Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... heavens , causing such travellers and pas- sengers as were exposed to its influence , to wrap themselves more closely in their cloaks , as they shivered with the suddenness of the transition . The moon had risen ; but large and dense ...
... heavens , causing such travellers and pas- sengers as were exposed to its influence , to wrap themselves more closely in their cloaks , as they shivered with the suddenness of the transition . The moon had risen ; but large and dense ...
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... explained his poverty to Mr. Brown , telling him that he had nothing under heaven but the miserable horse and wagon in which he had travelled , together with a few articles of apparel that belonged to his THE SQUATTER . 31.
... explained his poverty to Mr. Brown , telling him that he had nothing under heaven but the miserable horse and wagon in which he had travelled , together with a few articles of apparel that belonged to his THE SQUATTER . 31.
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... heavens , casting a temporary shadow on the earth beneath ; but these were as few and fleeting as the thoughts of sad- ness in a youthful breast . It is a melancholy reflection that thoughts of sadness are unfrequent and transitory only ...
... heavens , casting a temporary shadow on the earth beneath ; but these were as few and fleeting as the thoughts of sad- ness in a youthful breast . It is a melancholy reflection that thoughts of sadness are unfrequent and transitory only ...
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... heaven knows : but am I not branded as a murderer and a fugitive from the laws ? What hope is there now , after so many years have elapsed , that I shall be able to untie the gordian knot of circumstances which have been fastened around ...
... heaven knows : but am I not branded as a murderer and a fugitive from the laws ? What hope is there now , after so many years have elapsed , that I shall be able to untie the gordian knot of circumstances which have been fastened around ...
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... heavens . For seven long years , have I not toiled with incessant labour ? -and for what ? A miserable pittance , just enough to sustain life , as if such a life as I lead were worth sus- taining . I have trembled when I opened my ...
... heavens . For seven long years , have I not toiled with incessant labour ? -and for what ? A miserable pittance , just enough to sustain life , as if such a life as I lead were worth sus- taining . I have trembled when I opened my ...
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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.