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... . The rifle in his hand , and pistols in his belt were all the arms he bore . " Bates , " said he , " where were you when the savages first showed themselves ? " " At the second bend of the river , where A FRONTIER SCENE . 11.
... . The rifle in his hand , and pistols in his belt were all the arms he bore . " Bates , " said he , " where were you when the savages first showed themselves ? " " At the second bend of the river , where A FRONTIER SCENE . 11.
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... hand , and the low " God bless you , " was all that passed between the strongest friends . For a few moments , those left behind stood conversing lowly around the fires , and then all was quiet as before , save an occasional muttering ...
... hand , and the low " God bless you , " was all that passed between the strongest friends . For a few moments , those left behind stood conversing lowly around the fires , and then all was quiet as before , save an occasional muttering ...
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... hand a knife , which , sooner than bear their torture , he will use upon him- self ; how I wish the rest had come up with me ! I am afraid to go back for fear it will be too late ; but what can I do alone ? I wish the boy had not the ...
... hand a knife , which , sooner than bear their torture , he will use upon him- self ; how I wish the rest had come up with me ! I am afraid to go back for fear it will be too late ; but what can I do alone ? I wish the boy had not the ...
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... hand still grasped a knife , and as Henry had none , there seemed little chance for him . Henry's right hand held a pistol ; but his arm had clasped the warrior so firmly that it had fallen beneath him , and before he could extricate it ...
... hand still grasped a knife , and as Henry had none , there seemed little chance for him . Henry's right hand held a pistol ; but his arm had clasped the warrior so firmly that it had fallen beneath him , and before he could extricate it ...
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... hand , upon the elbow of his arm - chair , betokening at once the student and philosopher . A knock is heard at the door : - enter Josephus Jumble , a man whose character no one has yet been able to fathom . Iph . Good evening ...
... hand , upon the elbow of his arm - chair , betokening at once the student and philosopher . A knock is heard at the door : - enter Josephus Jumble , a man whose character no one has yet been able to fathom . Iph . Good evening ...
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Page 120 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Page 264 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 282 - The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.
Page 123 - Certainly a man has a right to do what he likes with his own, but then every man who does so must make up his mind to certain little penalties.
Page 120 - I wrote some lines once on a time In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would say They were exceeding good. " They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. " I called my servant, and he came ; How kind it was of him, To mind a slender man like me, He of the mighty limb. "
Page 282 - But the distant finishing which nature has given to the picture is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the fore-ground. It is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous.
Page 253 - Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
Page 121 - He read the next; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear; He read the third; a chuckling noise I now began to hear. " The fourth ; he broke into a roar; The fifth ; his waistband split; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit.
Page 290 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
Page 121 - I exclaimed, And, in my humorous way, I added (as a trifling jest) , "There'll be the devil to pay." He took the paper, and I watched, And saw him peep within; At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin.