Cooper's Novels, Volume 19Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... of abandoning it entirely , under the apprehension of losing by its publication . We were persuaded to persevere , as it was urged that " Precaution " had received a respectful notice from a few English pe- riodicals PREFACE . 7.
... of abandoning it entirely , under the apprehension of losing by its publication . We were persuaded to persevere , as it was urged that " Precaution " had received a respectful notice from a few English pe- riodicals PREFACE . 7.
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James Fenimore Cooper. received a respectful notice from a few English pe- riodicals and newspapers , and it was thought its au- thor would be secure from loss . Could we have found a Bookseller who would have given enough for the work ...
James Fenimore Cooper. received a respectful notice from a few English pe- riodicals and newspapers , and it was thought its au- thor would be secure from loss . Could we have found a Bookseller who would have given enough for the work ...
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... received as polite a negative , and immediately resumed the pipe he had laid aside at the entrance of the traveller . There was an evident desire on the part of the host to enter into conversation , but either from an apprehension of ...
... received as polite a negative , and immediately resumed the pipe he had laid aside at the entrance of the traveller . There was an evident desire on the part of the host to enter into conversation , but either from an apprehension of ...
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... receiving a coal from his youngest daughter . " None have reached the public yet , I believe , " replied the traveller , crossing his leg with steady composure . " Is it thought any important steps are about to be taken ? " continued Mr ...
... receiving a coal from his youngest daughter . " None have reached the public yet , I believe , " replied the traveller , crossing his leg with steady composure . " Is it thought any important steps are about to be taken ? " continued Mr ...
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... received the significant appellation of " Cow- Boys . " Cæsar was , however , far too loyal to associate men who held the commission of George III . , with the irregular warriors , whose excesses he had so often witnessed , and from ...
... received the significant appellation of " Cow- Boys . " Cæsar was , however , far too loyal to associate men who held the commission of George III . , with the irregular warriors , whose excesses he had so often witnessed , and from ...
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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.