Richard Hurdis: A Tale of AlabamaRedfield, 1855 - 403 páginas |
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... knew , and well remember , all the parties ; and the general history of the outlawry prevailing in the Mississippi valley , twenty years ago , can hardly have escaped the knowledge , in some degree , of every inhabitant of the southwest ...
... knew , and well remember , all the parties ; and the general history of the outlawry prevailing in the Mississippi valley , twenty years ago , can hardly have escaped the knowledge , in some degree , of every inhabitant of the southwest ...
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... knew Stuart , the captor of Murrell , personally ; and had seve- eral conferences with him , prior to the publication of his nar- rative . I have also met certain of the dramatis persona , during my early wanderings in that then wild ...
... knew Stuart , the captor of Murrell , personally ; and had seve- eral conferences with him , prior to the publication of his nar- rative . I have also met certain of the dramatis persona , during my early wanderings in that then wild ...
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... knew that I should have little difficulty at parting with my father , and much less with my more fortunate brother . The parting from my mother was a different matter , as , knowing well the love which she bore me , I was already ...
... knew that I should have little difficulty at parting with my father , and much less with my more fortunate brother . The parting from my mother was a different matter , as , knowing well the love which she bore me , I was already ...
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... knew that voice , and the tremor of rage which an instant before had shaken me to the centre was now succeeded by a tremor far more powerful . Unlike the former it was enfeebling , palsying -it took from me the wolfish strength with ...
... knew that voice , and the tremor of rage which an instant before had shaken me to the centre was now succeeded by a tremor far more powerful . Unlike the former it was enfeebling , palsying -it took from me the wolfish strength with ...
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... knew not that you beheld us . I would not else have punished John Hurdis . I would have borne with his insolence - I would have spared him his shame - if not on his account , on yours . I regret that you have seen us , though I have no ...
... knew not that you beheld us . I would not else have punished John Hurdis . I would have borne with his insolence - I would have spared him his shame - if not on his account , on yours . I regret that you have seen us , though I have no ...
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Alabama answer beheld Ben Pickett better blood bosom brother Choctaws Clifton Colonel Grafton companion confidence dastard desire doubt Eberly emissary Emmeline enemy escape exclaimed eyes father fear feel fellow felt forget fortunate Foster gamblers Georgian girl give Haller hand hate hear heard heart hope horse instant Jane John Hurdis Julia keep knew laugh leave less lips look Marengo Mary Easterby matter mind mother murderer nature never night once paused perhaps person Pickett pistol poor prompt ready reply resolution resolved Richard Hurdis road secret seemed seen shot sight Sipsy sleep smile soon sorrow sort soul speak spect speech spirit spoke squire stranger striker sudden suffer sure talk Tar river tell there's thought tion to-morrow told trembled truth turned Tuscaloosa uttered voice watch Webber whipping-post William Carrington woods words wrong
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Página 162 - How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him for he is a Christian : But more, for that, in low simplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Página 102 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Página 350 - He's a bad surgeon that for pity spares The part corrupted till the gangrene spread, And all the body perish. He that's merciful Unto the bad is cruel to the good.
Página 156 - O'er all his heart shall Taste and Beauty sway ! Free on the sunny slope, or winding shore, With hermit steps to wander and adore!
Página 11 - Hurdis] during my early wanderings in that then wild country. The crimes here recorded were then actually in progress of commission; and some of my scenes and several of my persons, were sketched from the best local authorities.
Página 248 - Dare not adventure on the stubborne pray, Ne byte before, but rome from place to place To get a snatch when turned is his face.
Página 120 - ... the six mounted men; and, in spite of the strenuous efforts to shake him off, stuck on like the old man of the sea on the shoulders of Sinbad the sailor. Of those who seemed likely to succeed a majority wore only shirt and trowsers; though some of these had a scarlet band tied round the right wrist, for what purpose we cannot say. It also appears that the commissioners opened two sets of books, one for themselves and one for the public.
Página 369 - To what gulfs A single deviation from the track Of human duties leads even those who claim The homage of mankind as their born due, And find it, till they forfeit it themselves ! Enter MYRRHA.
Página 6 - Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, BY JS REDFIELD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York.
Página 65 - That glowed in generous blood, and had no care, And little thought of the future — followed him; — Some perch'd on gallant steeds, others, more slow, The infants and the matrons of the flock, In coach and jersey, — but all moving on To the new land of promise, full of dreams Of western riches, Mississippi-mad ! Then came the hands, some forty-five or more, Their moderate wealth...