Tales and SketchesHarper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... beautiful solitude , as if nature had scattered them there in wanton prodigality , " To waste their sweetness on the desert air , " without there being any salutary object in their crea- tion . Philosophy , however , has , with tardy ...
... beautiful solitude , as if nature had scattered them there in wanton prodigality , " To waste their sweetness on the desert air , " without there being any salutary object in their crea- tion . Philosophy , however , has , with tardy ...
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... beautiful village , not far from the town where , as I have told my readers , I am at 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 ...
... beautiful village , not far from the town where , as I have told my readers , I am at 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 ...
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... beautiful girl , nor relate any of the interesting anec- dotes with which my intimacy with her father led me to be acquainted . Let it suffice to say , that she was as much superior to the rest of the village maidens in mental ...
... beautiful girl , nor relate any of the interesting anec- dotes with which my intimacy with her father led me to be acquainted . Let it suffice to say , that she was as much superior to the rest of the village maidens in mental ...
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... beautiful in the neat little dwelling itself ; yet it invariably attracted the attention of the passing traveller , and often won from the dusty cit , as he jour- neyed by it , an involuntary wish that he might with- draw himself from ...
... beautiful in the neat little dwelling itself ; yet it invariably attracted the attention of the passing traveller , and often won from the dusty cit , as he jour- neyed by it , an involuntary wish that he might with- draw himself from ...
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... could see that her face had lost much of its beautiful roundness as well as bloom . But she spoke not , she sighed not , and not a tear suffused her large and eloquent eyes , which seemed almost bursting from 64 TALES AND SKETCHES .
... could see that her face had lost much of its beautiful roundness as well as bloom . But she spoke not , she sighed not , and not a tear suffused her large and eloquent eyes , which seemed almost bursting from 64 TALES AND SKETCHES .
Términos y frases comunes
agitated Amelia answered apartment arrival Ashford beautiful Betty blood bosom Buckhorn cabin Cæsar called Captain Belton Catharine Charles Rivington cheeks circumstances cloak countenance court cried Dayton death Doctor door dressed ejaculated Eleanor Emma endeavoured eyes Facias Fanny fear feelings fell fire Fred Gerard glance guilty hand heard heart heaven hero honour horse hostler innocence judge Judy landlord lawyer length linsey-woolsey lips look magistrate massa master mind morning Mungo murder ness New-York night occasion occurrence pale passed person point of woods poor prairie prisoner ratline reached reader replied returned rifle road Rumley rushed sailer scarcely scene Searchly seat seemed seen side Silversight sloop soon spring season Squatter Stanley steamboat stranger Summerville suspicion taffarel tears thing thought tion tone took trembling turned utter vessel village voice whisper wide prairies William Wilson wind Woodville words young
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Página 10 - 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. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 191 - 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 th^se can not 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 93 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Página 10 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an 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 times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Página 162 - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain.
Página 147 - ... incidents of our story took place. About the middle of December, some ten or twelve years ago, before Illinois was admitted a sister State into the union, on the afternoon of a day that had been uncommonly severe, and during the morning of which there had occurred a light fall of snow, two persons were seen riding along one of the immense prairies, in a northern direction. The elder seemed advanced in years, and was dressed in the usual habiliments of the country. He wore a cap made of the skin...
Página 153 - ... in white stockings of her own fabrication, and in shoes of too coarse a texture ever to have been purchased from the shelves of a fashionable city mechanic. Yet that same form had been arrayed in richer apparel, and had been followed by glances of warmer admiration, than perhaps ever fell to the share of those, who are ready to condemn her on account of her simple garb. Catharine Wentworth was the daughter (at the time of our story, the only one), of a gentleman who had formerly been a wealthy...
Página 176 - ... except a reiterated declaration of his innocence; and he besought the court that the time previous to his execution might be as brief as possible, in mercy to his bereaved parent, who would be but dying a continual death while he survived. It was accordingly fixed to take place on that day three weeks. It was near midnight of that important day — the busy throng which the trial had collected together were dispersed, and the moon, high in heaven, was wading on her silent course, through the...