Mustang Gray: A RomanceLippincott, 1858 - 296 páginas |
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... land ; and here within the shadows of this natural bower he paused , released her arm , and addressed her with trembling earnestness . I " Julia Allison , I did not bring you here to tell you that I loved you ; for that is a knowledge ...
... land ; and here within the shadows of this natural bower he paused , released her arm , and addressed her with trembling earnestness . I " Julia Allison , I did not bring you here to tell you that I loved you ; for that is a knowledge ...
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... lands . His naturally strong intellect had been well cultivated in his youth , and subsequent travel had added to the rich stores he had gathered from books . In con- versation there was , when he chose , a strange light in his eye ...
... lands . His naturally strong intellect had been well cultivated in his youth , and subsequent travel had added to the rich stores he had gathered from books . In con- versation there was , when he chose , a strange light in his eye ...
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... land . To Mabry Gray , it seemed like the wail of nature over the spirit that had fled , and the dark doom of the one that remained . The eager and burning thirst for blood , which had shut out all thought , all apprehension of the ...
... land . To Mabry Gray , it seemed like the wail of nature over the spirit that had fled , and the dark doom of the one that remained . The eager and burning thirst for blood , which had shut out all thought , all apprehension of the ...
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... land , And it has been my lot to tread Where safety more than pleasure led ; Thus , many a waste I've wandered o'er , Clombe many a crag , crossed many a moor , But , by my halidome , A scene so rude , so wild as this , Yet so sublime ...
... land , And it has been my lot to tread Where safety more than pleasure led ; Thus , many a waste I've wandered o'er , Clombe many a crag , crossed many a moor , But , by my halidome , A scene so rude , so wild as this , Yet so sublime ...
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... land for awhile ; it may be forever . Your own excellent judg- ment will tell you best how to break the news to Julia . If I were permitted to advise , I would say , let her know first how unworthy Mr. Taliafero was of her regard ; and ...
... land for awhile ; it may be forever . Your own excellent judg- ment will tell you best how to break the news to Julia . If I were permitted to advise , I would say , let her know first how unworthy Mr. Taliafero was of her regard ; and ...
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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...