Wyandotté: Or, the Hutted Knoll ; A TaleGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 308 páginas |
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... forests , and the seemingly boundless expanse of the prairies , the world has come to attach to it an idea of gran- deur ; a word that is in nearly every case misapplied . The scenery of that portion of the American continent which has ...
... forests , and the seemingly boundless expanse of the prairies , the world has come to attach to it an idea of gran- deur ; a word that is in nearly every case misapplied . The scenery of that portion of the American continent which has ...
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... forest life , from having been long stationed at frontier posts , and had thus became familiarized with its privations and hardened against its dangers , it was no unusual thing for them to sell out , or go on half - pay , when the ...
... forest life , from having been long stationed at frontier posts , and had thus became familiarized with its privations and hardened against its dangers , it was no unusual thing for them to sell out , or go on half - pay , when the ...
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... forest , glittering in the morning sun , unruffled by a breath of air , had entirely disappeared ! In its place , there remained an open expanse of wet mud , thickly covered with pools and the remains of beaver - houses , with a small ...
... forest , glittering in the morning sun , unruffled by a breath of air , had entirely disappeared ! In its place , there remained an open expanse of wet mud , thickly covered with pools and the remains of beaver - houses , with a small ...
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... forest , or of difficult navigation , were to be passed . The communications would be at considerable intervals , and difficult . Still , they might be held ; and the anxious mother left many injunctions with Mrs. Waring , the head of ...
... forest , or of difficult navigation , were to be passed . The communications would be at considerable intervals , and difficult . Still , they might be held ; and the anxious mother left many injunctions with Mrs. Waring , the head of ...
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... forest was effected as far as the head of the Otsego . The distance being about twelve miles , it required two days for its performance . As the settlements extended south from the Mohawk a few miles , the first night was passed in a ...
... forest was effected as far as the head of the Otsego . The distance being about twelve miles , it required two days for its performance . As the settlements extended south from the Mohawk a few miles , the first night was passed in 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.