Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, المجلد 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... distance to the land of the bloody Mohawks ; and all the others are at peace . " Mercy Disborough , for that was the name of the maiden of whom we are speaking , and with whom the reader will become better acquainted in the progress of ...
... distance to the land of the bloody Mohawks ; and all the others are at peace . " Mercy Disborough , for that was the name of the maiden of whom we are speaking , and with whom the reader will become better acquainted in the progress of ...
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... distance still farther removed from the busy walks of men . The emissaries of Satan had previously been loosed for a little season in sundry other portions of the infant New - England colonies ; but hitherto the community of Menun ...
... distance still farther removed from the busy walks of men . The emissaries of Satan had previously been loosed for a little season in sundry other portions of the infant New - England colonies ; but hitherto the community of Menun ...
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... him ; the stirrup - irons jingling along in sight ; and , pushing him forward at breath- less speed , through the whole distance of the wood , VOL . I. - C continued until his arrival at his own house - when MERCY DISBOROUGH . 25.
... him ; the stirrup - irons jingling along in sight ; and , pushing him forward at breath- less speed , through the whole distance of the wood , VOL . I. - C continued until his arrival at his own house - when MERCY DISBOROUGH . 25.
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... distance , that we shall be prepared to en- counter its nearer approach without agitation or alarm , yet the thunder - crash is equally startling when it breaks , and the red lightning's glare equally appalling . And although a ...
... distance , that we shall be prepared to en- counter its nearer approach without agitation or alarm , yet the thunder - crash is equally startling when it breaks , and the red lightning's glare equally appalling . And although a ...
الصفحة 66
... torch ap- proached the pile . Of a sudden a noise as of a gathering storm was heard in the air , and the sound as of a multitude trampling upon the earth . The dogs at a distance had been barking for some time 66 MERCY DISBOROUGH .
... torch ap- proached the pile . Of a sudden a noise as of a gathering storm was heard in the air , and the sound as of a multitude trampling upon the earth . The dogs at a distance had been barking for some time 66 MERCY DISBOROUGH .
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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...