Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... taken upon suspicion of being the murderer of Thornton , about eight years ago .'- Ay , I recollect the circumstance . I passed through the village a few days after Woodville made his escape . It was the talk of the whole country . I am ...
... taken upon suspicion of being the murderer of Thornton , about eight years ago .'- Ay , I recollect the circumstance . I passed through the village a few days after Woodville made his escape . It was the talk of the whole country . I am ...
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... taken any part in . " " Explain , sir . " " Somehow or other , Mr. Facias has taken up a no- tion that your name is not Wilson , and that you are- that is , that you was - I mean to say that - perhaps , sir , you had better walk this ...
... taken any part in . " " Explain , sir . " " Somehow or other , Mr. Facias has taken up a no- tion that your name is not Wilson , and that you are- that is , that you was - I mean to say that - perhaps , sir , you had better walk this ...
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... . The orphan boy was taken into the family of his paternal uncle , by whom he was educated with sedulous care , and whose fatherly solicitude his open- ing faculties promised richly to repay . His uncle had 40 TALES AND SKETCHES .
... . The orphan boy was taken into the family of his paternal uncle , by whom he was educated with sedulous care , and whose fatherly solicitude his open- ing faculties promised richly to repay . His uncle had 40 TALES AND SKETCHES .
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... taken up his abode , either in a glance of the eye , or a smile on the lip , or in a softly modulated sigh . At length , when suitable declarations had been made , the blushing girl acknowledged her attachment to the one cousin , and in ...
... taken up his abode , either in a glance of the eye , or a smile on the lip , or in a softly modulated sigh . At length , when suitable declarations had been made , the blushing girl acknowledged her attachment to the one cousin , and in ...
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... taken a knife from his pocket , and just as William , by a great effort of strength , raised him from the floor , and was in the act of throwing him beyond the threshold , he received from the infuriated man a stab in his side . But he ...
... taken a knife from his pocket , and just as William , by a great effort of strength , raised him from the floor , and was in the act of throwing him beyond the threshold , he received from the infuriated man a stab in his side . But 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.