Wyandotté: Or, the Hutted Knoll ; A TaleGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 308 páginas |
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... seen this district of country , and who are familiar with the elements of charming , rather than grand scenery it pos- sesses , are agreed in extolling its capabilities , and in some instances , its realities . The want of high finish ...
... seen this district of country , and who are familiar with the elements of charming , rather than grand scenery it pos- sesses , are agreed in extolling its capabilities , and in some instances , its realities . The want of high finish ...
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... seen from the huts of the captain ; but Mrs. Willoughby assured her husband , as she stood leaning on his arm the morning after her arrival , that never before had she gazed on so eloquent , and yet so pleasing a picture of solitude as ...
... seen from the huts of the captain ; but Mrs. Willoughby assured her husband , as she stood leaning on his arm the morning after her arrival , that never before had she gazed on so eloquent , and yet so pleasing a picture of solitude as ...
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... seen clear water as near their position as three or four miles . By this time it was blowing fresh , and the wind , having a clear rake , drove up the honeycomb - looking sheet before it , as the scraper accumulates snow . When the sun ...
... seen clear water as near their position as three or four miles . By this time it was blowing fresh , and the wind , having a clear rake , drove up the honeycomb - looking sheet before it , as the scraper accumulates snow . When the sun ...
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... seen what might be done on a beaver - dam . To her all appeared like magic , and her first question would have been to ask her husband to explain what had been done with the trees and stumps , had not her future residence caught her eye ...
... seen what might be done on a beaver - dam . To her all appeared like magic , and her first question would have been to ask her husband to explain what had been done with the trees and stumps , had not her future residence caught her eye ...
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... seen . " How do , Mike ! Ould Nick be ye ? - well - ye look pretty much as I expected to see you . Pray , how did ye come to know my name ? " " Nick know him - know everyt'ing . Grad to see you , Mike- hope we live together like good ...
... seen . " How do , Mike ! Ould Nick be ye ? - well - ye look pretty much as I expected to see you . Pray , how did ye come to know my name ? " " Nick know him - know everyt'ing . Grad to see you , Mike- hope we live together like good ...
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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.