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

a'111: 1'1 iLOP. 27 T ft 0111 te fin,' rtr quarters of thle t, c(t'd wett shali not S.ek Ion1:. ifir a tfoe vorthy t o contend wi t:1 110lt' 1(01 tlhel o)Ior)tunititt to cut upt the Ent g lishllan in lhis sintews otf i.at.. wr his wealth.' Cit filtth reitutrnted tIhe pilot in htis stillt, tlow tonest thait. t lt to littlong to - at naln wh}o ntv'r: tknew ) (tA tbitiot ll tnor fit htllman passio)tn( t r;w sick, of thlis Stlt'l ui(glet beftwen tieritit aIlttd |)rivils(f..d 3tank. It iS in v'tin th at I st':t the watetrs wltich} the King of ]4Egil;'and oastingly ('calls his antd capture t is vec8sst!s in tle: very mouths of htis lttlarlio:rs, if i-y re.war(tt is to ('ottlisit onl.y of v i(otatetd pom)t' isos, atnd hollo\hw p)r(o'fssio()tlni: but'yt:)tr t'propositiont is itsicl.css to me; I lhave at len'lth ob)taitmted a ship of o a size sufficient t1o ctOltv(ey illy )erson to to t sho}trl(.S o holrist, ptaiin-t ealit"ng Ninetlie, attnd I otil enter the h}all of tort-t-s tl iy'r e'ct!.'tnt, altt(ded bl.)y a t:fexv of the Iteish')rots of thtis learned isle1, wlo th lllnk they )ossiess t}le exctlutsiv pritviilege to be wise, and virtltt S) antl "Sutcth a retinuel mii:ght dotbtletcss he galtfula t1(tllt to your itt l felin:gs and ithoset twvihlo vt-oultd rtcive xyout: szaid Ci nTflith, niodest ly; " ut wt oui l it atl'fedt tleh great iiu'rmposes of 0r1 st0;t;1l, o 1 is it an exploit, whenll achieved, wortit tie hwazard yout itlit t'.? (}riflithI fel.t the lhatnd of tiel pilot his hio;.11 p)t' ('SSin| it wit t a ot t v til Siv g rtas, as he t'(:' ili( itl a voice, if' possihile, even moire dcspe iatl v el tl t than Ills folrmer totls.... theire is glortTy in it, young Mt)it: it' it t; pu) elasd wt ith datlr:!r, it: shli til be t':w. 1-d:'d b, A fimentc It is t rue, I w eValr yo11' ri',}teputic m h' 4vl:, anid Call thle Amerlicans 1y l hirotlhers, butT it is be. t1 t1 Se' (i a)" ),t itl 1 } l otf' I itiit ] t littt. Wetre yYour cause 1etS lA I w.'o.til t} ot sred flit

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The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
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