Cooper's Novels, Volume 18Stringer and Townsend, 1854 |
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Page ix
... less dignified than actual history . Of the colleges it is necessary to speak with re- verence ; though truth possesses claims even su- perior to gratitude . He shall dispose of them by simply saying , that they are entirely innocent of ...
... less dignified than actual history . Of the colleges it is necessary to speak with re- verence ; though truth possesses claims even su- perior to gratitude . He shall dispose of them by simply saying , that they are entirely innocent of ...
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... less being who trod its planks , bowed courteously before he turned away to the view , and in his turn became deeply absorbed in studying its fading beauties . The rounded heights of Dorchester were radiant with the rays of the luminary ...
... less being who trod its planks , bowed courteously before he turned away to the view , and in his turn became deeply absorbed in studying its fading beauties . The rounded heights of Dorchester were radiant with the rays of the luminary ...
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... less rapid strides . As the lad advanced deeper into the town , he evidently wavered once or twice in his choice of streets , and the officer began to sus- pect , that the changeling contemplated one of his wild circuits , to avoid the ...
... less rapid strides . As the lad advanced deeper into the town , he evidently wavered once or twice in his choice of streets , and the officer began to sus- pect , that the changeling contemplated one of his wild circuits , to avoid the ...
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... less than paternal . It is enough that I am within its limits , where liberty is prized as the greatest good ; and it matters not under what roof I lay my head - this will do as well as another . " " This ! " echoed the other , glancing ...
... less than paternal . It is enough that I am within its limits , where liberty is prized as the greatest good ; and it matters not under what roof I lay my head - this will do as well as another . " " This ! " echoed the other , glancing ...
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... less personal ; when his eye caught a glimpse of the figure of another , and more youthful female , who had been concealed , hitherto , by the drapery of a window - curtain . Advancing to this young lady , he said , with a quickness ...
... less personal ; when his eye caught a glimpse of the figure of another , and more youthful female , who had been concealed , hitherto , by the drapery of a window - curtain . Advancing to this young lady , he said , with a quickness ...
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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.