The Cruise of "the Wave" (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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These friends, although having their idiosyncrasies, and educated in various and differing pursuits in life, were harmonious and sympathetic in all their personal relations; and their multifarious cast of mind, by na ture and education, like the ingredients of a good punch, made their company very captivating and exhilarating.

The prince himself had numerous virtues, for whichhe had received that honorable and crowning appel lation.

Metamora was a son of the Forrest, and could by his war-whoop arouse the latent life, and by his wit and humor stir the poetry Of human nature. He could tell a story, relate a good anecdote, and turn to fun any word or event that could furnish the most evanescent scintillation Of drollery, and 'where the twinkle of his eye lighted, dullness fled.

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