Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... Henry , my son , " ex- claimed the astonished , but delighted parent ; while both his sisters sunk on his shoulders , dissolved in tears . The faithful old black , who had been reared from infancy in the house of his present master ...
... Henry , my son , " ex- claimed the astonished , but delighted parent ; while both his sisters sunk on his shoulders , dissolved in tears . The faithful old black , who had been reared from infancy in the house of his present master ...
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... , inquired , in a hurried voice- " But why - why do you leave us , Mr. Dun- woodie ? -Henry must soon return . " The gentleman caught one of her hands in his own , and the stern expression of his countenance gave THE SPY . 33.
... , inquired , in a hurried voice- " But why - why do you leave us , Mr. Dun- woodie ? -Henry must soon return . " The gentleman caught one of her hands in his own , and the stern expression of his countenance gave THE SPY . 33.
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... Henry had adopted the disguise we have mentioned , and unfortunately arrived on the very evening that an unknown and rather suspicious guest was an in- mate of the house , which seldom contained any others than its regular inhabitants ...
... Henry had adopted the disguise we have mentioned , and unfortunately arrived on the very evening that an unknown and rather suspicious guest was an in- mate of the house , which seldom contained any others than its regular inhabitants ...
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... Henry , I know , for he has told me so again and again . " Young Wharton tapped his sister on the cheek , with a shrewd smile , as he asked her , in an affect- ed whisper- " did he tell you also that he loved my little sister Fanny ...
... Henry , I know , for he has told me so again and again . " Young Wharton tapped his sister on the cheek , with a shrewd smile , as he asked her , in an affect- ed whisper- " did he tell you also that he loved my little sister Fanny ...
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... Henry loyal to his king ? " ( 6 Come , come , " said Miss Peyton , " no differ- ence of opinion about the Colonel - he is a favour- ite of mine . " " Fanny likes Majors better , " cried the brother , pulling her upon his knee ...
... Henry loyal to his king ? " ( 6 Come , come , " said Miss Peyton , " no differ- ence of opinion about the Colonel - he is a favour- ite of mine . " " Fanny likes Majors better , " cried the brother , pulling her upon his knee ...
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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.