The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

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" I-etbellion!"' exclaimed the colonel;' antlld
what has this deteintion of three va'gabot:rds to do
with rcelliohlol it fI'nas the damnlabt.le poisoi
fout( its w\ay across the Atlantic..............oor pardonl
A I is. ltise -. but tits is a subject on which you car:feel wvitlh mte I i lknot yout' sentimenlts on tihe at
tleilance lhat is' (dti to oult anointed sovereign...
Speak, Alldr. I)il lot), are we surrounded by anot ier
set of D)eons if so, we Ilst giv e ourselves to
the work,, ad rally roulnd our prince; fbi this
island is the main pithllar of hiss thtrone."1
" t cansnot say ttlat there is any tappearanllce at
piese.nt of' an intention to rise in this island,'" Said
Dillon, with} (etture gravity; f thoughl thie riots
i l..ondon warrantt ant'*y precautionary 1meaCst ct s ont
the p)art of hiS,nikjes8tys nmin'isters, eveln to a sutsentsion of the habes co:rplus. Butt yot tl\ve h]lad
yourt s.uspic ionis eoatc. crni(t)( t'wto certain vessels that
l\have, been t(reattcntlint tlive coast, fo(. several tlt(a
past, in a m~ost piratical mantnner C"
Ittllih Z ittle fbot o(f.atherine )play'ed rapidly ton
the splnc)ltdid ca rpeto, but she contented hlerscltf wvith
l:)estowin' a lance of the most sovereig"n con. tempt
cnl the spoeakert as ift siheo disdained aL-ly fturther teply. Witt t he colonel, however, this was toutcl
ing a tbheme that lay nearest his heart, andtl h(e tan
swee'ldt in a mantler worthy of the importance of
the subl'ject.....
iYon speak like a sensible man atl d a loitlt
ubtject, Altr. )iltt),.' the abeas corpus, tiss
Aice, \was obtained in the reign of KI(ing Joh',
atong, with manat chlarta, fir:ilt ti Security of tile
thtrone, by hlis majesty's btarons; some ofl mly ownm
blood Nwere of the nuttmber, which atlo0t nwould be0. fpledge that the dignity of thel ctown wav s I propertly.ontsuttte(l. Ast to otur pira'tical countrymenll, Chris.
toplier,. tlhcret is m)ch tl eason to th ink that the'en
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