Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... door , " you have been in this country , I believe , about seven years ? " 66 Yes , sir , " responded the other , in a tone of voice meant to suppress farther inquiry . " You have a negro man , named Mungo , who came to the country with ...
... door , " you have been in this country , I believe , about seven years ? " 66 Yes , sir , " responded the other , in a tone of voice meant to suppress farther inquiry . " You have a negro man , named Mungo , who came to the country with ...
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... door - way of his humble cabin , in a state of feeling which it would be difficult to describe . Silence had for some time settled again over the wide and solitary prairie , when , starting from his reverie , he turned with a sigh into ...
... door - way of his humble cabin , in a state of feeling which it would be difficult to describe . Silence had for some time settled again over the wide and solitary prairie , when , starting from his reverie , he turned with a sigh into ...
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... , and me , and we sat late , enjoying a glass together , when we were all startled by a loud knock at the door . It had set in to snow hard soon after I reached town , and we could hear the wind howling C 2 THE SQUATTER . 29.
... , and me , and we sat late , enjoying a glass together , when we were all startled by a loud knock at the door . It had set in to snow hard soon after I reached town , and we could hear the wind howling C 2 THE SQUATTER . 29.
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... door , where the knocking was now repeated ; while the landlord , Brown , who had been sleeping in the corner , also aroused by the noise , started to his feet , and demanded what was the matter . " Whitesides gave no answer , but ...
... door , where the knocking was now repeated ; while the landlord , Brown , who had been sleeping in the corner , also aroused by the noise , started to his feet , and demanded what was the matter . " Whitesides gave no answer , but ...
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... door of a little log - cabin , on the front of which a tin sign gave information that it was the office of F. Fa- cias , Esq . Attorney and Counsellor at Law . Throw- ing wide the entrance , a huge fire was discovered • blazing in the ...
... door of a little log - cabin , on the front of which a tin sign gave information that it was the office of F. Fa- cias , Esq . Attorney and Counsellor at Law . Throw- ing wide the entrance , a huge fire was discovered • blazing in the ...
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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.