The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, Volumul 4Redfield, 1856 |
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... object that floated rapidly by . They pursued and soon overtook it . It proved to be the entire deck of the Ariel's cuddy . Au- gustus was struggling near it , apparently in the last agonies . Upon getting hold of him it was found that ...
... object that floated rapidly by . They pursued and soon overtook it . It proved to be the entire deck of the Ariel's cuddy . Au- gustus was struggling near it , apparently in the last agonies . Upon getting hold of him it was found that ...
Pagina 28
... At length I reached the nail , and securing the object of my journey , returned with it in safety . I now looked over the books which had been so 1 thoughtfully provided , and selected the expedition of Lewis and 28 NARRATIVE OF.
... At length I reached the nail , and securing the object of my journey , returned with it in safety . I now looked over the books which had been so 1 thoughtfully provided , and selected the expedition of Lewis and 28 NARRATIVE OF.
Pagina 69
... object . If the vessel which lies to is under full sail , the manœuvre is usu- ally accomplished by throwing round some portion of her sails , so as to let the wind take them aback , when she becomes sta- tionary . But we are now ...
... object . If the vessel which lies to is under full sail , the manœuvre is usu- ally accomplished by throwing round some portion of her sails , so as to let the wind take them aback , when she becomes sta- tionary . But we are now ...
Pagina 70
... object cannot be effected . Vessels in a gale of wind are laid to in different manners , according to their peculiar construction . Some lie to best under a foresail , and this , I believe , is the sail most usually employed . Large ...
... object cannot be effected . Vessels in a gale of wind are laid to in different manners , according to their peculiar construction . Some lie to best under a foresail , and this , I believe , is the sail most usually employed . Large ...
Pagina 77
... objects of horror and utter despair my eyes ever en- countered . The only opposition we experienced at all was from the cook , John Hunt , and Richard Parker ; but they made but a feeble and irresolute defence . The two former were shot ...
... objects of horror and utter despair my eyes ever en- countered . The only opposition we experienced at all was from the cook , John Hunt , and Richard Parker ; but they made but a feeble and irresolute defence . The two former were shot ...
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Pagina 395 - Trifles, like straws, upon the surface flow, He who would search for pearls must dive below," are lines which have done much mischief.
Pagina 381 - They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, And all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, Nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: And it shall be an habitation of dragons, And a court for owls.
Pagina 398 - Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry ; music, without the idea, is simply music ; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness.
Pagina 319 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Pagina 320 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Pagina 395 - ... which it would be difficult to conceal since their writings are professedly to be understood by the few, and it is the many who stand in need of salvation. In such case I should no doubt be tempted to think of the devil in Melmoth...
Pagina 426 - By opening this intercourse between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and forming regular establishments through the interior, and at both extremes, as well as along the coasts and islands, the entire command of the fur trade of North America might be obtained, from latitude 48.
Pagina 185 - And now we rushed into the embraces of the cataract, where a chasm threw itself open to receive us. But there arose in our pathway a shrouded human figure, very far larger in its proportions than any dweller among men. And the hue of the skin of the figure was of the perfect whiteness of the snow.
Pagina 336 - The garden like a lady fair was cut, That lay as if she slumbered in delight, And to the open skies her eyes did shut. The azure fields of Heaven were 'sembled right In a large round set with the flowers of light. The flowers de luce and the round sparks of dew That hung upon their azure leaves did shew Like twinkling stars that sparkle in the evening blue.
Pagina 417 - What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture. What time the persons of. these ossuaries entered the famous nations of the dead and slept with princes and counsellors might admit a wide solution. But who were the proprietaries of these bones, or what bodies these ashes made up, were a question above...