Cooper's Works, Volume 17Stringer and Townsend, 1855 - American literature |
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Page vii
... I felt alone with na- ture in Europe . Alas ! the enjoyment , as all such enjoyments necessarily are amid the throngs of the old world , was short and treacherous . A party came round the angle of a rock , along the INTRODUCTION. ...
... I felt alone with na- ture in Europe . Alas ! the enjoyment , as all such enjoyments necessarily are amid the throngs of the old world , was short and treacherous . A party came round the angle of a rock , along the INTRODUCTION. ...
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... short note explained the wishes of the writer . " Providence brought us together for more purposes than were , at first , apparent . I have long hesitated about pub- lishing the accompanying narrative , for in England there is a ...
... short note explained the wishes of the writer . " Providence brought us together for more purposes than were , at first , apparent . I have long hesitated about pub- lishing the accompanying narrative , for in England there is a ...
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... short hour , or two , will remove me beyond the world , its cares , its vanities , its- " My poor mother probably meant to add , its heart- lessness or its selfishness ; but she rebuked herself , and paused " By the mercy of our blessed ...
... short hour , or two , will remove me beyond the world , its cares , its vanities , its- " My poor mother probably meant to add , its heart- lessness or its selfishness ; but she rebuked herself , and paused " By the mercy of our blessed ...
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... short , of both mother and father . " 66 ' Betsey , thou forgettest that he will still have the latter . " " You are much wrapped up in your business , Mr. Goldencalf , and are not , in other respects , qualified to educate a boy born ...
... short , of both mother and father . " 66 ' Betsey , thou forgettest that he will still have the latter . " " You are much wrapped up in your business , Mr. Goldencalf , and are not , in other respects , qualified to educate a boy born ...
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... short , I occupied a false position , and , unluckily , one from which I saw no plausible retreat , except by falling back on Lombard Street , or by cutting my throat . Anna , alone , -kind , gentle , serene - eyed Anna , entered into ...
... short , I occupied a false position , and , unluckily , one from which I saw no plausible retreat , except by falling back on Lombard Street , or by cutting my throat . Anna , alone , -kind , gentle , serene - eyed Anna , entered into ...
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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.