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... less than four - and - twenty hours after these " gentle passages of arms " there was not a soul in the village of Danger- fieldville ignorant that the temple of Hymen would soon receive at least half a dozen pairs of votaries fresh ...
... less than four - and - twenty hours after these " gentle passages of arms " there was not a soul in the village of Danger- fieldville ignorant that the temple of Hymen would soon receive at least half a dozen pairs of votaries fresh ...
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... whom the sad picture Rainsford had drawn of himself softened almost into forgiveness . " But it is use- less to say more , or to prolong this interview . Whatever may have been your offences to me and mine 12 WESTWARD HO !
... whom the sad picture Rainsford had drawn of himself softened almost into forgiveness . " But it is use- less to say more , or to prolong this interview . Whatever may have been your offences to me and mine 12 WESTWARD HO !
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... less than two or three miles ; the nearest building was an old half- ruined church , which had the reputation of being haunted , and whose moss - grown tomb- stones stood as thick as the trees of the forest . By day it was sufficiently ...
... less than two or three miles ; the nearest building was an old half- ruined church , which had the reputation of being haunted , and whose moss - grown tomb- stones stood as thick as the trees of the forest . By day it was sufficiently ...
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... less to melancholy and supersti- tion , as they called it ; but I know better now , and have another name for it , PRESENTIMENT . " We lived together , and loved each other , until my elder brother began to , to - spare me , spare me ...
... less to melancholy and supersti- tion , as they called it ; but I know better now , and have another name for it , PRESENTIMENT . " We lived together , and loved each other , until my elder brother began to , to - spare me , spare me ...
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... less , that it is not to be wondered at that super- stition has connected it with its other regalia of horrors . The favourite haunts of this invisible bird are deep woods , mouldering ruins , and churchyards . He lives among the dead ...
... less , that it is not to be wondered at that super- stition has connected it with its other regalia of horrors . The favourite haunts of this invisible bird are deep woods , mouldering ruins , and churchyards . He lives among the dead ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
affection appeared asked Author Barham beautiful Ben Jonson Black Warrior blessing bosom breath burst of joy Bushfield called church cloven foot Colonel Dangerfield cried Dangerfieldville dear mother Diable disclose Eh bien equally Eugene Aram exclaimed eyes face Family Library fate Father Jacques fear feel forest gentle ginia grandfather hand happiness head heard heart Heaven honour hope HORACE SMITH hour howl JOHN GALT Judith Paddock laugh Leonard Dangerfield live look maple sugar Master Zeno Paddock melancholy mind monsieur morning never nigger night Novel once painful PAUL CLIFFORD PHILIP AUGUSTUS Pompey poor Rainsford Portrait preacher presentiment reason recollection replied repose river secret seemed shuddered sion soul Spirit talk tell thee there's thing thou thought tion took uttered village Virginia Vivian Grey vols wanderer watch Western Sun woman Yankee young
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Página 187 - The Percy Anecdotes. Revised Edition. To which is added, a valuable Collection of American Anecdotes, original and selected. • 8vo.
Página 188 - Turner's Sacred History of the World, attempted to be Philosophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son.
Página 172 - I held on to him all the while, or he'd have gone off like one of these plaguy precussion-locks that have just come into fashion. "Captain, ' says I, "here's your health, and may you live to be a general.
Página 173 - I'm my own master again, with nobody to stand in my way at all. I must look out for some place where a man can live independent, where there's no law but gentlemen's law, and no niggers but black ones. I sha'n't see you again, colonel, it's most likely, so good-by all. I expect you'll be after me soon, for I look upon it to be impossible for a man in his senses to live here much longer, to be hoppled like a horse, and not go where he pleases.
Página 47 - We'll spring together, and we'll bear one fruit ; One joy shall make us smile, and one grief mourn, One age go with us, and one hour of death Shall close our eyes, and one grave make us happy.
Página 190 - In 2 vols. 12mo. THE SMUGGLER. A Novel. By the Author of " The O'Hara Tales,