Blackbeard: Or, The Pirate of the Roanoke. A Tale of the Atlantic |
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Page 10 - What strange apparition is this,' exclaimed the earl involuntarily, as this singular personage stood erect before him.' 'I am no apparition, sir,' exclaimed the stranger, in a voice so finely modulated, that it might have been easily taken for a woman's, ' but a substantial specimen of vigorous life, who kindly bids you welcome to the pirates
Page 10 - The head of thia strange being was covered with a crimson cap, and his countenance, might have been truely termed handsome, had not the lower part of it been • enveloped in a mass of long black hair, which gave to its possessor an air of wild and savage ferocity. (See Engraving.) ' What strange apparition is this,' exclaimed the earl involuntarily, as this singular personage stood erect before him.
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| Title | Blackbeard: Or, The Pirate of the Roanoke. A Tale of the Atlantic Issue 260 of American Fiction, 1774-1850 Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920 |
| Author | Benjamin Barker |
| Publisher | F. Gleason, 1847 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Nov 8, 2007 |
| Length | 50 pages |
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