Lonz Powers: Or, The Regulators: A Romance of KentuckyLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1850 |
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... mind , however , that many persons read romances merely for " the story , " he has requested the printer to adopt , in sundry places , the expedient of setting the types in solid column , without the leads elsewhere used , to indicate ...
... mind , however , that many persons read romances merely for " the story , " he has requested the printer to adopt , in sundry places , the expedient of setting the types in solid column , without the leads elsewhere used , to indicate ...
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... minds enchained by splendid de- scriptions of gay and magnificent apartments in old baronial castles , brilliantly lighted , decorated with armour and banners , and glad with the love , laughter , and gaiety , of brave knights and fair ...
... minds enchained by splendid de- scriptions of gay and magnificent apartments in old baronial castles , brilliantly lighted , decorated with armour and banners , and glad with the love , laughter , and gaiety , of brave knights and fair ...
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... mind's eye , and have a faint idea of the comfortable loneliness of a Ken- tucky farm , and more especially of the home of Mr. Powers , to whom we now beg the honour of giving you an introduction . In the wide open passage of the ...
... mind's eye , and have a faint idea of the comfortable loneliness of a Ken- tucky farm , and more especially of the home of Mr. Powers , to whom we now beg the honour of giving you an introduction . In the wide open passage of the ...
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... mind communing with itself . " Ay , this is indeed a lovely spot , and might almost console me for the loss of my ancestral home . But I fear , it too must go — and I sink still a step lower . My wife and children - my lovely daughter ...
... mind communing with itself . " Ay , this is indeed a lovely spot , and might almost console me for the loss of my ancestral home . But I fear , it too must go — and I sink still a step lower . My wife and children - my lovely daughter ...
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... minds me of my sporting days in Virginia . I will be heartily glad to shake him by the hand and bid him welcome ; but ... mind , boys , it is nothing after all ; the rascals stole my race - mares , but they had the manners , a curse on ...
... minds me of my sporting days in Virginia . I will be heartily glad to shake him by the hand and bid him welcome ; but ... mind , boys , it is nothing after all ; the rascals stole my race - mares , but they had the manners , a curse on ...
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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?