The Living Authors of America |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page 12
... horrors of a guilty conscience , his restless and disturbed action told me more than words : when , finally , under the paroxysm of the terrible dream , he starts up , and staggers to the very brink of 12 COOPER . JAMES FENIMORE.
... horrors of a guilty conscience , his restless and disturbed action told me more than words : when , finally , under the paroxysm of the terrible dream , he starts up , and staggers to the very brink of 12 COOPER . JAMES FENIMORE.
Page 25
... action , and making Tom Coffin an English Seaman , and Boroughcliffe an American Volunteer , coolly transferred the scene of action to the shores of the New World . With this slight alteration , the British public highly enjoyed the ...
... action , and making Tom Coffin an English Seaman , and Boroughcliffe an American Volunteer , coolly transferred the scene of action to the shores of the New World . With this slight alteration , the British public highly enjoyed the ...
Page 37
... action threw the Lagune into ebullition , but , when the foam subsided , it lay calm as the blue and peaceful vault it reflected . 666 Antonio ! ' burst from the lips of the Bravo . " A frightful silence succeeded the call . There was ...
... action threw the Lagune into ebullition , but , when the foam subsided , it lay calm as the blue and peaceful vault it reflected . 666 Antonio ! ' burst from the lips of the Bravo . " A frightful silence succeeded the call . There was ...
Page 43
... action and narration . The dramatist includes the novelist and the romancist . The latter may eke out his short- comings by description , as a man in an equivocal position may explain the ambiguity away , and stultify to a certain ...
... action and narration . The dramatist includes the novelist and the romancist . The latter may eke out his short- comings by description , as a man in an equivocal position may explain the ambiguity away , and stultify to a certain ...
Page 44
... action with romantic description : so that the mind would be filled with the idea , and the heart with the feeling . We are anxious to avoid much quotation , but a certain portion is indispensable to justify ourselves to the public ...
... action with romantic description : so that the mind would be filled with the idea , and the heart with the feeling . We are anxious to avoid much quotation , but a certain portion is indispensable to justify ourselves to the public ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acadian admiration Alnwick Castle American Annabel Lee beauty beneath breath Bryant Byron Cachuca Carmelite character charm Coleridge consider Cooper critic Dana dark death dramatist dream earth elaborate elegant Emerson England English evidence expression fact feel force genius George Sand give gondola grave Halleck hand hath heard heart heaven HYPOLITO illustration intellect JARED SPARKS Kirkland lady land Leigh Hunt light lines living Longfellow look Margaret Fuller mind Miss Fuller monomania NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS nation Natty Bumppo never o'er once opinion passion peculiar philosopher poem poet poet's poetical poetry popular Prescott present prose quote Ralph Waldo Emerson reader remarks romance scene seems Shakspeare singular smile soul sound spirit stanza style sure sweet thee things thou thought throw tion true truth verse voice Willis woman word Wordsworth writings