The Borderers: A Tale, Band 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... listened as one who comprehended more than it might be seemly or discreet to be- tray . With this secret and yet equivocal un- derstanding of each other's meaning , they en- tered the dwelling , and soon found themselves in the presence ...
... listened as one who comprehended more than it might be seemly or discreet to be- tray . With this secret and yet equivocal un- derstanding of each other's meaning , they en- tered the dwelling , and soon found themselves in the presence ...
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... listened , either to the commendation or the censure , with answering sympathy , for marble is not colder than were the muscles of his unmoved countenance . The stranger studied the expression of his features in vain , and drawing so ...
... listened , either to the commendation or the censure , with answering sympathy , for marble is not colder than were the muscles of his unmoved countenance . The stranger studied the expression of his features in vain , and drawing so ...
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... listened to this short dialogue , in a manner to prove that they possessed some secret knowledge , which lessened the wonder they might otherwise have felt , at witnessing so obvious proofs of a secret acquaintance between the speakers ...
... listened to this short dialogue , in a manner to prove that they possessed some secret knowledge , which lessened the wonder they might otherwise have felt , at witnessing so obvious proofs of a secret acquaintance between the speakers ...
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... listened intently in order to catch any sound that might instruct them in the nature of the scene that was pass- ing without . In the midst of one of these pauses , a yell like that of savage delight rose in the fields . It was then ...
... listened intently in order to catch any sound that might instruct them in the nature of the scene that was pass- ing without . In the midst of one of these pauses , a yell like that of savage delight rose in the fields . It was then ...
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... the ima- gination of the Indian , it seemed as if a still voice , like that which is believed to issue from the grave , was heard in the place . Bending his body forward , he listened with the intensity and THE BORDERERS . 133.
... the ima- gination of the Indian , it seemed as if a still voice , like that which is believed to issue from the grave , was heard in the place . Bending his body forward , he listened with the intensity and THE BORDERERS . 133.
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.