Wyandotté: Or, the Hutted Knoll ; A TaleGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 308 páginas |
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... hand over his brow , as was his wont when in a reflecting mood ; " Nick , I have an im- portant movement in view , in which you can be of some service to me . " " The Tuscarora , fastening his dark basilisk - like eyes on the soldier ...
... hand over his brow , as was his wont when in a reflecting mood ; " Nick , I have an im- portant movement in view , in which you can be of some service to me . " " The Tuscarora , fastening his dark basilisk - like eyes on the soldier ...
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... hands . The scene was so very different from that it had presented when the flats were covered with water , that it was impossible not to feel the change . For quite a month , it had an influence on the whole party . Nick , in ...
... hands . The scene was so very different from that it had presented when the flats were covered with water , that it was impossible not to feel the change . For quite a month , it had an influence on the whole party . Nick , in ...
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... hands ; and , previously to starting , he had selected the best sculls from the other boats , had fitted his thwart with the closest attention to his own ease , and had placed a stretcher for his feet , with an intelligence and ...
... hands ; and , previously to starting , he had selected the best sculls from the other boats , had fitted his thwart with the closest attention to his own ease , and had placed a stretcher for his feet , with an intelligence and ...
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... hand , and there it would have stayed to the end of time , before Mike would think of changing it , on that account . Joel , alone , sat with his face towards the head of the lake , and he alone could see the dilemma in which the county ...
... hand , and there it would have stayed to the end of time , before Mike would think of changing it , on that account . Joel , alone , sat with his face towards the head of the lake , and he alone could see the dilemma in which the county ...
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... hands good - humouredly with Mrs. Willoughby , who rather liked the knave , though she knew him to possess most of the vices of his class . · " He very han'some beaver - dam , " said Nick , sweeping his hand gracefully over the view ...
... hands good - humouredly with Mrs. Willoughby , who rather liked the knave , though she knew him to possess most of the vices of his class . · " He very han'some beaver - dam , " said Nick , sweeping his hand gracefully over the view ...
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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.