| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...Such things frequently happen,' returned Louisa. ' Let us follow the sounds ; it may be a wanderer, starving on the hill." " Urged by this consideration,...turned her head, and beheld Louisa, standing with her fjfcpe whitened to the colour of death, and her finger pointing upward, with a sort of flickering,... | |
| Great Britain - 1823 - 474 pages
...young mistress lured him from his kennel, to the present moment. His advanced age had long fcefore deprived him of his activity ; and when his companions...beheld Louisa, standing with her face whitened to the dolour of death, and her finger pointing upward, with a sort of flickering, convulsed motion. The quick... | |
| Great Britain - 1823 - 468 pages
...than before, and occasionally giving vent to bis ire by a short, surly barking. " What does he gee ?" said Elizabeth ; " there must be some animal in sight."...her face whitened to the colour of death, and her fmger pointing upward, with a sort of nickering, convulsed motion. The quick eye of Elizabeth glanced... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...known his good qualities. 'Brave!' she said, 'be quiet, Brave! what do you see, fellow?' At the sound of her voice, the rage of the mastiff, instead of...beheld Louisa, standing with her face whitened to the color of death, and her finger pointing upward, with a sort of flickering, convulsed motion. The quick... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Gift books - 1836 - 372 pages
...of his activity ; and when his companions stopped to view the scenery, or to add to their boquets, the mastiff would lay his huge frame on the ground,...beheld Louisa, standing with her face whitened to the color of death, and her finger pointing upward, with a sort of flickering, convulsed motion. The quick... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1838 - 270 pages
...not so well known his good qualities. 'Brave!' she said, 'be quiet, Brave! what do you see, fellow?' Hearing no answer from her companion, Miss Temple...beheld Louisa, standing with her face whitened to the color of death, and her finger pointing 'upward, with a sort of flickering, convulsed motion. The quick... | |
| Novelist - 1839 - 746 pages
...lay his huge frame on the ground, and await their movements, with his eyes closed, and a liatlessness in his air that ill accorded with the character of...death, and her finger pointing upward, with a sort of flckering, convulsed motion. The quick eye of Elizabeth glanced in the direction indicated by her friend,... | |
| Salem Town - American literature - 1845 - 264 pages
...the feet of his mistress, growling louder than before, and. occasionally giving vent to his irerbya short, surly barking: ."What does he see ?" said Elizabeth;...sight." Hearing no answer from her companion, Miss Temle turned her head, ami beneld Louisa, standing with her face whitened to' the color of death, and... | |
| Salem Town - 1845 - 296 pages
...than before, and occasionally giving vent to his ire by a short, surly barking. " What does he see 1 " said Elizabeth; "there must be some animal in sight." Hearing no answer from her companion, Miss Temle turned her head, and beheld Louisa, standing with her face whitened to the color of death, and... | |
| Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...Elizabeth ; " there must be some animal in sight." 6. Hearing no answer from her companion, Miss Temp e 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. The quick... | |
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