Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... present time , " responded the Squatter , as he led the way into the house , evidently displeased at being forced to act the part of host whether he would or not . The law- yer followed him , with a short quick step , casting a furtive ...
... present time , " responded the Squatter , as he led the way into the house , evidently displeased at being forced to act the part of host whether he would or not . The law- yer followed him , with a short quick step , casting a furtive ...
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... present entertain- ment . " And with these words he clapped spurs to his horse , and was soon lost to sight in the twilight hazi- ness of the distance . As long as the tramp of the receding hoofs was audible , William Wilson continued ...
... present entertain- ment . " And with these words he clapped spurs to his horse , and was soon lost to sight in the twilight hazi- ness of the distance . As long as the tramp of the receding hoofs was audible , William Wilson continued ...
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... present en- gaged in the honourable and useful profession of teacher , that William Woodville was born and edu- cated . His father died while he was yet in infancy , and his mother shortly after followed her partner to the grave . The ...
... present en- gaged in the honourable and useful profession of teacher , that William Woodville was born and edu- cated . His father died while he was yet in infancy , and his mother shortly after followed her partner to the grave . The ...
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... present can ever forget it . Every body respected , and many loved William Woodville ; and deep was the regret which every one experienced at the awful strength of the circumstances adduced against him . Whatever ingenuity , sharpened ...
... present can ever forget it . Every body respected , and many loved William Woodville ; and deep was the regret which every one experienced at the awful strength of the circumstances adduced against him . Whatever ingenuity , sharpened ...
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... present larger and more ostentatious pretensions than this , to the admiration of the spectators ; but an indescribable something about the widow Warren's unobtrusive little abode , causes the eye of the traveller to rest on it , as he ...
... present larger and more ostentatious pretensions than this , to the admiration of the spectators ; but an indescribable something about the widow Warren's unobtrusive little abode , causes the eye of the traveller to rest on it , as he ...
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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.