Cooper's Works, Volume 17Stringer and Townsend, 1855 - American literature |
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Page 17
... usually remembered through gossiping and idle tales in the lives of most men , being matter of legal record in that of my progenitor , and so con- tinued to be down to the day of his presumed ma- jority , since he was indented to a ...
... usually remembered through gossiping and idle tales in the lives of most men , being matter of legal record in that of my progenitor , and so con- tinued to be down to the day of his presumed ma- jority , since he was indented to a ...
Page 46
... usually gets deep root , its inclination is fixed , whether obtained by bend- ing to the storms , or by drawing towards the light ; and it probably yields more in fruits of its own , than it gains by tillage and manuring . Still my ...
... usually gets deep root , its inclination is fixed , whether obtained by bend- ing to the storms , or by drawing towards the light ; and it probably yields more in fruits of its own , than it gains by tillage and manuring . Still my ...
Page 56
... usually my confidant , but on this subject I was tongue - tied , for I dared not confess that I had overheard the discourse with her father , and I was compelled to digest the contradictory doctrines by myself , in the best manner I ...
... usually my confidant , but on this subject I was tongue - tied , for I dared not confess that I had overheard the discourse with her father , and I was compelled to digest the contradictory doctrines by myself , in the best manner I ...
Page 63
... usually com- municates itself to the manners ; and an absence of those kinder ties that are developed by the ex- ercise of the more familiar charities of our exist- ence , had opened a breach between us , that was not to be filled by ...
... usually com- municates itself to the manners ; and an absence of those kinder ties that are developed by the ex- ercise of the more familiar charities of our exist- ence , had opened a breach between us , that was not to be filled by ...
Page 67
... usually crowded . The secret conferences increased both in earnestness and in frequency , and finally I was summoned to meet these ill - timed guests in the room which had been the sanctum sanctorum of the late owner of the dwelling ...
... usually crowded . The secret conferences increased both in earnestness and in frequency , and finally I was summoned to meet these ill - timed guests in the room which had been the sanctum sanctorum of the late owner of the dwelling ...
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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.