Tales and SketchesJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - 248 páginas |
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... pale , and his voice so low and husky , that it was with difficulty he could be understood . His statement , however , was clear and connected , and the ingenious cross examination of the lawyer who con- ducted the defence , failed to ...
... pale , and his voice so low and husky , that it was with difficulty he could be understood . His statement , however , was clear and connected , and the ingenious cross examination of the lawyer who con- ducted the defence , failed to ...
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... pale , indeed ; and the most careless eye 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 ...
... pale , indeed ; and the most careless eye 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 ...
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... pale forehead swelled up like whip - cords - and when the word " guilty " struck on her ear , the emo- tions of her breast , subdued and kept down till nature could endure no more , burst out in that piercing cry , as she uttered which ...
... pale forehead swelled up like whip - cords - and when the word " guilty " struck on her ear , the emo- tions of her breast , subdued and kept down till nature could endure no more , burst out in that piercing cry , as she uttered which ...
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... pale lips , and there was consequently but lit- tle sea rolling , more than the usual ground swell . Our gallant frigate cut swiftly through the blue water , leaving far behind her a sparkling track of foam in her wake ; not unlike ...
... pale lips , and there was consequently but lit- tle sea rolling , more than the usual ground swell . Our gallant frigate cut swiftly through the blue water , leaving far behind her a sparkling track of foam in her wake ; not unlike ...
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... pale as death , and old Jack Stewart , who had been at sea , man and boy , for forty odd years , gave up all for lost . Not so Fred Gerard , who fortunately happened to have the deck . With an undaunted heart , he leaped upon the ...
... pale as death , and old Jack Stewart , who had been at sea , man and boy , for forty odd years , gave up all for lost . Not so Fred Gerard , who fortunately happened to have the deck . With an undaunted heart , he leaped upon the ...
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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.