Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, المجلد 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... Deacon Ahitub Goodspeed - a personage en- titled to a much more particular introduction to the reader . Deacon Goodspeed was a man of a thousand . His age was somewhere on the wrong side of forty - five , though his cold and ...
... Deacon Ahitub Goodspeed - a personage en- titled to a much more particular introduction to the reader . Deacon Goodspeed was a man of a thousand . His age was somewhere on the wrong side of forty - five , though his cold and ...
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... Deacon ' Goodspeed had been a widower some fifteen years , and it was never known that her " dear sainted spirit , " as with a heavy sigh he would sometimes speak of his wife , had in any instance complained of harsh treatment at his ...
... Deacon ' Goodspeed had been a widower some fifteen years , and it was never known that her " dear sainted spirit , " as with a heavy sigh he would sometimes speak of his wife , had in any instance complained of harsh treatment at his ...
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... Deacon Ahitub Goodspeed made an effort to woo our heroine , Mercy Disborough ; and although he persisted in his suit for several months , his addresses were re- pelled with the most decided displeasure . It was in vain that he essayed ...
... Deacon Ahitub Goodspeed made an effort to woo our heroine , Mercy Disborough ; and although he persisted in his suit for several months , his addresses were re- pelled with the most decided displeasure . It was in vain that he essayed ...
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... deacon was once more pressing his suit with all possible ardour , endeavouring to persuade her that matches were made in heaven , and that it had been decreed that she should be an helpmeet unto him during the residue of his earthly ...
... deacon was once more pressing his suit with all possible ardour , endeavouring to persuade her that matches were made in heaven , and that it had been decreed that she should be an helpmeet unto him during the residue of his earthly ...
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... Deacon Goodspeed was particularly active . And as the cases of sorcery multiplied , he was assiduous in his attentions to the afflicted , almost to officiousness . Often and long did he commune with the truly pious and eloquent Mr ...
... Deacon Goodspeed was particularly active . And as the cases of sorcery multiplied , he was assiduous in his attentions to the afflicted , almost to officiousness . Often and long did he commune with the truly pious and eloquent Mr ...
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afflicted afterwards agony Ahitub appeared arms Azazel beautiful began blood body bosom Brandt bright Buxton canoe cast Cherry Valley clouds cold commenced council-fire countenance dance dark daughter Deacon Goodspeed death deep demons desolate devil distance earth exclaimed eyes familiar spirit father fear fire forest Fort William Henry Fowler friends gloom Goodwife Goody Clawson hands head heard heart heaven horse hour Indians instant Iroquois Johnson lake light look Lord Magdalen Islands ment Menunkatuck Mercy Disborough miles mind mingled morning mother mountains never New-York night Onondaga Otsego lake Paltz passed phynx portmanteau Pow-wow prisoner Puritans Quebec Quinnipiack ranger river rude sachem savage scene seemed seen settlement shadow shore side silent soon soul spirits spot stood strange stranger sufferings Thorndyke thou thought Thurensera Tinman tion trees valley Vandrick village warriors waters whole wild wilderness wind witchcraft witches young
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الصفحة 241 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen ; man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
الصفحة 241 - I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream,— past the wit of man to say what dream it was. Man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream.
الصفحة 73 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
الصفحة 141 - The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes :— How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill ! but with the breath which fills...
الصفحة 199 - The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them ; some lay down And hid their eyes and wept ; and some did rest Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled ; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their...
الصفحة 31 - Alas! O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us?
الصفحة 141 - The foe! They come! They come! " And wild and high the " Cameron's gathering " rose, The war note of Lochicl, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill!
الصفحة 84 - Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem : So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart; Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.
الصفحة 208 - We now plant a tree, whose top will reach the sun, and its branches spread far abroad, so that it shall be seen afar off; and we shall shelter ourselves under it, and live in peace without molestation.
الصفحة 175 - Came tame and tremulous; and vipers crawled And twined themselves among the multitude, Hissing, but stingless — they were slain for food: And war, which for a moment was no more, Did glut himself again — a meal was bought With blood, and each sate sullenly apart, , Gorging himself in gloom : no love...