The Borderers: A Tale, Band 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... nearly intermi- nable , and seemingly trackless forest , lay about them , bounding the view to the narrow limits of the valley , as though it were some straitened oasis amidst an ocean of wilderness . Within the boundaries of the ...
... nearly intermi- nable , and seemingly trackless forest , lay about them , bounding the view to the narrow limits of the valley , as though it were some straitened oasis amidst an ocean of wilderness . Within the boundaries of the ...
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... nearly environed the hill . At the same moment , each dark object in the fields , gave up a human form . The shouts were followed by a cloud of arrows , that rendered further delay without the cover of the palisadoes , eminently ...
... nearly environed the hill . At the same moment , each dark object in the fields , gave up a human form . The shouts were followed by a cloud of arrows , that rendered further delay without the cover of the palisadoes , eminently ...
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... nearly proved successful . The rushes to the defence and to the attack were now alike quick and headlong . Volleys were useless , for the timbers offered equal security to both assailant and assailed . It was a struggle of hand to hand ...
... nearly proved successful . The rushes to the defence and to the attack were now alike quick and headlong . Volleys were useless , for the timbers offered equal security to both assailant and assailed . It was a struggle of hand to hand ...
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... the savages to persevere in their object . Dark , fierce - looking , and nearly naked human forms were seen flitting , from cover to cover , while there was no stump nor log within arrow's flight of 68 THE BORDERERS .
... the savages to persevere in their object . Dark , fierce - looking , and nearly naked human forms were seen flitting , from cover to cover , while there was no stump nor log within arrow's flight of 68 THE BORDERERS .
Seite 70
... 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 .
... 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 .
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.