Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... Leaving these dis- similar companions in deep consultation , with the result of which the reader will , in due time , become ac- quainted , we shall now return to the subject of their deliberations . CHAPTER III . -Ha ! it cannot sure ...
... Leaving these dis- similar companions in deep consultation , with the result of which the reader will , in due time , become ac- quainted , we shall now return to the subject of their deliberations . CHAPTER III . -Ha ! it cannot sure ...
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... leaving behind them a wide strip of naked earth to protect them from that which was advancing . As the latter reached the place where Mungo's conflagration began , and gradually , as the last vestige of herbage was consumed , sunk down ...
... leaving behind them a wide strip of naked earth to protect them from that which was advancing . As the latter reached the place where Mungo's conflagration began , and gradually , as the last vestige of herbage was consumed , sunk down ...
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... leaves the cloud . " At one end of the edifice a grove of gnarled and over- arching oaks " spread wide their everlasting arms ; " while , at the other , the eminence , descending with a more abrupt declivity , and thickly covered all ...
... leaves the cloud . " At one end of the edifice a grove of gnarled and over- arching oaks " spread wide their everlasting arms ; " while , at the other , the eminence , descending with a more abrupt declivity , and thickly covered all ...
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... leave his house . A struggle ensued ; but William's form was athletic by nature , and indurated by exercise , and he easily succeeded in thrusting his antagonist to the door . The latter , unperceived , had taken a knife from his pocket ...
... leave his house . A struggle ensued ; but William's form was athletic by nature , and indurated by exercise , and he easily succeeded in thrusting his antagonist to the door . The latter , unperceived , had taken a knife from his pocket ...
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... leave the spot , lest we should be seen there and suspi- cion should light on us . Although I fear not such an event , for I trust my character is above suspicion , yet the very natural suggestion of his timid mind had the affect to ...
... leave the spot , lest we should be seen there and suspi- cion should light on us . Although I fear not such an event , for I trust my character is above suspicion , yet the very natural suggestion of his timid mind had the affect to ...
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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.