The Heathcotes; or, The wept of Wish-Ton-WishRoutledge, 1855 - 273 Seiten |
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... captivity , but , either by a happy fortune , or by more than ordinary prudence in the settlers who were esta- blished along that immediate frontier , the knife and the tomahawk had as yet been sparingly used in the colony of ...
... captivity , but , either by a happy fortune , or by more than ordinary prudence in the settlers who were esta- blished along that immediate frontier , the knife and the tomahawk had as yet been sparingly used in the colony of ...
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... captive , with whom he had made no attempt to exchange a syllable , and led him to the block - house . The door which communicated with the basement of this building was always open , in readiness for refuge in the event of any sudden ...
... captive , with whom he had made no attempt to exchange a syllable , and led him to the block - house . The door which communicated with the basement of this building was always open , in readiness for refuge in the event of any sudden ...
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... captive ; I will question him on the matter of this visit . ' 99 Until now , so much did the fears of all turn towards the enemies who were believed to be lurking near , that little thought had been bestowed on the prisoner in the block ...
... captive ; I will question him on the matter of this visit . ' 99 Until now , so much did the fears of all turn towards the enemies who were believed to be lurking near , that little thought had been bestowed on the prisoner in the block ...
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... had spoken in a language that was unknown to his captive , and he endeavoured by gestures of kindness to invite the lad to follow . He was silently and quietly obeyed . On reaching the court , however , the 38 THE HEATHCOTES ; OR ,
... had spoken in a language that was unknown to his captive , and he endeavoured by gestures of kindness to invite the lad to follow . He was silently and quietly obeyed . On reaching the court , however , the 38 THE HEATHCOTES ; OR ,
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... captive . We have already said that this child of the woods might have seen some fifteen years . Though he had shot upwards like a vigo- rous and thrifty plant , and with the freedom of a thriving sapling in his native forests , rearing ...
... captive . We have already said that this child of the woods might have seen some fifteen years . Though he had shot upwards like a vigo- rous and thrifty plant , and with the freedom of a thriving sapling in his native forests , rearing ...
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alarm appeared arms Azazel betrayed blood bosom calm Captain captive character chief child colony colour companion Conanchet conch Content countenance danger dark deep distance dost duty dwelling ears earth Eben Dudley enemy Ensign Ergot evidence Faith father favour fcap fear feeling fierce forest gaze girl glance grave habits hand hath heard heart heathen hour husband Indian instant John Gilbert known less light listened look maidens manner Mark Heathcote matter Meek Metacom Miantonimoh mind Mohegans mother musket Narra-mattah Narragansett nature never night pale-faces palisadoes passed path Pequots postern Puritan quiet reason returned Reuben Ring Ruth Sachem savage scene seemed seen settlement sound speak spirit spoke stood stranger thee thine thou hast thou knowest thought tion tomahawk trees tribe Uncas valley village voice warrior watch Whittal Ring wife wigwam Wish-Ton-Wish woman Wompanoag woods Yengeese young younker youth
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Seite 123 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o
Seite 216 - The Lunatic, the lover and the poet Are of imagination all compact: One sees more devils than vast hell can hold, That is, the madman: the lover, all as frantic. Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing...
Seite 70 - Flashy people may burlesque these things, but when hundreds of the most sober people in a country, where they have as much mother- wit certainly as the rest of mankind, know them to be true, nothing but the absurd and froward spirit of Sadducism can question them.
Seite 181 - AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Seite 185 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house : when I begin, I will also make an end. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Seite 155 - 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 206 - No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew : The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew.
Seite 185 - Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Seite 185 - But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the LORD : in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Seite 185 - ... the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.