Wyandotté: Or, the Hutted Knoll ; A TaleGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 308 páginas |
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... duty of " extinguishing the Indian title , " as it was called . The latter were pretty effectually " extinguished " in that day , as well as in our own ; and it would be a matter of curious research to ascertain the precise nature of ...
... duty of " extinguishing the Indian title , " as it was called . The latter were pretty effectually " extinguished " in that day , as well as in our own ; and it would be a matter of curious research to ascertain the precise nature of ...
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... duty was to prepare materials for the approaching season , to take care of the stock , to put in winter crops , to make a few bridges , clear out a road or two , haul wood to keep themselves from freezing , to build a log barn and some ...
... duty was to prepare materials for the approaching season , to take care of the stock , to put in winter crops , to make a few bridges , clear out a road or two , haul wood to keep themselves from freezing , to build a log barn and some ...
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... duty , placed Mike in a skiff , by himself , flattering the poor fellow with the credit he would achieve , by rowing a boat to the foot of the lake , without assistance . He might as well have asked Mike to walk to the outlet on the ...
... duty , placed Mike in a skiff , by himself , flattering the poor fellow with the credit he would achieve , by rowing a boat to the foot of the lake , without assistance . He might as well have asked Mike to walk to the outlet on the ...
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... duty authoritatively and with prompti- tude . After rating the negroes roundly for their stupidity , and lay- ing it on Mike without much delicacy of thought or diction , over the shoulders of the two blacks , he mustered his forces ...
... duty authoritatively and with prompti- tude . After rating the negroes roundly for their stupidity , and lay- ing it on Mike without much delicacy of thought or diction , over the shoulders of the two blacks , he mustered his forces ...
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... duty . The quarrel is getting to be serious between the mother country and her colonies . " " Not so serious , brother , " observed Beulah , earnestly , " as to amount to that . Evert Beekman thinks there will be trouble , but he does ...
... duty . The quarrel is getting to be serious between the mother country and her colonies . " " Not so serious , brother , " observed Beulah , earnestly , " as to amount to that . Evert Beekman thinks there will be trouble , but he does ...
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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.