Cooper's Novels, Volume 18Stringer and Townsend, 1854 |
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... hear further of the man , whom your courtesy and kindness have so greatly obliged . " The officer was sensibly affected by the softened but solemn manner of his companion , and pressed his wasted hand fervently as he answered- “ Do ; I ...
... hear further of the man , whom your courtesy and kindness have so greatly obliged . " The officer was sensibly affected by the softened but solemn manner of his companion , and pressed his wasted hand fervently as he answered- “ Do ; I ...
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... hear the silly child ! Come , Job , you must take this gentle- man to Tremont - street , without further words . ' Tis but just sundown , boy , and you can go there and be home and in your bed before the Old South strikes eight ...
... hear the silly child ! Come , Job , you must take this gentle- man to Tremont - street , without further words . ' Tis but just sundown , boy , and you can go there and be home and in your bed before the Old South strikes eight ...
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... hear- ing no words of pleasure or of recognition , he ex- claimed- " If you don't know Funnel - Hall , you are no Boston boy ! " " But I do know Faneuil - Hall , and I am a Bos- ton boy , " returned the amused gentleman ; " the place ...
... hear- ing no words of pleasure or of recognition , he ex- claimed- " If you don't know Funnel - Hall , you are no Boston boy ! " " But I do know Faneuil - Hall , and I am a Bos- ton boy , " returned the amused gentleman ; " the place ...
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... hear you say any thing ag'in liberty ! " " Ralph ! who is he , lad ? your genius ! where do you keep the invisible , that there is danger of his overhearing what I say ? " " He's up there in the fog , " said Job , pointing significantly ...
... hear you say any thing ag'in liberty ! " " Ralph ! who is he , lad ? your genius ! where do you keep the invisible , that there is danger of his overhearing what I say ? " " He's up there in the fog , " said Job , pointing significantly ...
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... hear his master mentioned with levity . " " Levity ! " repeated the other slowly . " It is a fault indeed to accompany gray locks and wasted limbs but your jealous watchfulness betrays you into error . I have breathed in the atmosphere ...
... hear his master mentioned with levity . " " Levity ! " repeated the other slowly . " It is a fault indeed to accompany gray locks and wasted limbs but your jealous watchfulness betrays you into error . I have breathed in the atmosphere ...
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Page vi - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 6 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;
Page 90 - If any man can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Page 42 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 228 - Ah! Major Lincoln, a healthier, and a stouter, and a finer boy was not to be seen in the Bay province, till the child had reached his fifth year ! then, then it was that the judgment of heaven fell on mother and son — sickness made him what you see, a being with the form, but without the reason of man, and I have grown the wretch I am. But it has all been foretold, and warnings enough have I had of it all! for is it not said, that he "will visit the sins of the fathers upon the children until the...
Page 276 - Americans, exhausted of their ammunition, now sunk sullenly back, a few hurling stones it their foes, in desperate indignation. The cannon of the British had been brought to enfilade their short breast-work, which was no longer tenable ; and as the columns approached closer to the low rampart, it became a mutual protection to the adverse parties. " Hurrah ! for the Royal Irish !" again shouted M'Fuse, rushing up the trifling ascent, which was but of little more than his own height.