The Borderers: A Tale, Band 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... entered , but the passage of the stranger would have been cut off , by a leaping , whooping band that pressed fiercely on his rear , had not a broad sheet of flame , glancing from the hill directly in their swarthy and grim countenances ...
... entered , but the passage of the stranger would have been cut off , by a leaping , whooping band that pressed fiercely on his rear , had not a broad sheet of flame , glancing from the hill directly in their swarthy and grim countenances ...
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... entered the dwelling without sound of conch or aid of pos- teru , be not disturbed , " returned the stranger , with composure . " Were it fitting , this mys- tery might be of easy explanation ; but it may truly need all our sagacity to ...
... entered the dwelling without sound of conch or aid of pos- teru , be not disturbed , " returned the stranger , with composure . " Were it fitting , this mys- tery might be of easy explanation ; but it may truly need all our sagacity to ...
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... hid him en- tirely from her sight . " Thou hast been thoughtful and like thyself , my good Ruth , " said Content , who at that moment entered , and who rewarded the self- command of his wife by a look of the kindest 28 THE BORDERERS .
... hid him en- tirely from her sight . " Thou hast been thoughtful and like thyself , my good Ruth , " said Content , who at that moment entered , and who rewarded the self- command of his wife by a look of the kindest 28 THE BORDERERS .
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... to avoid looking on the fields , my children , " said the nearly breath- less woman as she entered the room . thankful , babes ; hitherto the efforts of the " Be savages have been vain , and we still remain masters 70 THE BORDERERS .
... to avoid looking on the fields , my children , " said the nearly breath- less woman as she entered the room . thankful , babes ; hitherto the efforts of the " Be savages have been vain , and we still remain masters 70 THE BORDERERS .
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... entering the stockade , to be easily diverted from his purpose . " Listen ! " he continued , after a short pause , during which the artillery of the Puritan had again bellowed in the uproar without . " The thunder is with the Yengeese ...
... entering the stockade , to be easily diverted from his purpose . " Listen ! " he continued , after a short pause , during which the artillery of the Puritan had again bellowed in the uproar without . " The thunder is with the Yengeese ...
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.