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... sleeping apartments in the upper story . To have stumbled upon this residence , buried out in the wild woods of this comparatively recently settled portion of Kentucky , and without knowing anything of the history of the occupants , you ...
... sleeping apartments in the upper story . To have stumbled upon this residence , buried out in the wild woods of this comparatively recently settled portion of Kentucky , and without knowing anything of the history of the occupants , you ...
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... sleep their lives away . Sick- ness may come , but what care they , for medical aid must be brought , food prepared , their wants attended to , and they have no fears that starvation will come to their families during their pros ...
... sleep their lives away . Sick- ness may come , but what care they , for medical aid must be brought , food prepared , their wants attended to , and they have no fears that starvation will come to their families during their pros ...
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... sleep in peace , or that conscience is not at work in me also ? " replied Lonz . " I would freely give ten years of my existence , of the best and brightest portion of my life , to forget and blot from memory that fatal night . But , my ...
... sleep in peace , or that conscience is not at work in me also ? " replied Lonz . " I would freely give ten years of my existence , of the best and brightest portion of my life , to forget and blot from memory that fatal night . But , my ...
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... sleeping away down in the little dark recesses of the soul , will awaken , bubble up , and burst their chains , warning and striving against sin . Morten , who had heard this low soliloquy of his brother , and whose ardent temperament ...
... sleeping away down in the little dark recesses of the soul , will awaken , bubble up , and burst their chains , warning and striving against sin . Morten , who had heard this low soliloquy of his brother , and whose ardent temperament ...
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... sleep , and never awoke until late the next morning , and then I was aroused by the voice of the Colonel at my door . His first words dispelled all my consoling dreams of the night before , and made me fully conscious of my desperate ...
... sleep , and never awoke until late the next morning , and then I was aroused by the voice of the Colonel at my door . His first words dispelled all my consoling dreams of the night before , and made me fully conscious of my desperate ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
arms BARRY CORNWALL beautiful bloody Bob Allston bosom brave bright brother Burton Captain cockney Colonel companions continued crime curse danger dark dead death Dick doubt dread dreams enemy escape excited exclaimed face fancy fate father fear fierce flatboat followed forest Fort Massac fox-hunting friends gaze girls give guilty hand happy head heard heart heavy Hermitage honour hope horse hour hurried Iago joker Julia justice Kentucky knew laughed Lonz look Lordy loving band M'Connel memory merry Monk Morten murder murmured Napier never night O'Rourke Old Sisk once Othello person Pilot Pilot Rock pleasant pleasure poor present prisoner punishment reckless Regulators remember replied robbers rock scene shouted silent sleep smile soon sorrow soul steamboats stranger tears terrible thieving band thing thought tone trembling turned vengeance venison victim voice wife wild wish wonderful young
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Página 61 - Therefore, prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood; nor cut thou less nor more, But just a pound of flesh ; If thou tak'st more, Or less than a just pound, — be it but so much As makes it light, or heavy, in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple ; nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair, — Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate.
Página 190 - Their dearest action in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And, therefore, little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself.
Página 280 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.
Página 205 - The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 208 - I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe...
Página 134 - Mountains have fallen, Leaving a gap in the clouds, and with the shock Rocking their Alpine brethren ; filling up The ripe green valleys with destruction's splinters ; Damming the rivers with a sudden dash, Which crush'd the waters into mist, and made Their fountains find another channel — thus, Thus, in its old age, did Mount Rosenberg— Why stood I not beneath it ? C.
Página 223 - Nor lonely the bird, nor his ghastly mate, They are each unto each a pride : Thrice fonder, perhaps, since a strange, dark fate Hath rent them from all beside! So when the night falls, and dogs do howl, Sing, ho! for the reign of the horned owl! We know not alway Who are kings by day, But the king of the night is the bold brown owl!
Página 208 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Página 208 - Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe ; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.
Página 235 - Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table, What man of knife, or teeth, was able To stay to be entreated?