Lonz Powers: Or, The Regulators: A Romance of KentuckyLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1850 |
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... father . My sons in their studies have cost me heavy sums - my family are ex- pensive , and I know not how to retrench . I have ever been igno- rant of the value of money , and have spent freely - ah ! too freely the ample fortune ...
... father . My sons in their studies have cost me heavy sums - my family are ex- pensive , and I know not how to retrench . I have ever been igno- rant of the value of money , and have spent freely - ah ! too freely the ample fortune ...
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... father's hand . " Well , we too have been dreaming of your beauties , and yesterday , after supper , Lonz and myself , determined to drop our books for the nonce- surprise you all at home - and try these same young coursers in the great ...
... father's hand . " Well , we too have been dreaming of your beauties , and yesterday , after supper , Lonz and myself , determined to drop our books for the nonce- surprise you all at home - and try these same young coursers in the great ...
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... father for such sports had not descended to his oldest son . " " Indeed , dear father , " replied the oldest son , for the first time breaking silence , and speaking in low , sweet , but measured voice , " you have not been deceived as ...
... father for such sports had not descended to his oldest son . " " Indeed , dear father , " replied the oldest son , for the first time breaking silence , and speaking in low , sweet , but measured voice , " you have not been deceived as ...
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... father referred to his loss by the horse - thieves , and , as they beheld his agony when speaking of something that would " well nigh break his heart , " grew deadly pale , and a tear trembled in the eye of the youngest , which his father ...
... father referred to his loss by the horse - thieves , and , as they beheld his agony when speaking of something that would " well nigh break his heart , " grew deadly pale , and a tear trembled in the eye of the youngest , which his father ...
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... father been observant , he would have seen his oldest son as ghastly as death itself , and his youngest almost overcome with tears , but the old man was again lost in sad musing , and did not notice the emotion of his children . Only a ...
... father been observant , he would have seen his oldest son as ghastly as death itself , and his youngest almost overcome with tears , but the old man was again lost in sad musing , and did not notice the emotion of his children . Only a ...
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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?