Tales and SketchesHarper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... designated ) , and the lengthened shadows of the lofty trees reached far over the prairie - like the thoughts of age " repining towards the past . " The family group were assembled round the door of their humble THE SQUATTER . 19.
... designated ) , and the lengthened shadows of the lofty trees reached far over the prairie - like the thoughts of age " repining towards the past . " The family group were assembled round the door of their humble THE SQUATTER . 19.
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William Leggett. family group were assembled round the door of their humble dwelling , conversing in a tone that seemed to partake somewhat of the twilight softness of the hour . The mind of the Squatter , like the shadow of his own ...
William Leggett. family group were assembled round the door of their humble dwelling , conversing in a tone that seemed to partake somewhat of the twilight softness of the hour . The mind of the Squatter , like the shadow of his own ...
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... round , they presently rested with an almost unearthly gleam on the countenance of Wood- ville , in whose mind some vague memory seemed to awaken as he perused the sallow and care - worn face of the individual before him . " Ha ...
... round , they presently rested with an almost unearthly gleam on the countenance of Wood- ville , in whose mind some vague memory seemed to awaken as he perused the sallow and care - worn face of the individual before him . " Ha ...
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... round the waist , and endeavoured to throw him to the ground ; but with greater strength than I anticipated , he writhed out of my grasp , and raising his arm aloft , I perceived that he held an open knife in his hand . I ran from him ...
... round the waist , and endeavoured to throw him to the ground ; but with greater strength than I anticipated , he writhed out of my grasp , and raising his arm aloft , I perceived that he held an open knife in his hand . I ran from him ...
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... rounded ; the neat little hanging gardens , enclosed in white palings , and reaching a short way down the de- clivity towards the river ; and the air of comfort , plenty and tidiness which pervades the whole , render it by far the most ...
... rounded ; the neat little hanging gardens , enclosed in white palings , and reaching a short way down the de- clivity towards the river ; and the air of comfort , plenty and tidiness which pervades the whole , render it by far the most ...
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
Pasajes populares
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...