Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, Band 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... father Burton was made feelingly to sigh over 66 a vast chaos and confusion of books , making the eyes ache with reading , and the fingers with turning ; " with what unspeakable amazement would those excellent personages book - making ...
... father Burton was made feelingly to sigh over 66 a vast chaos and confusion of books , making the eyes ache with reading , and the fingers with turning ; " with what unspeakable amazement would those excellent personages book - making ...
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... father's cottage , upon a sweet little lake in the valley below . The bosom of the lake was partially illumined by the beams of the declining moon , as they played through the foliage of the trees , which but for those silvery rays ...
... father's cottage , upon a sweet little lake in the valley below . The bosom of the lake was partially illumined by the beams of the declining moon , as they played through the foliage of the trees , which but for those silvery rays ...
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... father has the only canoe upon the pond , and that now lies close under the bank , by the cluster of alders yonder . But tell me , David , do ghosts and witches ever appear upon the water ? " " That is more than I can affirm , my fair ...
... father has the only canoe upon the pond , and that now lies close under the bank , by the cluster of alders yonder . But tell me , David , do ghosts and witches ever appear upon the water ? " " That is more than I can affirm , my fair ...
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... father should have chosen such a spot whereon to erect his Ebenezer . But he has been tried in the furnace of affliction , until he is like pure gold , and need fear no evil ; —though he forgot that his daughter is a weaker vessel . And ...
... father should have chosen such a spot whereon to erect his Ebenezer . But he has been tried in the furnace of affliction , until he is like pure gold , and need fear no evil ; —though he forgot that his daughter is a weaker vessel . And ...
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... father hint darkly at a myste- rious appearance on the lake some months before . The old gentleman was returning home from Mr. Whitman's evening conventicle , when the exhorta tions of that good man , rich with divine unction A. 2 MERCY ...
... father hint darkly at a myste- rious appearance on the lake some months before . The old gentleman was returning home from Mr. Whitman's evening conventicle , when the exhorta tions of that good man , rich with divine unction A. 2 MERCY ...
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...