Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... Sarah , " cried the younger lady , with quickness ; and then colouring to the eyes at her own boldness , she em- ployed herself in tumbling over the contents of her work - basket , silently hoping her remark would be unnoticed . The ...
... Sarah , " cried the younger lady , with quickness ; and then colouring to the eyes at her own boldness , she em- ployed herself in tumbling over the contents of her work - basket , silently hoping her remark would be unnoticed . The ...
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... Sarah thinks the British are never beat- en ; but I do not put so much faith in their invin- cibility . " The traveller listened to her with that pleased indulgence , with which virtuous age loves to con- template the ardour of youthful ...
... Sarah thinks the British are never beat- en ; but I do not put so much faith in their invin- cibility . " The traveller listened to her with that pleased indulgence , with which virtuous age loves to con- template the ardour of youthful ...
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... Sarah Wharton , who sat next him , and remarked , with much suavity- " You , doubtless , find your present abode soli- tary , after being accustomed to the gayeties of the city . " " Oh ! excessively so , " said Sarah , hastily ; “ 1 do ...
... Sarah Wharton , who sat next him , and remarked , with much suavity- " You , doubtless , find your present abode soli- tary , after being accustomed to the gayeties of the city . " " Oh ! excessively so , " said Sarah , hastily ; “ 1 do ...
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... Sarah Wharton should be thrown away . Her person was formed with the early ma- turity of the climate , and a strict cultivation of the graces had made her , decidedly , the belle of the city . No one promised to dispute with her this ...
... Sarah Wharton should be thrown away . Her person was formed with the early ma- turity of the climate , and a strict cultivation of the graces had made her , decidedly , the belle of the city . No one promised to dispute with her this ...
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... Sarah took all the idle vapourings of her danglers to be truths . The first political opinions which reached the ears of Frances were coupled with sneers on the con- duct of her countrymen . At first she believed them ; but there was ...
... Sarah took all the idle vapourings of her danglers to be truths . The first political opinions which reached the ears of Frances were coupled with sneers on the con- duct of her countrymen . At first she believed them ; but there was ...
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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.