Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... hand , could the hidden reposito- ries of divers flaming patriots have been opened to the light of day , royal protections would have been discovered concealed under piles of British gold . At the sound of the tread of the noble horse ...
... hand , could the hidden reposito- ries of divers flaming patriots have been opened to the light of day , royal protections would have been discovered concealed under piles of British gold . At the sound of the tread of the noble horse ...
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... hand . For a moment he paused , as if debating with his politeness , but at length threw an inquiring glance on the stran- ger , as he inquired , with a formal bow- " To whose health am I to have the honour of drinking ? " The traveller ...
... hand . For a moment he paused , as if debating with his politeness , but at length threw an inquiring glance on the stran- ger , as he inquired , with a formal bow- " To whose health am I to have the honour of drinking ? " The traveller ...
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... hand to Sarah Wharton , and they entered the room toge- ther ; while Frances followed , greatly at a loss to know , whether she had not wounded the feelings of her father's inmate . The storm began to rage with great violence without ...
... hand to Sarah Wharton , and they entered the room toge- ther ; while Frances followed , greatly at a loss to know , whether she had not wounded the feelings of her father's inmate . The storm began to rage with great violence without ...
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... hand of her sis- ter affectionately within both of her own , she added , with a smile directed towards Harper— " I ... hands of the unwelcome in- truder , as the door closed on the retiring figure of Harper ; -he arose slowly from his ...
... hand of her sis- ter affectionately within both of her own , she added , with a smile directed towards Harper— " I ... hands of the unwelcome in- truder , as the door closed on the retiring figure of Harper ; -he arose slowly from his ...
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... hand , appeared a tall graceful youth , of dark complexion , and sparkling eyes of black , from which the mirth had ... hands in his own , and the stern expression of his countenance gave THE SPY . 33.
... hand , appeared a tall graceful youth , of dark complexion , and sparkling eyes of black , from which the mirth had ... hands in his own , and the stern expression of his countenance gave THE SPY . 33.
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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.