Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 38
... hill , the short - liv'd light , Descending slowly , usher'd in the night ; When from the noisy town , with mournful look , His lonely way the meager pedler took . Wilson . A STORM below the highlands of the Hudson , if it be introduced ...
... hill , the short - liv'd light , Descending slowly , usher'd in the night ; When from the noisy town , with mournful look , His lonely way the meager pedler took . Wilson . A STORM below the highlands of the Hudson , if it be introduced ...
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... hills , began to drive from the west towards the east in astonishing rapidity . The rain yet con- tinued to beat against the eastern windows of the house with incredible fury ; in that direction the heavens were dark and gloomy ...
... hills , began to drive from the west towards the east in astonishing rapidity . The rain yet con- tinued to beat against the eastern windows of the house with incredible fury ; in that direction the heavens were dark and gloomy ...
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... Mr. Wharton ran in a direction from north - west to south - east , and the house stood on the side of a hill which terminated its length in the former di- rection . A small opening , occasioned by the re- 64 THE SPY .
... Mr. Wharton ran in a direction from north - west to south - east , and the house stood on the side of a hill which terminated its length in the former di- rection . A small opening , occasioned by the re- 64 THE SPY .
Page 65
... hill , and the fall of the land to the level of the tide water , afforded a view of the sound over the tops of the distant woods on its margin . The surface of the water which had so lately been lashing the shores with boisterous fury ...
... hill , and the fall of the land to the level of the tide water , afforded a view of the sound over the tops of the distant woods on its margin . The surface of the water which had so lately been lashing the shores with boisterous fury ...
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... hill which sheltered the valley to the northward . The eyes of the pedler followed the retiring figure of the horseman so long as it continued with- in view , and as it disappeared from his sight , he drew a long and heavy sigh , as if ...
... hill which sheltered the valley to the northward . The eyes of the pedler followed the retiring figure of the horseman so long as it continued with- in view , and as it disappeared from his sight , he drew a long and heavy sigh , as if ...
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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.