Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... , and the fingers with turning ; " with what unspeakable amazement would those excellent personages book - making epoch in the world's history ! have looked upon the present " And why should you add to the number ? " methinks some.
... , and the fingers with turning ; " with what unspeakable amazement would those excellent personages book - making epoch in the world's history ! have looked upon the present " And why should you add to the number ? " methinks some.
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... turned of twenty , and he of twenty- seven . There was the utmost congeniality in their dispositions , feelings , and sentiments - he believing it would be his duty to love , cherish , and protect her ; while she believed , as was once ...
... turned of twenty , and he of twenty- seven . There was the utmost congeniality in their dispositions , feelings , and sentiments - he believing it would be his duty to love , cherish , and protect her ; while she believed , as was once ...
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... turned to hatred , as if by some sudden chymical process ; every passion of his soul was absorbed in that of revenge , and every faculty bent on the means of obtaining it . But all was placid and serene on the surface ; and Deacon ...
... turned to hatred , as if by some sudden chymical process ; every passion of his soul was absorbed in that of revenge , and every faculty bent on the means of obtaining it . But all was placid and serene on the surface ; and Deacon ...
Página 49
... Turning to the people , she said briefly , with a clear tremulous voice : " Men and brethren , I call God to witness this day that I am without sin as it regards this thing whereof the blind leaders of the blind have accused me . But as ...
... Turning to the people , she said briefly , with a clear tremulous voice : " Men and brethren , I call God to witness this day that I am without sin as it regards this thing whereof the blind leaders of the blind have accused me . But as ...
Página 68
... turned , and muscular right arm , was of a richer texture than those worn by the other warriors . His moccasins were curiously inwrought with wampum and the coloured quills of the porcupine , as likewise was the broad red 68 MERCY ...
... turned , and muscular right arm , was of a richer texture than those worn by the other warriors . His moccasins were curiously inwrought with wampum and the coloured quills of the porcupine , as likewise was the broad red 68 MERCY ...
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
Passagens conhecidas
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...