Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... who arose to receive him , and paying his compli- ments to the three ladies who were seated at their needles , the stranger commenced laying aside some VOL . I. 2 of the outer garments which he had worn in his THE SPY . 13.
... who arose to receive him , and paying his compli- ments to the three ladies who were seated at their needles , the stranger commenced laying aside some VOL . I. 2 of the outer garments which he had worn in his THE SPY . 13.
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... ladies were , a maiden of forty , and two younger ones , who did not scem to have reached half those years . The bloom of the elder of these ladies had vanished , but her eyes , and fine hair , gave an extremely agreeable expres- sion ...
... ladies were , a maiden of forty , and two younger ones , who did not scem to have reached half those years . The bloom of the elder of these ladies had vanished , but her eyes , and fine hair , gave an extremely agreeable expres- sion ...
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... which he appeared to have been interrupted . The young ladies had again taken their seats be- side the work - stand , while their aunt , Miss Jea- nette Peyton , withdrew , to superintend the pre- parations THE SPY . 15.
... which he appeared to have been interrupted . The young ladies had again taken their seats be- side the work - stand , while their aunt , Miss Jea- nette Peyton , withdrew , to superintend the pre- parations THE SPY . 15.
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... 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 traveller had turned his face ...
... 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 traveller had turned his face ...
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... lady , a younger sister of their deceased mother , had left her paternal home , in the colony of Vir- ginia , with the devotedness and affection peculiar to her sex , to superintend the welfare of her or- phan nieces , Mr. Wharton felt ...
... lady , a younger sister of their deceased mother , had left her paternal home , in the colony of Vir- ginia , with the devotedness and affection peculiar to her sex , to superintend the welfare of her or- phan nieces , Mr. Wharton felt ...
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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.