Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... replied his sturdy companion . " As soon as the snow was off the ground , himself and negro went out to the place where he now lives , and worked continually until they completed their little cabin . He then removed his family , and has ...
... replied his sturdy companion . " As soon as the snow was off the ground , himself and negro went out to the place where he now lives , and worked continually until they completed their little cabin . He then removed his family , and has ...
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... replied the Squat- ter , taking Buckhorn's offered hand . " It is an awful situation in which I stand ; but , supported by conscious innocence , I dare to meet the worst . " My readers will excuse me if I do not dwell fur- ther on this ...
... replied the Squat- ter , taking Buckhorn's offered hand . " It is an awful situation in which I stand ; but , supported by conscious innocence , I dare to meet the worst . " My readers will excuse me if I do not dwell fur- ther on this ...
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... replied James ; " I was not sufficiently near to him ; neither do I believe that the Captain would be able to , as he seemed to me to be muffled up and disguised . I suspect he did not get his booty with- out a considerable struggle ...
... replied James ; " I was not sufficiently near to him ; neither do I believe that the Captain would be able to , as he seemed to me to be muffled up and disguised . I suspect he did not get his booty with- out a considerable struggle ...
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... replied that it was not in his power to settle my claim at that moment ; but he should come into possession of funds in a day or two , when it should be paid . On his return home this eve- ning , he handed me two notes , one of fifty ...
... replied that it was not in his power to settle my claim at that moment ; but he should come into possession of funds in a day or two , when it should be paid . On his return home this eve- ning , he handed me two notes , one of fifty ...
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... replied he , " but he's a very young man to be so hardened in iniquity . He has a mother , poor boy , very likely , whose old heart may break when she hears of his doings : " and a tear stood in the farmer's eye as he said so , for he ...
... replied he , " but he's a very young man to be so hardened in iniquity . He has a mother , poor boy , very likely , whose old heart may break when she hears of his doings : " and a tear stood in the farmer's eye as he said so , for he ...
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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.