Cooper's Works, Volume 17Stringer and Townsend, 1855 - American literature |
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Page 17
... given him the name of Thomas Goldencalf . This second important transition in the affairs of my father , might be deemed a presage of his future fortunes . He was bound apprentice to a trader in fancy articles , or a shopkeeper who ...
... given him the name of Thomas Goldencalf . This second important transition in the affairs of my father , might be deemed a presage of his future fortunes . He was bound apprentice to a trader in fancy articles , or a shopkeeper who ...
Page 19
... given as the nett avails of their joint ingenuity , he named the amount , in answer to the interrogatory . My maternal grandfather laughed in the face of my direct lineal ancestor . " Thou judgest , Tom , " he said , when his mirth was ...
... given as the nett avails of their joint ingenuity , he named the amount , in answer to the interrogatory . My maternal grandfather laughed in the face of my direct lineal ancestor . " Thou judgest , Tom , " he said , when his mirth was ...
Page 22
... given behind his back ; most of the knowing ones of the vicinity finding a stronger likeness between the little girl and all the other unmarried men of the eight or ten adjoining streets , than to the worthy housekeeper who had been ...
... given behind his back ; most of the knowing ones of the vicinity finding a stronger likeness between the little girl and all the other unmarried men of the eight or ten adjoining streets , than to the worthy housekeeper who had been ...
Page 27
... given by my ancestor of a change of purpose in the direction of his energies , was by calling in the whole of his outstanding debts , and adopting the Napoleon plan of operations , by concentrating his forces on a particular point , in ...
... given by my ancestor of a change of purpose in the direction of his energies , was by calling in the whole of his outstanding debts , and adopting the Napoleon plan of operations , by concentrating his forces on a particular point , in ...
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... given as thou wish'st - now set thy kind heart at rest . " The revulsion of feeling was too great for one whose system had been wound up to a state of ex citement like that which had sustained my mother , who , an hour before , had ...
... given as thou wish'st - now set thy kind heart at rest . " The revulsion of feeling was too great for one whose system had been wound up to a state of ex citement like that which had sustained my mother , who , an hour before , had ...
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Page 327 - ... that he must have the attributes of a conscience, of which memory formed one of the most essential features. Conscience was defined to be " the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions.