I can swim,' Dillon continued, rushing with frantic eagerness to the side of the wreck. ' Is there no billet of wood, no rope, that I can take with me ? ' ' None ; everything has been cut away, or carried off by the sea. If ye are about to strive for... The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - Page 89by James Fenimore Cooper - 1823 - 293 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 380 pages
..." ' To them that have reason to fear death. Listen ! do you hear that hollow noise beneath ye T " ' 'Tis the wind, driving by the vessel !' " ' 'Tis the...wood, no rope, that I can take with me ?' " ' None ; everything has been cut away or carried off by the sea, If ye are about to strive for your life,... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 pages
...ye V " ' 'Tis the wind, driving by the vessel !' " ' 'Tis the poor thing herself,' said the aifected cockswain, ' giving her last groans. The water is...wood, no rope, that I can take with me ?' " ' None ; everything has been cut away or carried off by the sea. If ye are about to strive for your life,... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
..." ' I can swim,' Dillon continued, rushing, with frantic eagerness, to the side of the wreck. ' la there no billet of wood, no rope, that I can take with me ?* " ' None ; everything has been cut away or carried off by the sea. If ye are about to strive for your life,... | |
| Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...waves are to me what the land is to you; I was born on them, and I have always meant that they shall be my grave." "But — I — I," shrieked Dillon,...of wood, no rope, that I can take with me?" "None; everything has been cut away, or carried off by the sea. If you are about to strive for your life,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...the death-wateh is called, none can skulk from the muster." "I can swim," Dillon continned, rnshing, with frantic eagerness, to the side of the wreck....of wood, no rope, that I can take with me ?" " None ; everything has been cnt away, or carried off by the sea. If ye are abont to strive for your life,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...But I — I," shricked Dillon, " I am not ready to dic ! — I cannot dic ! — I will not dic !" " Poor wretch !" muttered his companion, "you must go,...with me ?" " None : every thing has been cut away, or carricd off by the sea. If ye are about to strive for your life, take with ye a stout heart and a elean... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...should be the will of GooY' returned Torn. " These waves to me are what the land is to you : I vas born on them, and I have always meant that they should...every thing has been cut away, or carried off by the Bea. If ye are about to strive for your life, take with ye a stoat heart and a clean conscience, and... | |
| English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...waves are to me what the land is to you : I was born on them, and I have always meant that they shall be my grave." "But— I— I," shrieked Dillon, "...wood, no rope, that I can take with me ? " "None; everything has been cut away, or carried off by the sea. If you are about to strive for your life,... | |
| Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...shrieked Dillon, 'I am not ready to dieI — I cannot dieI — I will not die I" ' Poor wretch I ' muttered his companion, ' you must go like the rest...wood, no rope, that I can take with me ? " ' None ; everything has been cut away, or carried off by the sea. If ye are about to strive for your life,... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...was born on them, and I have always meant that they shall be my grave." "But — I — I," shricked Dillon, "I am not ready to die! — I cannot die !...of wood, no rope, that I can take with me? " " None ; everything has bcen cut away, or carried off by the sea. If you are about to strive for your life,... | |
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