Wyandotté: Or, the Hutted Knoll ; A TaleGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 308 páginas |
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... Indian grant annexed , that is a year or two older . This may be taken as a mean date for the portion of country alluded to ; some of the deeds being older , and others still more recent . These grants of land were originally made , sub ...
... Indian grant annexed , that is a year or two older . This may be taken as a mean date for the portion of country alluded to ; some of the deeds being older , and others still more recent . These grants of land were originally made , sub ...
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... Indian title righteously ' extinguished . ' These grants to ancient soldiers were seldom large , except in the cases of officers of rank ; three or four thousand well - selected acres being a sufficient boon to the younger sons of ...
... Indian title righteously ' extinguished . ' These grants to ancient soldiers were seldom large , except in the cases of officers of rank ; three or four thousand well - selected acres being a sufficient boon to the younger sons of ...
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... Indian's hunting - ground . " 66 Why , I have no wish to do that — I am willing to pay the red men reasonably for their right , first . " 66 Buy Nick's land , den - better dan any oder . " " Your land , knave ! You own no land - belong ...
... Indian's hunting - ground . " 66 Why , I have no wish to do that — I am willing to pay the red men reasonably for their right , first . " 66 Buy Nick's land , den - better dan any oder . " " Your land , knave ! You own no land - belong ...
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... Indian's countenance for a moment . " Where does it lie , what is it like , how much is there of it , and how came you to own it ? " " Ask him just so ag'in , " said Nick , taking up four twigs , to note down the questions , seriatim ...
... Indian's countenance for a moment . " Where does it lie , what is it like , how much is there of it , and how came you to own it ? " " Ask him just so ag'in , " said Nick , taking up four twigs , to note down the questions , seriatim ...
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... Indians to make their marks on a bit of deer - skin , and returned to his employer with a map , a field - book , and a deed , by which the Indian title was " extinguished . " The surveyor received his compensation , and set off on a ...
... Indians to make their marks on a bit of deer - skin , and returned to his employer with a map , a field - book , and a deed , by which the Indian title was " extinguished . " The surveyor received his compensation , and set off on a ...
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ag'in American answered appearance arms asked Beekman Beulah Blodget called cap'in Captain Willoughby chaplain colonies companion countenance county Leitrim cried daughters dear Divil duty enemy eyes face fancied father fcap feel followed forest garrison gate George Cruikshank hand heard heart honour hope hour Hugh Willoughby Hutted Knoll Indian Injin instant Jamie Allen Joel Strides Joel's Joyce knew little Evert look Major Willoughby manner matter Maud's means Michael O'Hearn Mike mill mind minutes Miss Maud Mohawk mother nature never Nick O'Hearn palisades party passed Pliny Pliny the elder Pliny the younger regiment render Robert Willoughby rocks savages scalp scarce secret seemed seen serjeant side sister Smash smile soldier soon squaw stockade t'ink tell thing thought tion truth Tuscarora valley wife wish Woods word Wyandotté young
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Página 294 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Página 126 - High sight it is and haughty, while They dive into the deep defile ; Beneath the caverned cliff they fall, Beneath the castle's airy wall. By rock, by oak, by hawthorn -tree, Troop after troop are disappearing ; Troop after troop their banners rearing Upon the eastern bank you see.
Página 279 - Kind words, remembered voices once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat. All shall come back, each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again ; Alone shall Evil die, And Sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign. And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who, still and cold, Fills the next grave — the beautiful and young.
Página 308 - ... images of guilt and woe, they so clear our judgment by profound analysis, •while they move our hearts by terror or compassion, that we learn to detect and stifle in ourselves the evil thought which we see gradually unfolding itself into the guilty deed.
Página 279 - All that of good and fair Has gone into thy womb from earliest time, Shall then come forth to wear The glory and the beauty of its prime. They have not perished — no ! Kind words, remembered voices once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat.
Página 307 - Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.