Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... face , communicating the result of her observations to her husband , who , in the rear of the building , was prepared to seek , if necessary , his ordinary place of concealment in the adjacent woods . The valley was situated about mid ...
... face , communicating the result of her observations to her husband , who , in the rear of the building , was prepared to seek , if necessary , his ordinary place of concealment in the adjacent woods . The valley was situated about mid ...
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... face again or not - no , not I ; " — and she closed the door abruptly on the horseman , who gladly extended his ride a haif mile further , to ob- tain lodgings which promised both more comfort and greater security . Sufficient light yet ...
... face again or not - no , not I ; " — and she closed the door abruptly on the horseman , who gladly extended his ride a haif mile further , to ob- tain lodgings which promised both more comfort and greater security . Sufficient light yet ...
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... face expressive of decision and much cha- racter . His dress , being suited to the road , was simple and plain , but ... faces do not possess . The sisters , for such the resemblance between the I younger maidens denoted them to be ...
... face expressive of decision and much cha- racter . His dress , being suited to the road , was simple and plain , but ... faces do not possess . The sisters , for such the resemblance between the I younger maidens denoted them to be ...
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... face from one sis- ter to the other , as they had spoken in succession , and an almost imperceptible movement of the muscles of his mouth betrayed a new emotion , as he inquired of the younger , with much courtesy of manner- " May I ...
... face from one sis- ter to the other , as they had spoken in succession , and an almost imperceptible movement of the muscles of his mouth betrayed a new emotion , as he inquired of the younger , with much courtesy of manner- " May I ...
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... face of infantile innocency of expression , as she concluded , in a voice that shared in the covert hu- mour of the speaker . " On what particular points of prowess do you differ ? " continued Harper , meeting her look of animation with ...
... face of infantile innocency of expression , as she concluded , in a voice that shared in the covert hu- mour of the speaker . " On what particular points of prowess do you differ ? " continued Harper , meeting her look of animation with ...
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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.