Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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Página 87
... Dayton became the bride of Fred . He looked , alongside of the timid and blushing creature , like a lofty and stately frigate convoying a Baltimore clipper ; and he would have been full as prompt and efficient in resenting an injury or ...
... Dayton became the bride of Fred . He looked , alongside of the timid and blushing creature , like a lofty and stately frigate convoying a Baltimore clipper ; and he would have been full as prompt and efficient in resenting an injury or ...
Página 188
... DAYTON was a beautiful girl . The eye of a sculptor could scarcely have detected a fault in her symmetrical form ; and her face was one of such love- liness as out - paragons description . Beside the ruby of her lips the damask rose ...
... DAYTON was a beautiful girl . The eye of a sculptor could scarcely have detected a fault in her symmetrical form ; and her face was one of such love- liness as out - paragons description . Beside the ruby of her lips the damask rose ...
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... Dayton was born and educated . Her father , advanced in years , and , at the period of which I speak , retired from the political turmoils and contentions that had deeply engaged him during the early part of his life , now gazed on the ...
... Dayton was born and educated . Her father , advanced in years , and , at the period of which I speak , retired from the political turmoils and contentions that had deeply engaged him during the early part of his life , now gazed on the ...
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... Dayton occupied every thought , and he unconsciously broke out into song : This earth , till gentle woman smiled , And back its darkness rolled , Like snow or some untrodden wild , Was pure - but oh ! how cold ! Our hearts are lit by ...
... Dayton occupied every thought , and he unconsciously broke out into song : This earth , till gentle woman smiled , And back its darkness rolled , Like snow or some untrodden wild , Was pure - but oh ! how cold ! Our hearts are lit by ...
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... Dayton , beheld the whole affair . Do you not agree with me that it was the result of ma- licious intention on the part of the sloop ? " Fanny was now in a dreadful dilemma , but there was no retreating ; she felt that the keen eye of ...
... Dayton , beheld the whole affair . Do you not agree with me that it was the result of ma- licious intention on the part of the sloop ? " Fanny was now in a dreadful dilemma , but there was no retreating ; she felt that the keen eye of ...
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acquaintance agitated Amelia answered apartment arrival Ashford beautiful Betty boat bosom Buckhorn Cæsar called Captain Belton Catharine Charles Rivington cheeks circumstances cloak countenance court cried Dayton death Doctor door dress ejaculated Eleanor Emma endeavoured eyes Facias Fanny feelings fell fire Fred Gerard glance guilty hand happy heard heart heaven hero honour horse hostler hour innocence judge Judy jury landlord lawyer length linsey-woolsey lips looking magistrate massa master mind morning Mungo murder nature ness New-York night occasion occurrence OTHELLO pale passed person poor prairie prisoner racter ratline reached reader replied returned rifle road Rumley sailer scarcely scene Searchly seat seemed seen side Silversight sloop soon Squatter Stanley steamboat stranger Summerville taffarel tears thing thought tion tone took trembling turned uncon vessel village voice vols whisper wide prairies William Wilson witness Woodville words young
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Página 20 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape.
Página 189 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange: Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Página 89 - On beds of green sea-flowers thy limbs shall be laid; Around thy white bo-nes the red coral shall grow ; Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made ; And every part suit to thy mansion below.
Página 188 - Sincerity, Thou first of virtues! let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way.
Página 20 - And also to the act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an act, entitled, ' An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.