Cooper's Novels, Volume 18Stringer and Townsend, 1854 |
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... instantly in embarrassment on the deck , to avoid the keen , searching glance he encountered in the looks of the other . A long , and , on the part of the young man , a painful silence succeeded this remark . At length the youth ...
... instantly in embarrassment on the deck , to avoid the keen , searching glance he encountered in the looks of the other . A long , and , on the part of the young man , a painful silence succeeded this remark . At length the youth ...
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... instantly put in requisition , and the man was liberated , and suffered to resume his clothes . During this operation , the tumult and bustle , which had so recently distinguished the riotous scene , were succeeded by a stillness that ...
... instantly put in requisition , and the man was liberated , and suffered to resume his clothes . During this operation , the tumult and bustle , which had so recently distinguished the riotous scene , were succeeded by a stillness that ...
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... instant , with an air of undis- guised amazement , and then , without replying , he changed the direction of his route , and after one or two more deviations in his path , suddenly turn- ing again , he glided up an alley , so narrow ...
... instant , with an air of undis- guised amazement , and then , without replying , he changed the direction of his route , and after one or two more deviations in his path , suddenly turn- ing again , he glided up an alley , so narrow ...
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... instant how to act ; but yielding to the secret and powerful interest , which the stranger had succeeded in throwing around all his movements and opinions , he bade Meriton await his return , and followed his guide and the old man into ...
... instant how to act ; but yielding to the secret and powerful interest , which the stranger had succeeded in throwing around all his movements and opinions , he bade Meriton await his return , and followed his guide and the old man into ...
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... instant the officer appeared , he held his way across the bridge , and after proceeding , for a short distance farther , along the water's edge , they en- tered a broad and well built avenue , which led from the principal wharf into the ...
... instant the officer appeared , he held his way across the bridge , and after proceeding , for a short distance farther , along the water's edge , they en- tered a broad and well built avenue , which led from the principal wharf into the ...
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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.