The Pioneers, Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna, a Descriptive TaleStringer & Townsend, 1853 - 611 pages |
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... mountains and valleys . It is among these hills that the Delaware takes its rise ; and flowing from the limpid lakes and thousand springs of this country , the numerous sources of the mighty Susquehanna meander through the valleys ...
... mountains and valleys . It is among these hills that the Delaware takes its rise ; and flowing from the limpid lakes and thousand springs of this country , the numerous sources of the mighty Susquehanna meander through the valleys ...
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... mountain tops . Roads diverge in every direc- tion , from the even and graceful bottoms of the valleys , to the most rugged and intricate passes of the hills . Academies , and minor edifices for the encouragement of learning , meet the ...
... mountain tops . Roads diverge in every direc- tion , from the even and graceful bottoms of the valleys , to the most rugged and intricate passes of the hills . Academies , and minor edifices for the encouragement of learning , meet the ...
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... mountains in the district which we have described . The day had been fine for the season , and but two or three large clouds , whose ... mountain , in the opposite direc- tion , had made a passage of sufficient width for THE PIONEERS . 11.
... mountains in the district which we have described . The day had been fine for the season , and but two or three large clouds , whose ... mountain , in the opposite direc- tion , had made a passage of sufficient width for THE PIONEERS . 11.
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... mountain ; but the sum- mit itself yet remained a forest . There was a glittering in the atmosphere , as if it were ... mountains . The harness , which was of a deep dull black , differing from the glossy var- nishing of the present day ...
... mountain ; but the sum- mit itself yet remained a forest . There was a glittering in the atmosphere , as if it were ... mountains . The harness , which was of a deep dull black , differing from the glossy var- nishing of the present day ...
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... mountain which lay on the op- posite side of the valley to which they were has- tening . The dark trunks of the trees rose from the pure white of the snow , in regularly formed shafts , until , at a great height , their branches shot ...
... mountain which lay on the op- posite side of the valley to which they were has- tening . The dark trunks of the trees rose from the pure white of the snow , in regularly formed shafts , until , at a great height , their branches shot ...
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Page 2 - 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 183 - That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 124 - Louisa, tearing from the person of her friend, with an instinctive readiness, such parts of her dress as might obstruct her respiration, and encouraging their only safeguard, the dog, at the same time, by the sounds of her voice. " Courage, Brave !" she cried, her own tones beginning to tremble, " courage, courage, good Brave.
Page 123 - What does he see?" said Elizabeth: "there must be some animal in sight." Hearing no answer from her companion, Miss Temple turned her head, and beheld Louisa standing with her face whitened to the color of death, and her finger pointing upward, with a sort of flickering, convulsed motion.
Page 125 - So rapid and vigorous were the bounds of the inhabitant of the forest, that its active frame seemed constantly in the air, while the dog nobly faced his foe at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn with her talons...
Page 117 - Ask me not what the maiden feels, Left in that dreadful hour alone: Perchance her reason stoops or reels; Perchance a courage, not her own, Braces her mind to desperate tone. The scattered van of England wheels; She only said, as loud in air The tumult roared, "Is Wilton there?" They fly! or maddened by despair Fight but to die — "Is Wilton there?
Page 2 - POMEROY, of the said District, hath deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit : . . "Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence.
Page 125 - Elizabeth witnessed the short struggle, and her blood was warming with the triumph of the dog, when she saw the form of the old panther in the air, springing twenty feet from the branch of the beech to the back of the mastiff. No words of ours can describe the fury of the conflict that followed. It was a confused struggle on the dry leaves, accompanied by loud and terrific cries.
Page 38 - This comes of settling a country ! " he said ; " here have I. known the pigeons to fly for forty long years, and, till you made your clearings, there was nobody to skear or to hurt them. I loved to see them...
Page 124 - All this time, Brave stood firm and undaunted, his short tail erect, his body drawn backward on its haunches, and his eyes following the movements of both dam and cub. At every gambol played by the latter, it approached nigher to the dog, the growling of the three becoming more horrid at each moment...