Cooper's Works: Lionel LincolnJames G. Gregory (successor to W.A. Townsend), 1860 - American fiction |
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... natural poetry of Bryant ; no pungency from the wit of Halleck ; no felicity of expression from the rich- ness of Percival ; no satire from the caustic pen of Paulding ; no periods nor humour from Irving ; nor any high finish from the ...
... natural poetry of Bryant ; no pungency from the wit of Halleck ; no felicity of expression from the rich- ness of Percival ; no satire from the caustic pen of Paulding ; no periods nor humour from Irving ; nor any high finish from the ...
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... natural manner . He spoke of the localities , with the vehemence and fondness of an enthusiast , and with the familiarity of one who had long known their beauties . His rapid utterance , however , ceased as they approached the naked ...
... natural manner . He spoke of the localities , with the vehemence and fondness of an enthusiast , and with the familiarity of one who had long known their beauties . His rapid utterance , however , ceased as they approached the naked ...
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... , " and we was just polishing this ' ere natural , because as he re- fuses to drink the health of his majesty . " " He's a scornful sinner , that don't fear his Maker , " cried the man in duresse , eagerly CHAPTER II. ...
... , " and we was just polishing this ' ere natural , because as he re- fuses to drink the health of his majesty . " " He's a scornful sinner , that don't fear his Maker , " cried the man in duresse , eagerly CHAPTER II. ...
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... natural edged himself in a sidelong , slo- venly manner , nigher to the gentleman , and looked earnestly up in his face for a moment , where he seemed to be gathering confidence to say- “ Job will show the officer Ma'am Lechmere's , if ...
... natural edged himself in a sidelong , slo- venly manner , nigher to the gentleman , and looked earnestly up in his face for a moment , where he seemed to be gathering confidence to say- “ Job will show the officer Ma'am Lechmere's , if ...
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... natural , gloomily ; " now the king has said there shall be no goods but tea sent to Boston , and the people won't have the bohea , it's casy living rent- free . - Nab keeps her huckster - stuff in the old ware'us ' , and a good place ...
... natural , gloomily ; " now the king has said there shall be no goods but tea sent to Boston , and the people won't have the bohea , it's casy living rent- free . - Nab keeps her huckster - stuff in the old ware'us ' , and a good place ...
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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...