Stories of American Life, 2권Mary Russell Mitford H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830 |
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... rivers and solitary swamps . It is even imputed to us as a reproach , by en- lightened foreigners , that our land is altogether populated with the living descendants of Adam- creatures with thews and sinews ; who eat when they are ...
... rivers and solitary swamps . It is even imputed to us as a reproach , by en- lightened foreigners , that our land is altogether populated with the living descendants of Adam- creatures with thews and sinews ; who eat when they are ...
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... river , that can throw a ball so far , or so true . " These discussions consumed much time , and much whiskey - for the rule on such occasions is , that he who rejects an offer to trade , must treat the company , and thus every point in ...
... river , that can throw a ball so far , or so true . " These discussions consumed much time , and much whiskey - for the rule on such occasions is , that he who rejects an offer to trade , must treat the company , and thus every point in ...
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... throw his gun into the river ; but the excellence of the weapon , and the recollection of former exploits , as often restrained him ; and he continued to stroll To through the woods , firing now and then at a PETE FEATHERTON . 19.
... throw his gun into the river ; but the excellence of the weapon , and the recollection of former exploits , as often restrained him ; and he continued to stroll To through the woods , firing now and then at a PETE FEATHERTON . 19.
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... river and a brook , that murmured its way through a long meadow , dotted with gigantic elms , button woods , and other vast children of our rich allu- vions . It was a pretty scene for a good man to re- pose himself in , and seek his ...
... river and a brook , that murmured its way through a long meadow , dotted with gigantic elms , button woods , and other vast children of our rich allu- vions . It was a pretty scene for a good man to re- pose himself in , and seek his ...
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... River , I became ac- quainted with a French cotton - planter of the name of La Ruche , whose house stood at a little dis- tance from the village . He was a lively , shrivelled old gentleman , dried almost to a mummy by seventy hot ...
... River , I became ac- quainted with a French cotton - planter of the name of La Ruche , whose house stood at a little dis- tance from the village . He was a lively , shrivelled old gentleman , dried almost to a mummy by seventy hot ...
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Adayes Algesiras Amelia arms Baltazar Polo Balty beautiful became began believe Billy Morgan bosom bride Brown Bess called Callisthenics Captain Cherry Valley church deer Doctor door eyes face father feelings fire Firkins forest frigate gaze Gibraltar Grey habits half hand happy head heard heart heaven Helen Helen Fraser Hippolyte honour hope hour husband Indians Johnson Julia Kirkwood La Ruche Latimer Lemoine length live look Madame Labedoyère manner marriage married means ment messmates mind Miss Fin Miss Longchild Montagu Moreton morning mother mysterious Natchitoches nature never night occasion old gentleman party passed person Pete Pow-wow present quiet quiet company Richard round sailors seemed seen Sir William Johnson sisters smile soon soul spirit stood story strange Teresa thing thought tion Tom Brown took wife wild woman wonder youth
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253 페이지 - A goodly portly man, i' faith, and a corpulent ; of a cheerful look, a pleasing eye, and a most noble carriage ; and, as I think, his age some fifty, or, by'r lady, inclining to threescore; and now I remember me, his name is Falstaff : if that man should be lewdly given, he deceiveth me ; for, Harry, I see virtue in his looks. If...
10 페이지 - It was very evident too, from the dryness of the snow, and the brittleness of the twigs, which snapped off as he brushed his way through the thickets, that the weather was intensely cold; yet the perspiration was rolling in large drops from his brow. He stopped at a clear spring, and thrusting his hands into the cold water, attempted to carry a portion of it to his lips; but the element recoiled and hissed, as if his hands and lips had been composed of red hot iron. Pete felt quite puzzled when he...
123 페이지 - Both warbling of one~song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; Hut yet a union in partition, — Two lovely berries moulded on one stem : So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart ; Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.
299 페이지 - To execution. Dost thou ask her crime ? SHE WHIPPED TWO FEMALE 'PRENTICES TO DEATH, AND HID THEM IN THE COAL HOLE.
214 페이지 - But thou, a School-boy, to the sea hadst carried Undying recollections ; Nature there Was with thee ; she, who loved us both, she still Was with thee ; and even so didst thou become A silent Poet ; from the solitude Of the vast sea didst bring a watchful heart Still couchant, an inevitable ear, And an eye practised like a blind man's touch.
158 페이지 - ... time of the night they would, Morgan was seen sitting upright in his hammock, with his eyes glaring wide open. When his turn came to take' his watch upon deck, his conduct was equally strange. He would stand stock still in one place, gazing at the stars, or the ocean, apparently unconscious of his situation ; and when roused by his companions, fall flat on the deck in a swoon.
165 페이지 - That very night the ghost made its appearance on board the frigate, and passed its cold wet hand over the face of Tom Brown, to whom Morgan had left his watch and chest of clothes. The poor fellow bawled out lustily; but before any pursuit could be made, the ghost had disappeared in the forward part of the ship as usual. After this Billy again appeared two or three times alternately to some one of his old messmates ; sometimes in the town, at others on board the frigate, but always in the dead of...
143 페이지 - ... to attack ; and even that flank was rendered difficult of approach, by resting upon a steep ridge.
173 페이지 - R— followed him into the house, where he found a comely goodnatured dame, and two or three yellow-haired boys and girls, all in a fluster at the stranger. The house had an air of comfort, and the mistress, by her stirring activity, accompanied with smiling looks withal, seemed pleased at the rare incident of a stranger's entering their door.
152 페이지 - A skirmishing was, however, kept up by both sides — the Indians sallying out of their works by small parties, firing, and suddenly retreating — making the woods at the same time to resound with their war-whoops, piercing the air from point to point as though the tangled forest were alive with their grim-visaged warriors. Correctly judging that the hill upon his right was occupied by the savages, Gen.