The Borderers: A Tale, Band 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... mysterious charac- ter of his companion was little likely to re- assure a mind disturbed with such images . " There is a rumour going in the colony , " muttered the borderer , " that the invisibles are permitted THE BORDERERS . 11.
... mysterious charac- ter of his companion was little likely to re- assure a mind disturbed with such images . " There is a rumour going in the colony , " muttered the borderer , " that the invisibles are permitted THE BORDERERS . 11.
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... mind , to his suggestion . Still he followed in the footsteps of the stranger , with a caution that might well have eluded the vigilance of any agency short of that which drew its means of information from sources deeper than any of ...
... mind , to his suggestion . Still he followed in the footsteps of the stranger , with a caution that might well have eluded the vigilance of any agency short of that which drew its means of information from sources deeper than any of ...
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... mind were at ease , on the question of right - doing in dealing harm to one who disturbs the quiet of a border family , ” said Dudley , in a tone sufficiently repressed for caution ; " it may be found prudent to strike the first blow ...
... mind were at ease , on the question of right - doing in dealing harm to one who disturbs the quiet of a border family , ” said Dudley , in a tone sufficiently repressed for caution ; " it may be found prudent to strike the first blow ...
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... minds of most , if not of all the inmates of the Wish - Ton - Wish had been so powerfully exercised that night , with a belief that the powers of the invisible world were about to be let loose upon them , the danger had now presented ...
... minds of most , if not of all the inmates of the Wish - Ton - Wish had been so powerfully exercised that night , with a belief that the powers of the invisible world were about to be let loose upon them , the danger had now presented ...
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... , this mys- tery might be of easy explanation ; but it may truly need all our sagacity to discover whether he hath connection with our foes . The mind of a native does not give up its secrets like the THE BORDERERS . 21.
... , this mys- tery might be of easy explanation ; but it may truly need all our sagacity to discover whether he hath connection with our foes . The mind of a native does not give up its secrets like the THE BORDERERS . 21.
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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.