Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 13
... approaching . The house was of stone , long , low , and with a small wing at either extre- mity . A piazza , extending along the front , with neatly turned pillars , together with the good order and preservation of its fences and out ...
... approaching . The house was of stone , long , low , and with a small wing at either extre- mity . A piazza , extending along the front , with neatly turned pillars , together with the good order and preservation of its fences and out ...
Page 14
... approaching to Grecian ; his eye , of a gray colour , was quiet , thoughtful , and rather melancholy ; the mouth and lower part of his face expressive of decision and much cha- racter . His dress , being suited to the road , was simple ...
... approaching to Grecian ; his eye , of a gray colour , was quiet , thoughtful , and rather melancholy ; the mouth and lower part of his face expressive of decision and much cha- racter . His dress , being suited to the road , was simple ...
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... figure of Harper ; -he arose slowly from his seat ; -listening attentively , he approached the door of the room- opened it -- seemed to attend to the retreating foot- 1 steps of the other - and , amidst the panic 22 THE SPY .
... figure of Harper ; -he arose slowly from his seat ; -listening attentively , he approached the door of the room- opened it -- seemed to attend to the retreating foot- 1 steps of the other - and , amidst the panic 22 THE SPY .
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... approached the northern boundaries of the county ; or , in other words , the neighbourhood of the American lines . His visits to the Locusts had become less frequent , and his appearance at his own abode so seldom , as to draw forth ...
... approached the northern boundaries of the county ; or , in other words , the neighbourhood of the American lines . His visits to the Locusts had become less frequent , and his appearance at his own abode so seldom , as to draw forth ...
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... 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 his goods , and re ...
... 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 his goods , and re ...
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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.