Cooper's Works: Lionel LincolnJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1860 - American fiction |
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... and has so often experienced the friendship , of the son , can find even better reasons for ofer- ing these Legends to your notice . Very truly and constantly , Yours , THE AUTHO PREFACE . THE manner in which the author became pos ΤΟ ...
... and has so often experienced the friendship , of the son , can find even better reasons for ofer- ing these Legends to your notice . Very truly and constantly , Yours , THE AUTHO PREFACE . THE manner in which the author became pos ΤΟ ...
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James Fenimore Cooper. PREFACE . THE manner in which the author became pos . sessed of the private incidents , the characters , and the descriptions , contained in these tales , will , most probably , ever remain a secret between him ...
James Fenimore Cooper. PREFACE . THE manner in which the author became pos . sessed of the private incidents , the characters , and the descriptions , contained in these tales , will , most probably , ever remain a secret between him ...
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... and the highly ornamented youth , before mentioned , approached the officer , with a manner in which pert familia- rity and fearful respect were peculiarly blended Without regarding the air of the other , however , 18 LIONEL LINCOLN .
... and the highly ornamented youth , before mentioned , approached the officer , with a manner in which pert familia- rity and fearful respect were peculiarly blended Without regarding the air of the other , however , 18 LIONEL LINCOLN .
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... manner that his valet inwardly pronounced abundantly degrading . As if this humiliation were not sufficient , the young man , perceiving that a ge- neral pause had succeeded his own entrance , turned to his companion , and courteously ...
... manner that his valet inwardly pronounced abundantly degrading . As if this humiliation were not sufficient , the young man , perceiving that a ge- neral pause had succeeded his own entrance , turned to his companion , and courteously ...
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... manner of his companion , and pressed his wasted hand fervently as he answered- " Do ; I ask it as a singular favour ; I know not why , but you have obtained a command of my feelings that no other being ever yet possessed- and yet ' tis ...
... manner of his companion , and pressed his wasted hand fervently as he answered- " Do ; I ask it as a singular favour ; I know not why , but you have obtained a command of my feelings that no other being ever yet possessed- and yet ' tis ...
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Page 360 - 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 275 - ... battalion gallantly mounted the ramparts. In the shallow ditch Lionel passed the expiring marine and caught the dying and despairing look from his eyes, and in another instant he found himself in the presence of his foes. As company followed company into the defenceless redoubt the Americans sullenly retired by its rear, keeping the bayonets of the soldiers at bay with clubbed muskets and sinewy arms. When the whole issued upon the open ground, the husbandmen received a close and fatal fire from...
Page 312 - 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 264 - ... spectators. Notwithstanding the security with which the English general marshalled his warriors, he felt that the approaching contest would be a battle of no common incidents. The eyes of tens of thousands were fastened on his movements, and the occasion demanded the richest display of the pageantry of war. The troops formed with beautiful accuracy, and the columns moved steadily along the shore, and took their assigned stations under cover of the brow of the eminence. Their force was in some...
Page 226 - 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 third and fourth generation ?" Thank God, my sorrows and sins will end with Job, for there...