Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... pale as a statue , had fainted in the arms of the Squatter . From the time that the lawyer had commenced read- ́ing , her attention had been fastened on him , and as he proceeded , her countenance had manifested increasing agitation ...
... pale as a statue , had fainted in the arms of the Squatter . From the time that the lawyer had commenced read- ́ing , her attention had been fastened on him , and as he proceeded , her countenance had manifested increasing agitation ...
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... pale as the snow amidst which they had been wandering . She was ac- companied by a female still younger than herself , whom we afterward learned to be the sister of Wil- son , as the stranger called himself , ( though I have often ...
... pale as the snow amidst which they had been wandering . She was ac- companied by a female still younger than herself , whom we afterward learned to be the sister of Wil- son , as the stranger called himself , ( though I have often ...
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... pale and fidgetty stranger at the inn ? " asked the lawyer , drawing close to his com- panion . " He is a yankee , as I reckon , " answered the other , " and I think somewhat deranged . He talks a great deal to himself ; sleeps in the ...
... pale and fidgetty stranger at the inn ? " asked the lawyer , drawing close to his com- panion . " He is a yankee , as I reckon , " answered the other , " and I think somewhat deranged . He talks a great deal to himself ; sleeps in the ...
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... pale ; but by no other outward sign did he exhibit any emotion . He stood erect in the middle of the apartment , drawn proudly up , his lips slightly compressed , and his eye resting with a steady expression , " more in sorrow than in ...
... pale ; but by no other outward sign did he exhibit any emotion . He stood erect in the middle of the apartment , drawn proudly up , his lips slightly compressed , and his eye resting with a steady expression , " more in sorrow than in ...
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... pale as a statue , stood before her . " He is murdered ! " 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 ...
... pale as a statue , stood before her . " He is murdered ! " 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 ...
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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.