get hold of a skull, from which I extracted the teeth swiftly and painlessly. Thus equipped, I was ready, though not exactly eager, to tackle any tooth that get in my way. It was in ...