Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... manner , as follows . ' Proved on ex- amination not to be the person . By certain circumstances which have recently transpired , it is believed that the real murderer is now living in one of the western states , under an assumed name ...
... manner , as follows . ' Proved on ex- amination not to be the person . By certain circumstances which have recently transpired , it is believed that the real murderer is now living in one of the western states , under an assumed name ...
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... manner that betrayed con- siderable anxiety . 66 I have changed my mind , " was the brief reply . " And do you mean to return to Edgarton to - night ? " " Mr. Wilson has become the interrogator now , " responded Facias , with a sneer ...
... manner that betrayed con- siderable anxiety . 66 I have changed my mind , " was the brief reply . " And do you mean to return to Edgarton to - night ? " " Mr. Wilson has become the interrogator now , " responded Facias , with a sneer ...
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... manner of the country , in a linsey - woolsey hunting shirt , bordered with red woolen fringe , a pair of leg- gings of dressed deer - skin , sowed with strings formed of the sinews of the same animal , and wearing on his feet a pair of ...
... manner of the country , in a linsey - woolsey hunting shirt , bordered with red woolen fringe , a pair of leg- gings of dressed deer - skin , sowed with strings formed of the sinews of the same animal , and wearing on his feet a pair of ...
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... manner , " that this very Wilson , as he calls himself , is a murderer , an atrocious mur- derer , would you aid in seizing him , and giving him up to justice ? " 66 ' Impossible ! " cried the backwoodsman , striking his hand upon the ...
... manner , " that this very Wilson , as he calls himself , is a murderer , an atrocious mur- derer , would you aid in seizing him , and giving him up to justice ? " 66 ' Impossible ! " cried the backwoodsman , striking his hand upon the ...
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... manner which plainly indicated that his mind was vacillating between his prepossessions in favour of Wil- son , and his abhorrence of murder , " What is it you propose to do . " " If he is a convicted murderer , he ought to be ar ...
... manner which plainly indicated that his mind was vacillating between his prepossessions in favour of Wil- son , and his abhorrence of murder , " What is it you propose to do . " " If he is a convicted murderer , he ought to be ar ...
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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.