The Borderers: A Tale, Band 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... continued the guide , thrusting a hand into the folds of his doublet , as if to feel for a weapon , and preparing to descend the difficult declivity which still lay between him and the base of the hill . Eben Dudley hesitated to follow ...
... continued the guide , thrusting a hand into the folds of his doublet , as if to feel for a weapon , and preparing to descend the difficult declivity which still lay between him and the base of the hill . Eben Dudley hesitated to follow ...
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... continued . " In thy ask- ing , fail not to remember him to whom thou owest being , and who now exposeth life , that we may be safe . Thou knowest the Christian's rock ; place thy faith on its foun- dation . " " And they who seek to ...
... continued . " In thy ask- ing , fail not to remember him to whom thou owest being , and who now exposeth life , that we may be safe . Thou knowest the Christian's rock ; place thy faith on its foun- dation . " " And they who seek to ...
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... continued the stranger , elevating his form proudly , like one ready to breast a more severe shock . " Thou hast men for thy listeners . Is the pipe of the savage filled ? will he smoke in peace , or holdeth he the tomahawk in a ...
... continued the stranger , elevating his form proudly , like one ready to breast a more severe shock . " Thou hast men for thy listeners . Is the pipe of the savage filled ? will he smoke in peace , or holdeth he the tomahawk in a ...
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... glance at Ruth , quelled the emotion , and he continued calm as ever , and silent . " Boy , " repeated Content , " I ask thee why thy people seek our blood ? ” His The passage of the electric spark is not more 38 THE BORDERERS .
... glance at Ruth , quelled the emotion , and he continued calm as ever , and silent . " Boy , " repeated Content , " I ask thee why thy people seek our blood ? ” His The passage of the electric spark is not more 38 THE BORDERERS .
Seite 65
... example of courage by proceeding to his stand at the pickets , where , supported by his companions , he continued to defend the approaches against a discharge of arrows and bullets that was more distant THE BORDERERS . 65.
... example of courage by proceeding to his stand at the pickets , where , supported by his companions , he continued to defend the approaches against a discharge of arrows and bullets that was more distant THE BORDERERS . 65.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
alarm appeared arms arrow assailants babes block bosom brother building captive cerning cheek child colony companion conch Connecticut Colony Content countenance danger dark deep door dost duty dwelling Eben Dudley enemy Ensign Ergot Faith father fearful feeling fields fierce fire flames forest gaze girl glance hamlet hand hath heard heart heathen hope hour husband Indian instant known less light listened look loops maiden manner Mark Heathcote Martha matter ment mercy Metacom Miantonimoh mind Moloch mother musket Narragansett nature night palisadoes panion passed Pequot pile postern Puritan render returned Reuben Ring RICHARD BENTLEY roof Ruth Sachem savage scarcely scene seemed seen settlement sorrow speak stockade stood stranger suffering thee thine thou art thou hast thou knowest Thou wilt thought timbers tion tribe valley village voice warriors Whip-Poor-Will Whittal Ring whoop wigwam Winter's Tale Wish-Ton-Wish woman wood yell Yengeese young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 18 - There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave, To tell us this. Ham. Why, right; you are in the right ; And so, without more circumstance at all, I hold it fit, that we shake hands, and part: You, as your business, and desire, shall point you; — For every man...
Seite 179 - You have ; I knew it would be your answer. Well, for your favour, sir, why, give God thanks, and make no boast of it ; and for your writing and reading, let that appear when there is no need of such vanity.
Seite 210 - I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are ; the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dry your pities : but I have That honourable grief lodged here which burns Worse than tears drown...
Seite 126 - Live you? or are you aught That man may question? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips.
Seite 242 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Seite 67 - Thou mild, sad mother, waning moon, Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines towards him. — Quit him not so soon! Mother, in mercy, stay ! Despair and death are with him ; and canst thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? O, thou wast born for things of love ; Making more lovely in thy shine Whate'er thou look'st on.