Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... glance around on every article in the apartment which he was entering , actuated by that intense and restless curiosity which was one of his strongest charac- teristics . " Snug cabin you have got here , Mr. Wilson , " said he , " very ...
... glance around on every article in the apartment which he was entering , actuated by that intense and restless curiosity which was one of his strongest charac- teristics . " Snug cabin you have got here , Mr. Wilson , " said he , " very ...
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... the faint scream of Eleanor reached her ear , and as she cast a rapid glance around on the different mem- bers of the group , an eye skilled in the language of the countenance might have detected the struggle of very complicated and.
... the faint scream of Eleanor reached her ear , and as she cast a rapid glance around on the different mem- bers of the group , an eye skilled in the language of the countenance might have detected the struggle of very complicated and.
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... glance over the passage which had created such a gen- eral sensation . His eyes wandered once or twice from the paper to the person of the Squatter , and their little blue and ever - moving orbs gleamed with some- thing like a sinister ...
... glance over the passage which had created such a gen- eral sensation . His eyes wandered once or twice from the paper to the person of the Squatter , and their little blue and ever - moving orbs gleamed with some- thing like a sinister ...
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... glance . Her children clung to her garments , from behind the screen of which they cast furtive looks up at the strangers , as if at once afraid of them , and yet curious to know the purport of their visit . The sister of Wilson THE ...
... glance . Her children clung to her garments , from behind the screen of which they cast furtive looks up at the strangers , as if at once afraid of them , and yet curious to know the purport of their visit . The sister of Wilson THE ...
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... glance of the eye , or a smile on the lip , or in a softly modulated sigh . At length , when suitable declarations had been made , the blushing girl acknowledged her attachment to the one cousin , and in the kindest and most delicate ...
... glance of the eye , or a smile on the lip , or in a softly modulated sigh . At length , when suitable declarations had been made , the blushing girl acknowledged her attachment to the one cousin , and in the kindest and most delicate ...
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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.