Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, المجلد 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... tion . Low and mysterious sounds had been heard by passers - by at late hours , and sharp glances of light , sometimes burning red , and at others fear- fully blue , had suddenly shot out of the crevices of the rude structure , and ...
... tion . Low and mysterious sounds had been heard by passers - by at late hours , and sharp glances of light , sometimes burning red , and at others fear- fully blue , had suddenly shot out of the crevices of the rude structure , and ...
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... tion of Menunkatuck , not even the minister himself , who was supposed to stand quite so near as he to the gates of the New Jerusalem . Where gravity was universal , he was the gravest ; and had meek- ness been a distinguishing ...
... tion of Menunkatuck , not even the minister himself , who was supposed to stand quite so near as he to the gates of the New Jerusalem . Where gravity was universal , he was the gravest ; and had meek- ness been a distinguishing ...
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... tion with the whole community of Menunkatuck ; and the humble writer of this history is grieved in being obliged to acknowledge , what can indeed no longer be disguised , that his favourite Mercy Dis- borough , the fair being of all ...
... tion with the whole community of Menunkatuck ; and the humble writer of this history is grieved in being obliged to acknowledge , what can indeed no longer be disguised , that his favourite Mercy Dis- borough , the fair being of all ...
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... tion , though the tears yet glittered in her fine blue eyes , she replied : " I know of a truth that I am here penned and locked up , to be used very ex- tremely at the pleasure of this court ; and such is the malice of the arch ...
... tion , though the tears yet glittered in her fine blue eyes , she replied : " I know of a truth that I am here penned and locked up , to be used very ex- tremely at the pleasure of this court ; and such is the malice of the arch ...
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... tion , however dark were the circumstances made to appear against her , every feeling of distrust was repelled ere it had obtruded upon his mind . There was likewise another spectator of the trying scene , who was far from being a ...
... tion , however dark were the circumstances made to appear against her , every feeling of distrust was repelled ere it had obtruded upon his mind . There was likewise another spectator of the trying scene , who was far from being a ...
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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...