Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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Página 78
... steps from home , we next came upon the before described premises of Mr. Johnson - for that was the name of the singular man whom we have introduced to the reader above - but in no very cheerful mood 78 ROMANCE OF THE BORDER .
... steps from home , we next came upon the before described premises of Mr. Johnson - for that was the name of the singular man whom we have introduced to the reader above - but in no very cheerful mood 78 ROMANCE OF THE BORDER .
Página 79
... Johnson ; and his looks and demeanour in our youthful eyes were ex- ceedingly dubious , and inspired us with many dark suspicions and unpleasant apprehensions . He was a spare man , of an athletic middle - sized frame , large boned ...
... Johnson ; and his looks and demeanour in our youthful eyes were ex- ceedingly dubious , and inspired us with many dark suspicions and unpleasant apprehensions . He was a spare man , of an athletic middle - sized frame , large boned ...
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... . Indeed , every thing conspired to invest Mr. Johnson , and the clearing in which he lived , and all that he possessed , with a strange , E mysterious , and forbidding character , for which no one 80 ROMANCE OF THE BORDER .
... . Indeed , every thing conspired to invest Mr. Johnson , and the clearing in which he lived , and all that he possessed , with a strange , E mysterious , and forbidding character , for which no one 80 ROMANCE OF THE BORDER .
Página 81
... Johnson's and the Buxton farm but the strange feelings and emotions never entirely left us ; and I believe that , even to this day , were I to be set down in the dim hour of twilight in the once fearful spot , looking as it then did , a ...
... Johnson's and the Buxton farm but the strange feelings and emotions never entirely left us ; and I believe that , even to this day , were I to be set down in the dim hour of twilight in the once fearful spot , looking as it then did , a ...
Página 82
... Johnson and Buxton , had located themselves with their young wives in the deep forest ten miles south of Mr. Tunnicliff's establishment , in the beautiful situation which we have before attempted to describe . Here , in remote but ...
... Johnson and Buxton , had located themselves with their young wives in the deep forest ten miles south of Mr. Tunnicliff's establishment , in the beautiful situation which we have before attempted to describe . Here , in remote but ...
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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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Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...