Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... scene of confusion and distress which words are not adequate correctly to describe . " Bless me ! " cried the astonished lawyer , bustling about and gathering up his papers , " bless me ! what have I done ? " 66 Nothing ! " sternly ...
... scene of confusion and distress which words are not adequate correctly to describe . " Bless me ! " cried the astonished lawyer , bustling about and gathering up his papers , " bless me ! what have I done ? " 66 Nothing ! " sternly ...
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... scene which pre- sented itself was one of the utmost grandeur . It has been already observed that the wind blew in fresh gusts along the wide prairie , causing the decayed grass and herbage of the previous autumn to undulate like the ...
... scene which pre- sented itself was one of the utmost grandeur . It has been already observed that the wind blew in fresh gusts along the wide prairie , causing the decayed grass and herbage of the previous autumn to undulate like the ...
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... scene . He first cast his eyes upon a loaded rifle which stood in one corner of the room , as if desirous of re- pelling the intruders by force . But if any such inten- tion he had , he abandoned it at a sign from his master , whose ...
... scene . He first cast his eyes upon a loaded rifle which stood in one corner of the room , as if desirous of re- pelling the intruders by force . But if any such inten- tion he had , he abandoned it at a sign from his master , whose ...
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... scene . No pen can do adequate justice " to the parting of Wilson from his wife and family ; and I feel that it is much safer to trust to the reader's ima- gination , than my own feeble powers of description . Before the departure of ...
... scene . No pen can do adequate justice " to the parting of Wilson from his wife and family ; and I feel that it is much safer to trust to the reader's ima- gination , than my own feeble powers of description . Before the departure of ...
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... scenes , the hills , the slopes , the verdant meads , and the thick and rustling foliage , everywhere to be met with beyond the din and bustle of our large cities , have charms which cannot be transferred to language . The poet and the ...
... scenes , the hills , the slopes , the verdant meads , and the thick and rustling foliage , everywhere to be met with beyond the din and bustle of our large cities , have charms which cannot be transferred to language . The poet and the ...
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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.