Cooper's Works, Volume 33Stringer and Townsend, 1855 - American literature |
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... tion that are founded on the customs of America , when a writer attempts to engraft the scions of the imagination on the stock of history . plant is too familiar to the senses , and the fresh- ness of the exotic is tarnished by the ...
... tion that are founded on the customs of America , when a writer attempts to engraft the scions of the imagination on the stock of history . plant is too familiar to the senses , and the fresh- ness of the exotic is tarnished by the ...
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... tion , which was connected with the stranger who had occasioned the first . He scarcely had time to bid the black , with a faint voice , to show this second comer in , before the door was thrown has- tily open , and the stranger himself ...
... tion , which was connected with the stranger who had occasioned the first . He scarcely had time to bid the black , with a faint voice , to show this second comer in , before the door was thrown has- tily open , and the stranger himself ...
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... tion were , to some few of the visited , fortunate ; to more , injurious , by exciting expectations which were never to be realized , and , unhappily , to no small number ruinous . The known wealth of the father , and , possibly , the ...
... tion were , to some few of the visited , fortunate ; to more , injurious , by exciting expectations which were never to be realized , and , unhappily , to no small number ruinous . The known wealth of the father , and , possibly , the ...
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... tion , you will see a very different result . " " Of that there is no doubt , " cried Sarah , with out in the least partaking of the resentment of the Colonel to her sister , but hailing already in her heart the triumph of the British ...
... tion , you will see a very different result . " " Of that there is no doubt , " cried Sarah , with out in the least partaking of the resentment of the Colonel to her sister , but hailing already in her heart the triumph of the British ...
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... tion , she directed her energies to the accomplish- ment of one object , aided by the double stimulus of love and avarice . Harvey was in the frequent habit of paying mys- terious visits , in the depth of the night , to the fire- place ...
... tion , she directed her energies to the accomplish- ment of one object , aided by the double stimulus of love and avarice . Harvey was in the frequent habit of paying mys- terious visits , in the depth of the night , to the fire- place ...
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Page 2 - Brown, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " An Introduction to Systematic and Physiological Botany. By Thomas Nuttall, AMFLS &c." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 326 - Ah ! then he must have led an evil life indeed," said Hollister ; the blessed in spirit lie quiet until the general muster, but wickedness disturbs the soul in this life as well as in that which is to come.
Page 528 - If not for money, what then ?" "What has brought your excellency into the field? For what do you daily and hourly expose your precious life to battle and the halter ? What is there about me to mourn, when such men as you risk their all for our country? No, no, no — not a dollar of your gold will I touch ; poor America has need of it all...
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 time therein mentioned." And also to an act entitled "an act supplementary to an act 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 444 - And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth ? Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters : as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
Page 450 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away.
Page 528 - It is now my duty to pay you for these services. Hitherto you have postponed receiving your reward, and the debt has become a heavy one : I wish not to undervalue your dangers. Here are a hundred doubloons ; you will remember the poverty of our country, and attribute to it the smallness of your pay.