Wyandotté: Or, the Hutted Knoll ; A TaleGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 308 páginas |
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... face of the country . To him who is accustomed to the terrific sublimity of the Alps , the softened and yet wild grandeur of the Italian lakes , or to the noble witchery of the shores of the Mediterranean , this country is apt to seem ...
... face of the country . To him who is accustomed to the terrific sublimity of the Alps , the softened and yet wild grandeur of the Italian lakes , or to the noble witchery of the shores of the Mediterranean , this country is apt to seem ...
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... face come to own America ? Discover him - ha ! Well , Nick discover land down yonder , up dere , over here . " 66 ' Nick , what the devil do you mean by all this ? " " No mean devil , at all - mean land - good land . Discover him- know ...
... face come to own America ? Discover him - ha ! Well , Nick discover land down yonder , up dere , over here . " 66 ' Nick , what the devil do you mean by all this ? " " No mean devil , at all - mean land - good land . Discover him- know ...
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... face - cunning as bear . ' " I begin to comprehend you , Nick . How large do you suppose this pond to be ? " 66 ' He'm not as big as Lake Ontario . den ? Big enough for farm . ” " Does it cover one or two hundred large as the clearing ...
... face - cunning as bear . ' " I begin to comprehend you , Nick . How large do you suppose this pond to be ? " 66 ' He'm not as big as Lake Ontario . den ? Big enough for farm . ” " Does it cover one or two hundred large as the clearing ...
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... face , and in a cheerful voice- " Here is a letter from my excellent old colonel , and Bob's affair is all settled and agreed on . He is to leave school next week , and to put on his Majesty's livery the week after . " Mrs. Willoughby ...
... face , and in a cheerful voice- " Here is a letter from my excellent old colonel , and Bob's affair is all settled and agreed on . He is to leave school next week , and to put on his Majesty's livery the week after . " Mrs. Willoughby ...
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... face had more finesse , her looks more intelligence , her playfulness more feeling , her smile more tenderness at times , at others , more meaning . It is scarcely neces- sary to say that both had that delicacy of outline which seems ...
... face had more finesse , her looks more intelligence , her playfulness more feeling , her smile more tenderness at times , at others , more meaning . It is scarcely neces- sary to say that both had that delicacy of outline which seems ...
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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.