Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... cried the astonished lawyer , bustling about and gathering up his papers , " bless me ! what have I done ? " 66 Nothing ! " sternly responded the quivering and husky voice of the Squatter . " It is an attack of a com- plaint to which my ...
... cried the astonished lawyer , bustling about and gathering up his papers , " bless me ! what have I done ? " 66 Nothing ! " sternly responded the quivering and husky voice of the Squatter . " It is an attack of a com- plaint to which my ...
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... cried the backwoodsman , striking his hand upon the table . 66 " I fear it is but too true , " returned the lawyer , in a soft voice , and with assumed seriousness of manner . " The time of his arrival here , the number of his family ...
... cried the backwoodsman , striking his hand upon the table . 66 " I fear it is but too true , " returned the lawyer , in a soft voice , and with assumed seriousness of manner . " The time of his arrival here , the number of his family ...
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... cried he , as he sunk into a chair , and covered his face with his crimson hands . " Murdered ! " ejaculated Eleanor , her throbbing heart telling her at once who was the victim , and her eye , with an apprehensive glance , seeking that ...
... cried he , as he sunk into a chair , and covered his face with his crimson hands . " Murdered ! " ejaculated Eleanor , her throbbing heart telling her at once who was the victim , and her eye , with an apprehensive glance , seeking that ...
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... cried the faithful domestic . " Wake up quick ! the constable coming to ' rest you , massa . For God's sake get up . " Woodville started to his feet ; but even had he been disposed to avoid his accusers , he could not have done so ; for ...
... cried the faithful domestic . " Wake up quick ! the constable coming to ' rest you , massa . For God's sake get up . " Woodville started to his feet ; but even had he been disposed to avoid his accusers , he could not have done so ; for ...
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... cried the lawyer , in a hoarse voice . " Heaven and earth ! " again . ejaculated he , " the fire has burst through the roof ! " Urged into a greater speed by the sight of the rapidly increasing flames , which now towered in a high and ...
... cried the lawyer , in a hoarse voice . " Heaven and earth ! " again . ejaculated he , " the fire has burst through the roof ! " Urged into a greater speed by the sight of the rapidly increasing flames , which now towered in a high and ...
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acquaintance agitated Amelia answered apartment arrival Ashford beautiful Betty boat bosom Buckhorn Cæsar called Captain Belton Catharine Charles Rivington cheeks circumstances cloak countenance court cried Dayton death Doctor door dress ejaculated Eleanor Emma endeavoured eyes Facias Fanny feelings fell fire Fred Gerard glance guilty hand happy heard heart heaven hero honour horse hostler hour innocence judge Judy jury landlord lawyer length linsey-woolsey lips looking magistrate massa master mind morning Mungo murder nature ness New-York night occasion occurrence OTHELLO pale passed person poor prairie prisoner racter ratline reached reader replied returned rifle road Rumley sailer scarcely scene Searchly seat seemed seen side Silversight sloop soon Squatter Stanley steamboat stranger Summerville taffarel tears thing thought tion tone took trembling turned uncon vessel village voice vols whisper wide prairies William Wilson witness Woodville words young
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Página 20 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape.
Página 189 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange: Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Página 89 - On beds of green sea-flowers thy limbs shall be laid; Around thy white bo-nes the red coral shall grow ; Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made ; And every part suit to thy mansion below.
Página 188 - Sincerity, Thou first of virtues! let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way.
Página 20 - And also to the act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an act, entitled, ' An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.