Tales and Sketches: Such as They are, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1834 - American fiction |
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... clear sheet of water lying in a valley , to this day wild and secluded , about four miles distant from Menunkatuck , -or Guilford , as the " pale - faces " chose to rechristen the place on coming into possession . Excepting the clearing ...
... clear sheet of water lying in a valley , to this day wild and secluded , about four miles distant from Menunkatuck , -or Guilford , as the " pale - faces " chose to rechristen the place on coming into possession . Excepting the clearing ...
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... clearly written down in the prophets that such was to be her doleful fate . Deacon Goodspeed left Quannipaug that night in a very unamiable mood . He cast an evil eye upon the spirited and resolute damsel as he de- parted . His love was ...
... clearly written down in the prophets that such was to be her doleful fate . Deacon Goodspeed left Quannipaug that night in a very unamiable mood . He cast an evil eye upon the spirited and resolute damsel as he de- parted . His love was ...
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... But , unfor- tunately , according to the testimony now adduced , it was clearly proved that " all was false and hol- low ; " and while her tongue might drop manna c 2 MERCY DISBOROUGH . 29 Suddenly, moreover, the pot-lid leaped off ...
... But , unfor- tunately , according to the testimony now adduced , it was clearly proved that " all was false and hol- low ; " and while her tongue might drop manna c 2 MERCY DISBOROUGH . 29 Suddenly, moreover, the pot-lid leaped off ...
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... clear proofs were wanted . - HAKEWILL . Most of the intervening night was spent by Mercy , with her father and her betrothed , in deep and fervent prayer . Deacon Goodspeed sat up late with the minister , mourning over the wicked- ness ...
... clear proofs were wanted . - HAKEWILL . Most of the intervening night was spent by Mercy , with her father and her betrothed , in deep and fervent prayer . Deacon Goodspeed sat up late with the minister , mourning over the wicked- ness ...
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... - lation , to witness this final effort of judicial wisdom to make out a clear case . Both banks of the river were lined with spectators ; and it is but justice to say , that there were bosoms in the crowd in 48 MERCY DISBOROUGH .
... - lation , to witness this final effort of judicial wisdom to make out a clear case . Both banks of the river were lined with spectators ; and it is but justice to say , that there were bosoms in the crowd in 48 MERCY DISBOROUGH .
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 73 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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?
Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...