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...rk rocks, and the distance becoming more and more hazy, in spite of the bright sun which made a broken path of glory along the tossing, white-crested waters....

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...ght sun which made a broken path of glory along the tossing, white-crested waters. The wind was a keen north-east breeze, and might have been thought ... ... with the Scottish snood, sat on the battle- ment, gazing far out over the waters, with eyes of the same tint as the hair. Even the sea-breeze failed ... ...o remount her. ‘But my Lord Duke is very heedful of his bustards, and when Roger there went to seize the bird, my young lady was over-ready with her k... ...ng down and up with his sword—so as he was nigh on being the death of poor Roger again for doing his duty. If such be the ways of you Scots, sir, they...

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...bus, alone upon the sea with his disaffected crew, looks over the waste of waters from his high station on the poop of his ship, and sees the first un... ...e manded entrance to get the lights, had been opposed and kept out by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Brimer, the third and fifth mates. The numbers there were, t... ... clambered on a shelf still higher, and out of the reach of the surf. ‘Mr. Rogers, the third mate, remained with the captain and the unfortunate ladie... ...ft the round house, the captain asked what was become of him, to which Mr. Rogers replied, that he was gone on deck to see what could be done. After t... ...t of the ship, and reached as far as the mainmast. Captain Pierce gave Mr. Rogers a nod, and they took a lamp and went together into the stern gallery... ...ry, where, after viewing the rocks for some time, Captain Pierce asked Mr. Rogers if he thought there was any possibility of saving the girls; to whic... .... But the ocean lies winking in the sunlight like a drowsy lion—its glassy waters scarcely curve upon the shore—the fishing boats in the tiny harbour... ... stone in the place seemed to have an echo of its own for the thunder. The waterspouts were overcharged, and the rain 74 Reprinted Pieces came tearin...

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...th Grandmamma Langford to call on the old Miss Drakes. I wonder your Uncle Roger does not take it, for those boys can scarcely , I should think, be we... ...he nightingales, and Grandpapa and Grandmamma Langford, and Uncle and Aunt Roger, and the cousins coming walking in at any time without ringing at the... ...introduced at Knight Sutton. Everybody was charmed, Mrs. Langford and Aunt Roger had expected a fine lady or a blue one, but they soon learnt to belie... ...and cheerful, and the wirtschaft so well ordered and economical, that Aunt Roger was struck dumb with admiration. I shall not forget Lady Susan’s visi... ...ander was, as ought previously to have been recorded, the third son of Mr. Roger Langford, the heir of Knight Sutton, at present living at Sutton Leig... ...rd a few confused sounds, and then a mist came over her eyes, a rushing of waters in her ears, and she sank on the ground in a fainting fit. When she ...

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...Knoxville, Tenn.: Have seen dispatch from General Grant about your loss at Rogersville. Per contra, about the same time, Averell and Duffle got consid... ...uestion, involving the extent of the maritime jurisdiction of Spain in the waters which surround the island of Cuba, has been debated without reaching... ...ve been heretofore adopted in regard to the imposts upon navigation in the waters of Denmark. The long-pending controversy between this government and... ...e of the Western rivers. A naval force has been created on those interior waters, and under many disadvantages, within little more than two years, ex... ...te vicinity of both, and all available and in close proximity to navigable waters. Without the advantage of public works, the resources of the natio... ... to the law of July 16, 1862, I most cordially recommend that Captain John Rogers United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks from Congress for the e... ... requested you by letter to effect a special exchange of Lieut. Col. A. F. Rogers, of Eighti- eth Illinois V olunteers, now in Libby Prison, and I sha... ...lation of Congress at its last ses- sion in respect to prize on our inland waters. I cordially concur in the recommendation of the Secretary as to the... ...in a little perplexity. I was induced to authorize a gentle- man to bring Roger A. Pryor here with a view of effecting an exchange of him; but since ...

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...his new prison: where, through his grated win dow, he could hear the deep waters of the river Seine, rippling against the stone wall below. One dark ... ...e him. Two of them, in particular, Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and Roger Bigod , Earl of Norfolk, were so stout against him, that they maintai... ...ade his escape, how ever, and turned the tide against the King. This was Roger Mortimer , always resolutely opposed to him, who was sentenced to dea... ...ing sent him: but, both he and the Queen remained at the French Court, and Roger Mortimer be came the Queen’s lover. When the King wrote, again and a... ...a perfectly inca pable King. CHAPTER XVIII ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE THIRD ROGER M ORTIMER, THE Q UEEN’S LOVER (who escaped to France in the last ch... ..., two of the late Protestant clergymen, Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, and Rogers, a Prebendary of St. Paul’s, were brought to be tried. Hooper was tr...

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..., or simply the peaked form of a mountain like an ant-heap afloat upon the waters. But if you have sighted it on the expected bearing, then that Landf... ...d, I have known many captains who, directly their ship had left the narrow waters of the Channel, would disappear from the sight of their ship’s compa... ...iling is a pleasure), and certainly nothing what- ever with racing in open waters, the writer’s stric- tures upon the handicapping of yachts were just... ...ng, a cutter; for a long pleasure voyage, a schooner; for cruising in home waters, the yawl; and the handling of them all is indeed a fine art. It re-... ... in; and then fast, in a multitude of barges, with a great rush of unbound waters. The gentle master stevedore had his hands very full at last; and th... ...ds ever warbled with a stuttering, nasal intonation. Our third partner was Roger P. de la S-, the most Scandinavian-looking of Provencal squires, fair... ...conciliatory soul, with a great fund of resignation, which he expended on “Roger’s friends.” I suspect he was secretly hor- rified at these invasions....

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... have lost Jean. How poor I am, who was once so rich! Seven months ago Mr. Roger died—one of the best friends I ever had, and the near est perfect, a... ...I felt in this way when Susy passed away; and later my wife, and later Mr. Rogers. When Clara met me at the station in New York and told me Mr. Rogers... ...ding on a philosopher. She was very quick at repertoire. He prayed for the waters to subsidize. The leopard is watching his sheep. They had a strawber...

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...over me so cold—so deadly cold, with the chill that will never leave those waters until Death be drowned in his own river—that with a shiver and a hea... ... Indian powwow, who parted with them to the old witch for a gill of strong waters, at one of their dances in the forest. Furthermore, Mother Rigby pro... ...air stranger must have been the original of Drowne’s Wooden Image. R R R R ROGER MAL OGER MAL OGER MAL OGER MAL OGER MAL VIN’S B VIN’S B VIN’S B VIN’S... ...nt, here is this gray rock, on which my dying hand shall carve the name of Roger Malvin, and the traveller in days to come will know that here sleeps ... ...ide than to return safe and say this to Dorcas?” “T ell my daughter,” said Roger Malvin, “that, though your self sore wounded, and weak, and weary, y... ...ould you desert me while life remained?” “It is now twenty years,” replied Roger Malvin,—sighing, however, as he secretly acknowledged the wide dissim... ..., unconsciously to himself, by the hidden strength of many another motive. Roger Malvin perceived that the vic tory was nearly won. “Now, go, my son,...

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...a Salle stood in the shadow of his confiscating cross, at the meeting of the waters from Delaware, and from Itaska, and from the moun tain ranges clo... ...from Itaska, and from the moun tain ranges close upon the Pacific, with the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, his task finished, his prodigy achieved. Mr... ...ties, had not thoroughly explored a part of the country lying about the head waters, some four thousand miles from the mouth of the river. It was only... ...the great rise, down came a swarm of prodi gious timber rafts from the head waters of the Mississippi, coal barges from Pittsburgh, little trading sc... ...ty one years. When I went up to my room, I found there the young man called Rogers, crying. Rogers was not his name; neither was Jones, Brown, Dexter... ... silence and abysmal reverie. For ten minutes now, there was stillness. Then Rogers said dream ily— “T en thousand dollars.” Adding, after a consider... ...ht away?” “Yes,’ I said. ‘It is a queer question.” No reply. After a little, Rogers asked, hesitatingly: Life on the Mississippi Mark T wain 192 “... ...spoke, but my mind was absent, and I did not catch what he said. But I heard Rogers answer— “Yes, it seems so to me. It ought to be quite sufficient; ... ... evil courses, go steadily from bad to worse—” “Yes, that’s it,” interrupted Rogers, fervently, “I’ve seen it a hundred times—yes, more than a hundred...

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.......................................................................... 61 Roger Heston.................................................................. .... A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom. Roger Heston OH many times did Ernest Hyde and I Argue about the freedom of... ... old thing Y ou cowardly dog! Y ou rotten pauper! Y ou Rhodes’ slave! Till Roger Baughman Thought I was having a fight with some one, And looked throu... ...hty hand of Life, Like fire at earth’s center making mountains, Or pent up waters that cut them through. Do you remember the iron band The blacksmith,... ...ire. I lived in the livery stable, Sleeping on the floor Side by side with Roger Baughman’s bulldog, Or sometimes in a stall. I could crawl between th... ... to Bernadotte, And sat by the mill for hours and hours Where the gathered waters deeply moving Seemed not to move: O world, that’s you! Y ou are but ... ...on, Godwin James And Enoch Dunlap, Hiram Scates, Roy Butler, Carl Hamblin, Roger Heston, Ernest Hyde And Penniwit, the artist, Kinsey Keene, And E. C....

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...me to Ba ath, sir. It is long—very long, Mr. Pickwick, since you drank the waters. It appears an age, Mr. Pickwick. Re markable!’ Such were the expres... ...he trial of letting it go again. ‘It is a very long time since I drank the waters, certainly,’ replied Mr. Pickwick; ‘for, to the best of my knowledge... ... were all located in their new abode, when Mr. Pickwick began to drink the waters with the utmost assiduity. Mr. Pickwick took them systematically. He... ...ht the pig with all the ardour of their early friend ship —but, alas! the waters had been his death. He had im prudently taken a bath at too high a ... ...a goin’, lovey?’ said Mrs. Cluppins, in an in sinuating manner. ‘Oh! Mrs. Rogers is a goin’,’ replied Master Bardell, open ing his eyes very wide as... ...was fain to declare herself decidedly better. ‘ Ah, poor thing!’ said Mrs. Rogers, ‘I know what her feelin’s is, too well.’ ‘ Ah, poor thing! so do I,... ...r?’ said Mrs. Bardell. ‘Ah, what has decomposed you, ma’am?’ inquired Mrs. Rogers. ‘I have been a good deal flurried,’ replied Mrs. Raddle, in a repro... ...d presently returned to the parlour in a most lamb like manner. ‘Why, Mrs. Rogers, ma’am,’ said Mrs. Bardell, ‘you’ve never been introduced, I declare... ...s Mrs. Cluppins’s sister,’ suggested Mrs. Sanders. ‘Oh, indeed!’ said Mrs. Rogers graciously; for she was the lodger, and her servant was in waiting, ...

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...unds sterling will keep themselves at our 525 Dumas disposition three successive nights. Once on board we drop down the Thames and in two hours are o... ... the nearest inn and conduct me to your vessel.” “But,” asked the sailor, “where are your companions? I thought there were four of you.” “Listen to me... ...ide of the vessel with a coolness and agil- ity very rare among landsmen. He went with Groslow to the captain’s berth, a sort of temporary cabin of pl... ... in his cloak that it would have been impossible to see his face even if the night had not been so dark as to render precaution superfluous; neverthel... ...Rogers who stood be- fore them. “What do you want with us?” he asked of Groslow. “I wish to inform you, my lord,” replied Groslow, with an Irish accen... ...e de la Fere. “Oh, pray, for mercy’s sake, don’t fly from me. For pity’s sake!” cried the young man, whose agony-drawn breath at times, when his head ... ...ictim, and in order to paralyze his movements, twined arms and legs around the musketeer. For an instant, with- out an exclamation, without a cry for ...

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...ut I am certain I am not deceived; you can be no other person than Captain Waters’s lady?” The poor woman, who in her present distress had very litt... ...y, who heard from the stairs all that past be tween the serjeant and Mrs. Waters, came hastily down, and running directly up to her, began to ask par... ... a gown, till you can get your own cloaths.” “Prithee, woman,” says Mrs. Waters, “cease your imperti nence: how can you imagine I should concern my... ...ure, I have a spirit above that.” Here Jones interfered, and begged Mrs. Waters to forgive the landlady, and to accept her gown: “for I must confess... ...ther cold, shame, or the persuasions of Mr. Jones pre vailed most on Mrs. Waters, I will not determine, but she suffered herself to be pacified by th... ... pleased and purr on certain occasions. The truth is, as the sagacious Sir Roger L’Estrange observes, in his deep reflections, that, “if we shut Natur... ... Your faithful humble servant, ROGER THWACKUM This was the first time Thwackum ever wrote in this au th...

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...f French history have occurred on the banks of that river, and the soil it waters bloomed for a while with the flowering of the Renaissance. The Loire... ... in a river which is so much depended upon to give an air to the places it waters. But I speak of it as I saw it last; full, tranquil, powerful, bendi... ...ure which belongs to all white towns that reflect, them- selves in shining waters. It is the water-front only of Blois, however, that exhibits, this f... ... the town, surrounded by a huge, deep moat, which originally contained the waters of the Maine, now di- vided from it by a quay. The water-front of An... ...to think, as I strolled through the peaceful little port, that these quiet waters, during the wars of religion, had swelled with a formidable naval po... ...ecious pic- ture,—a Last Judgment, attributed equally to John van Eyck and Roger van der Weyden,—given to the hospital in the fifteenth century by Nic... ...e. Crowe 191 Henry James and Cavalcaselle assign it without hesitation to Roger van der Weyden, and give a weak little drawing of it in their “Flemis...

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...ing, or rather harpooning of his cheeks. Thinks I, Queequeg, this is using Rogers’s best cutlery with a vengeance. Afterwards I wondered the less at t... ...l the floods surging over us; we sound with him to the kelpy bottom of the waters; sea-weed and all the slime of the sea is about us! But what is this... ...s world charms from Gospel duty! Woe to him who seeks to pour oil upon the waters when God has brewed them into a gale! Woe to him who seeks to please... ...h loud lament the parents saw their child borne out of sight over the wide waters. They resolved to follow in the same direction. Setting out in their... ...y the stillness and seclusion of many long night-watches in the re- motest waters, and beneath constellations never seen here at the north, been led t... ...and left it like the complicated ribbed bed of a torrent, when the rushing waters have been dried up. “Have ye shipped in her?” he repeated. “You mean...

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...uggled back toward his dream. He could see only her face now, beyond misty waters. The furnace-man slammed the basement door. A dog barked in the next... ...es the five official delegates to the convention— Babbitt, Rountree, W. A. Rogers, Alvin Thayer, and Elbert Wing—there were fifty unofficial delegates... ...ived that as an official delegate he must be more dignified. With Wing and Rogers he tramped up and down the cement platform beside the waiting Pull- ... ...barked at Monarch. He was to share a room at the Hotel Sedgwick with W. A. Rogers, that shrewd, rustic-looking Zenith dealer in farm-lands. Together t... ...e not in exiguous cups but in large pots. Babbitt grew expansive, and told Rogers about the art of writing; he gave a bellboy a quarter to fetch a mor... ...he statistics which were given to him, and marveled to his roommate, W. A. Rogers, “Of course this town isn’t a patch on Ze- nith; it hasn’t got our o...

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...pations of the methods of the early avia- tors. Durer was his parallel and Roger Bacon—whom the Franciscans silenced—of his kindred. Such a man again ... ...ty the seekers appeared. And half the alchemists were of their tribe. When Roger Bacon blew up his first batch of gunpowder one might have supposed th... ...iew to Harrow Hill and Harrow spire, a view of hills and trees and shining waters and wind-driven cloud shadows, was like the opening of a great windo... ... in the main canal. He rather, I think, overestimated the probable rush of waters; he dreaded being swept away, he explains, and smashed against house... ... the time it took between the bursting of the dykes and the arrival of the waters, but it was probably an interval of about twenty minutes or half an ... ...n lights…. Whirling torrents of steam were pouring up from the ad- vancing waters, which had rushed, it must be remembered, through nearly incandescen... ...sh of vapour soon veiled the flaring centres of explosion altogether. ‘The waters came at last, an advancing cascade. It was like a broad roller sweep...

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...e, fitted for invisible music, for the shadows of love, for the murmurs of waters. After a time (he could not be always star- ing at the ground) he wo... ...ut the stars with its vague mass like a low thundercloud brooding over the waters and ready to burst into flame and crashes. “And so—this is Malata,” ... ...growled. “But hold on,” I interrupted. “The Sagamore belonged to Mundy and Rogers, I’ve been told.” He snorted contemptuously. “Damn boatmen—know no b... ... work with… I am provided for in my ship, he says… But by-and-by Mundy and Rogers begin to sell out to foreigners all their ships—go into steam right ... ...vereigns while you are trying to get your pipe to draw, old man… Mundy and Rogers very friendly about it: Certainly, Captain. And we will manage her f...

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... go up to the Virgin and fish in the streets of that roaring town upon the waters. So Disko Troop thought of recent weather, and gales, currents, food... ...” “Jest here, or hereabouts,” Disko replied, “earnin’ my bread on the deep waters, an’ dodgin’ Reb privateers. Sorry I can’t accommodate you with red-... ...ar the flaring bows cut and squelch, and there was a pause ere the divided waters came down on the deck above, like a volley of buckshot. Followed the... ...d the straining of the 54 Captains Courageous timbers and the wash of the waters the tune crooned and moaned on, like lee surf in a blind fog, till i... ...ity of it all. Harvey could not realize that he had seen death on the open waters, but he felt very sick. p Then Dan went up the cross-trees, and Disk... ...r, Charlie Ritchie, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 33, single. “ Albert May , 267 Rogers Street, City , 27, single. “September 27th.-Orvin Dollard, 30, marri...

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...apple left; but sitting down there in the dark, what with the sound of the waters and the rocking movement of the ship, I had either fallen asleep or ... ...p thinking to myself that this must have been how Mr. Arrow got the strong waters that destroyed him. Dick was gone but a little while, and during his... ... as to enter and careen, and there ain’t no better place for that in these waters.” “Thank you, my man,” says Captain Smollett. “I’ll ask you later on... ... where nobody puts in but gen’lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don’t make no doubt of that. No, that’s your friends. There’s be... ...la still lay where she had anchored; but, sure enough, there was the Jolly Roger—the black flag of piracy —flying from her peak. Even as I looked, the... ...mirror, was exactly por- trayed from the truck to the waterline, the Jolly Roger hang- ing from her peak. Alongside lay one of the gigs, Silver in the... ...that I was left with- out retreat on the Hispaniola. 25 I STRIKE THE JOLLY ROGER HAD SCARCE GAINED A POSITION on the bowsprit when the flying jib fl...