Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... blood of his people . There is therefore no danger of the salvages at present - for it is a long distance to the land of the bloody Mohawks ; and all the others are at peace . " Mercy Disborough , for that was the name of the maiden of ...
... blood of his people . There is therefore no danger of the salvages at present - for it is a long distance to the land of the bloody Mohawks ; and all the others are at peace . " Mercy Disborough , for that was the name of the maiden of ...
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... blood may cry before the Lord . Albeit , if mine accusers will bethink themselves that they play not the dog of which the Roman heathen speaketh , that , 66 being sent to fray away the thieves by night , 42 MERCY DISBOROUGH .
... blood may cry before the Lord . Albeit , if mine accusers will bethink themselves that they play not the dog of which the Roman heathen speaketh , that , 66 being sent to fray away the thieves by night , 42 MERCY DISBOROUGH .
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... all , writ to his judges , and put up on the gate - posts - that ye may see now , if ye be not more bloody than he : To you , judges , beware of innocent blood - shedding - take heed of justice inno- MERCY DISBOROUGH . 55.
... all , writ to his judges , and put up on the gate - posts - that ye may see now , if ye be not more bloody than he : To you , judges , beware of innocent blood - shedding - take heed of justice inno- MERCY DISBOROUGH . 55.
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Such as They are William Leete Stone. innocent blood - shedding - take heed of justice inno- cently administered - work discreetly , as the Scrip- tures doth command : Look to it that ye make not the truth to be forsaken by your false ...
Such as They are William Leete Stone. innocent blood - shedding - take heed of justice inno- cently administered - work discreetly , as the Scrip- tures doth command : Look to it that ye make not the truth to be forsaken by your false ...
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... blood . A solemn religious service was to be celebrated on the occa- sion , at the place of execution , which was a beau- tiful verdant common , some half a mile west of the village . Thitherward , at an early hour , the people began ...
... blood . A solemn religious service was to be celebrated on the occa- sion , at the place of execution , which was a beau- tiful verdant common , some half a mile west of the village . Thitherward , at an early hour , the people began ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
afflicted afterwards agony Ahitub appeared arms Azazel beautiful began blood body bosom Brandt bright Buxton canoe cast Cherry Valley clouds cold commenced council-fire countenance dance dark daughter Deacon Goodspeed death deep demons desolate devil distance earth exclaimed eyes familiar spirit father fear fire forest Fort William Henry Fowler friends gloom Goodwife Goody Clawson hands head heard heart heaven horse hour Indians instant Iroquois Johnson lake light look Lord Magdalen Islands ment Menunkatuck Mercy Disborough miles mind mingled morning mother mountains never New-York night Onondaga Otsego lake Paltz passed phynx portmanteau Pow-wow prisoner Puritans Quebec Quinnipiack ranger river rude sachem savage scene seemed seen settlement shadow shore side silent soon soul spirits spot stood strange stranger sufferings Thorndyke thou thought Thurensera Tinman tion trees valley Vandrick village warriors waters whole wild wilderness wind witchcraft witches young
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Página 241 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen ; man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Página 241 - I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream,— past the wit of man to say what dream it was. Man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream.
Página 73 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
Página 141 - The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes :— How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill ! but with the breath which fills...
Página 199 - The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some lay down And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their...
Página 31 - Alas! O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us?
Página 141 - The foe! They come! They come! " And wild and high the " Cameron's gathering " rose, The war note of Lochicl, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill!
Página 84 - Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem : So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart; Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.
Página 208 - We now plant a tree, whose top will reach the sun, and its branches spread far abroad, so that it shall be seen afar off; and we shall shelter ourselves under it, and live in peace without molestation.
Página 175 - Came tame and tremulous; and vipers crawled And twined themselves among the multitude, Hissing, but stingless — they were slain for food: And war, which for a moment was no more, Did glut himself again — a meal was bought With blood, and each sate sullenly apart, , Gorging himself in gloom : no love...