Lonz Powers: Or, The Regulators: A Romance of KentuckyLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1850 |
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... Colonel B arrived at H— ; he had the reputation of being vastly wealthy ; was a sporting character , and had known my father in Virginia , or had rather become acquainted with him at some race - course , or in some of his journeyings ...
... Colonel B arrived at H— ; he had the reputation of being vastly wealthy ; was a sporting character , and had known my father in Virginia , or had rather become acquainted with him at some race - course , or in some of his journeyings ...
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... Colonel , who laughed as if he had lost nothing , saying , after the usual salutation , that I was a devilish shrewd fellow , and must at some future time , when Fortune he hoped would not be so partial , give him a chance of revenge ...
... Colonel , who laughed as if he had lost nothing , saying , after the usual salutation , that I was a devilish shrewd fellow , and must at some future time , when Fortune he hoped would not be so partial , give him a chance of revenge ...
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... Colonel at my door . His first words dispelled all my consoling dreams of the night before , and made me fully conscious of my desperate situation . He informed me that he would not have called so soon , but that he had received letters ...
... Colonel at my door . His first words dispelled all my consoling dreams of the night before , and made me fully conscious of my desperate situation . He informed me that he would not have called so soon , but that he had received letters ...
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... Colonel , who , after musing a moment , and hesitating as if in doubt , at last said he had a pro- position to make me , which , if I would accede to , would free both you and myself from our responsibilities . Of course I was de ...
... Colonel , who , after musing a moment , and hesitating as if in doubt , at last said he had a pro- position to make me , which , if I would accede to , would free both you and myself from our responsibilities . Of course I was de ...
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... Colonel , beheld the dark smile playing around his thin and compressed lips at that moment of threatened revenge , he would have trembled , rather than exulted in the success of his schemes . " It is not necessary , " he continued , in ...
... Colonel , beheld the dark smile playing around his thin and compressed lips at that moment of threatened revenge , he would have trembled , rather than exulted in the success of his schemes . " It is not necessary , " he continued , in ...
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الصفحة 61 - Therefore, prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood; nor cut thou less nor more, But just a pound of flesh ; If thou tak'st more, Or less than a just pound, — be it but so much As makes it light, or heavy, in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple ; nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair, — Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate.
الصفحة 190 - Their dearest action in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And, therefore, little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself.
الصفحة 280 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.
الصفحة 205 - The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
الصفحة 208 - I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe...
الصفحة 134 - Mountains have fallen, Leaving a gap in the clouds, and with the shock Rocking their Alpine brethren ; filling up The ripe green valleys with destruction's splinters ; Damming the rivers with a sudden dash, Which crush'd the waters into mist, and made Their fountains find another channel — thus, Thus, in its old age, did Mount Rosenberg— Why stood I not beneath it ? C.
الصفحة 223 - Nor lonely the bird, nor his ghastly mate, They are each unto each a pride : Thrice fonder, perhaps, since a strange, dark fate Hath rent them from all beside! So when the night falls, and dogs do howl, Sing, ho! for the reign of the horned owl! We know not alway Who are kings by day, But the king of the night is the bold brown owl!
الصفحة 208 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
الصفحة 208 - Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe ; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.
الصفحة 235 - Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table, What man of knife, or teeth, was able To stay to be entreated?