Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, Band 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... called Toquet Mountain , rose perpendicularly from the water , and in some places the giddy summit of the precipice hung beetling over it . The route of David to his own domicil , in the little scattered village of Menunkatuck , lay ...
... called Toquet Mountain , rose perpendicularly from the water , and in some places the giddy summit of the precipice hung beetling over it . The route of David to his own domicil , in the little scattered village of Menunkatuck , lay ...
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... called to the throne of his father ) , was co - extensive with the colonies . Indeed , it might have been deemed one of the articles of their religous creed . The best informed of the people believed , with Paracelsus , that there were ...
... called to the throne of his father ) , was co - extensive with the colonies . Indeed , it might have been deemed one of the articles of their religous creed . The best informed of the people believed , with Paracelsus , that there were ...
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... called in ; but the presence of the latter class only in- creased the agonies of the sufferers . Large hair- balls , knives , saws , turtles , and live eels , were brought up from the afflicted by emetics . Those under religious ...
... called in ; but the presence of the latter class only in- creased the agonies of the sufferers . Large hair- balls , knives , saws , turtles , and live eels , were brought up from the afflicted by emetics . Those under religious ...
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... called Goody Claw- son , grinning at her with large saucer eyes ; and she thought she saw another face ; -but she would'nt , for all the world , injure the young wench , as long as her conscience would allow her to remain silent ; -only ...
... called Goody Claw- son , grinning at her with large saucer eyes ; and she thought she saw another face ; -but she would'nt , for all the world , injure the young wench , as long as her conscience would allow her to remain silent ; -only ...
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... called , now spread with the rapidity of fire in the burning prairies , and there was scarcely a family of any note , which , in one or more of its members , was not subjected to the malign influ- ences of the demons . Many of those ...
... called , now spread with the rapidity of fire in the burning prairies , and there was scarcely a family of any note , which , in one or more of its members , was not subjected to the malign influ- ences of the demons . Many of those ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 73 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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?
Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...