Mustang Gray: A RomanceLippincott, 1858 - 296 páginas |
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... called her away before the horrid history was written . As yet all was peace , and innocence , and glad- ness within the bosom of the beautiful boy . The sweet waters of his life had never been rippled by a rude wind , nor stained by ...
... called her away before the horrid history was written . As yet all was peace , and innocence , and glad- ness within the bosom of the beautiful boy . The sweet waters of his life had never been rippled by a rude wind , nor stained by ...
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... called them into play . He had no companions , for in that wild region there were few settlers , and those were not of a character to attract the dreamy and intellectual boy . Alone he roamed the forest with his gun , and alone he ...
... called them into play . He had no companions , for in that wild region there were few settlers , and those were not of a character to attract the dreamy and intellectual boy . Alone he roamed the forest with his gun , and alone he ...
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... called at the house of Mabry Gray . He was gone . The old servant however handed him a brief note , in which the writer an- nounced that he was going to Raleigh , and expected to remain there for a considerable period ; adding that he ...
... called at the house of Mabry Gray . He was gone . The old servant however handed him a brief note , in which the writer an- nounced that he was going to Raleigh , and expected to remain there for a considerable period ; adding that he ...
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... called at the house of Mr. Allison . He was greeted kindly and cordially by the family , except Julia , who did not make her appearance . She was unwell , her mother said , and had not left her chamber during the day . " It is well ...
... called at the house of Mr. Allison . He was greeted kindly and cordially by the family , except Julia , who did not make her appearance . She was unwell , her mother said , and had not left her chamber during the day . " It is well ...
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... called on for the purpose . Earth had received back its boon of earth . An animated tool had ceased to perform its part in the great work of crea- tion . Where had the spirit gone ? and what the sentence that greeted its resurrection ...
... called on for the purpose . Earth had received back its boon of earth . An animated tool had ceased to perform its part in the great work of crea- tion . Where had the spirit gone ? and what the sentence that greeted its resurrection ...
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arms arrived asked bank Bartolo Piedras beauty blood bosom Camanches Cape Fear Caravajal chaparal Corpus Christi cross danger dark deadly deep Diego Don Estevan doubt enemy eyes fear feeling fierce fight fire gathered girl Goliad gone Gray's Hacienda hand heard heart hope horses hour hundred Indians Inez John Allison Josefa journey Julia Allison knew Lancers lips listened look Lorenzo de Zavala Mabry Gray Matamoras Mexican Mexico miles Monterey morning Mustang Gray Nacogdoches never night once pack-horses party passed passion Pedro Pedro Gomez Pepe Prairie pursuit Rancho replied repose returned ride rifle Rio Grande river Robert Taliafero rode saddle San Antonio San Felipe Santa Anna Saxon Señor side sleep smugglers soon soul steed stream struggle sweet tell Texans Texas thing thought tion took tree troops turned voice waiting walked watched wild word
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Página 47 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid: and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Página 257 - I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey!
Página 101 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Página 195 - Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolated bosoms : mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence...
Página 39 - The moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside...
Página 84 - Away, away, my steed and I, Upon the pinions of the wind, All human dwellings left behind ; We sped like meteors through the sky, When with its crackling sound the night Is chequer'd with the northern light...
Página 223 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Página 159 - That swathes, as with a purple shroud, Benledi's distant hill. Is it the thunder's solemn sound That mutters deep and dread, Or echoes from the groaning ground The warrior's measured tread ? Is it the lightning's quivering glance That on the thicket streams, Or do they flash on spear and lance The sun's retiring beams...
Página 48 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me : for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Página 176 - Nor think of Ellen Douglas more ; But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band, Has yet a harder task to prove — By firm resolve to conquer love...