Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 12
... Birch will have his own way , and die vagabond after all . " The horseman did not wait to hear more than the advice to pursue his course up the road ; but had slowly turned his horse towards the bars , and was gathering the folds of an ...
... Birch will have his own way , and die vagabond after all . " The horseman did not wait to hear more than the advice to pursue his course up the road ; but had slowly turned his horse towards the bars , and was gathering the folds of an ...
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... Birch , he got home , and bring you a little good ' baccy from York . " " Harvey Birch , " rejoined the master with great deliberation , stealing a look at his guest . " I do not remember desiring him to purchase any tobacco for me ...
... Birch , he got home , and bring you a little good ' baccy from York . " " Harvey Birch , " rejoined the master with great deliberation , stealing a look at his guest . " I do not remember desiring him to purchase any tobacco for me ...
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... Birch had been a pedler from his youth , at least so he frequently asserted , and his skill in the occupation went far to prove the truth of the declaration . He was supposed to be a native of one of the eastern colonies ; and , from ...
... Birch had been a pedler from his youth , at least so he frequently asserted , and his skill in the occupation went far to prove the truth of the declaration . He was supposed to be a native of one of the eastern colonies ; and , from ...
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... Birch soon disposed of a large portion of this valuable article . The praises of the ladies had drawn the whole person of the younger sister into view ; and Frances was slowly rising from the window , as Sarah repeated her question ...
... Birch soon disposed of a large portion of this valuable article . The praises of the ladies had drawn the whole person of the younger sister into view ; and Frances was slowly rising from the window , as Sarah repeated her question ...
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... Birch was altered . Approaching the fire , he took from his mouth a large allowance of the Vir- ginian weed , and depositing it , with the superabun- dance of its juices , without mercy to Miss Peyton's shining andirons , returned to ...
... Birch was altered . Approaching the fire , he took from his mouth a large allowance of the Vir- ginian weed , and depositing it , with the superabun- dance of its juices , without mercy to Miss Peyton's shining andirons , returned to ...
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already appearance approaching arms Betty Birch body brother Cæsar called Captain Lawton Captain Wharton Colonel command companion continued countenance cried danger death distance door dragoons Dunwoodie duty enemy entered escape exclaimed expression eyes face father feelings fire followed Frances gave gazing give glance ground hand Harper Harvey head heart Henry Henry Wharton hill hope horse hour Katy ladies leave light listen look Major manner means meet Miss Peyton moment moved nature never night observed officer once party passed pedler raised reached received replied retired returned rock Sarah seemed seen short side silence Singleton sister Sitgreaves smile soldier soon speak stood sure surgeon thing thought tion took trooper troops turned voice Wellmere whole wish woman wounded young youth
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Page 131 - No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.
Page 280 - Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood — Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood.
Page 74 - 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 276 - 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...
Page 212 - Turn, gentle hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread With fainting steps and slow ; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem length'ning as I go.
Page 198 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig.
Page 192 - 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.