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... hand of the oppressor could not reach them . Sometimes , during the day , the bold bulwark of St George , by various manoeuvres , contrived to draw upon the democratic citizens ; but the French captain was a seaman , and by cutting away ...
... hand of the oppressor could not reach them . Sometimes , during the day , the bold bulwark of St George , by various manoeuvres , contrived to draw upon the democratic citizens ; but the French captain was a seaman , and by cutting away ...
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... hand does tremble a little , but you may see that it is still a firm hand- writing for my age . I have cultivated a flowing dash with some success . There is a capital M now - neatly turned , is it not ? ' Good , simple man ! Proud only ...
... hand does tremble a little , but you may see that it is still a firm hand- writing for my age . I have cultivated a flowing dash with some success . There is a capital M now - neatly turned , is it not ? ' Good , simple man ! Proud only ...
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... hand to listen to the outpourings of their simple affection . Mary Waters did not conceal these meetings from her parents , who , if they did not approve , at least did not check or forbid them . On the other hand , knowing well the ...
... hand to listen to the outpourings of their simple affection . Mary Waters did not conceal these meetings from her parents , who , if they did not approve , at least did not check or forbid them . On the other hand , knowing well the ...
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... belt across his shoulder , and his rifle in his hand - a weapon which the half - farmers half - hunters of the border seldom went without . It was verging towards noon when Hugh Mayne left his 34 STORY OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER .
... belt across his shoulder , and his rifle in his hand - a weapon which the half - farmers half - hunters of the border seldom went without . It was verging towards noon when Hugh Mayne left his 34 STORY OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER .
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... hand , and from an unex- pected source . Being more than six miles distant from any other settlers , and neither her father nor any others of the family being at hand , Mary Waters had spent some moments in maddening anxiety , hopeless ...
... hand , and from an unex- pected source . Being more than six miles distant from any other settlers , and neither her father nor any others of the family being at hand , Mary Waters had spent some moments in maddening anxiety , hopeless ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterwards allowed appeared arms arrived asked attention beauty became began boat body brought called captain carried cause circumstances close continued course death desire discovered entered eyes father fear feelings feet fire foot friends gave gentlemen give given hand head heard hope hour immediately Indian island Italy kind king knew known lady land leave length light lived look Lord manner means miles mind morning nature never night object observed occasion officers once party passed person piece poor possession present prisoners reached received remained remarkable respect returned rocks round scene seemed seen shew ship short side situation soon story suffered taken thing thought took town turned vessel whole wife young
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Seite 112 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Seite 21 - Mr. Fitzherbert, in all their names, upon a certain day, that they would drink Foote's small-beer no longer. On that day Foote happened to dine at Fitzherbert's, and this boy served at table; he was so delighted with Foote's stories, and merriment, and grimace, that when he went down stairs, he told them, 'This is the finest man I have ever seen. I will not deliver your message. I will drink his small-beer.
Seite 111 - ODE TO THE CUCKOO. HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove! Thou messenger of spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Seite 153 - This pass conducts to the theatre, and here the ruins of the city burst on the view in their full grandeur, shut in on the opposite side by barren craggy precipices, from which numerous ravines and valleys, like those we had passed, branch out in all directions. The sides of the mountains, covered with an endless variety of excavated tombs and private dwellings, presented altogether the most singular scene we ever beheld...
Seite 61 - His Kingdom of Corsica, For the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings. Heroes, and beggars, galley-slaves, and kings : But Theodore this moral learn'd, ere dead ; Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.
Seite 105 - Upon being closely pursued, she would generally fly to the western woods and return the next winter with another litter of whelps.
Seite 106 - When he drew nearer than before, the wolf, assuming a still more fierce and terrible appearance, howling, rolling her eyes, snapping her teeth, and dropping her head between her legs, was evidently in the attitude, and on the point of springing at him. At the critical instant he levelled and fired at her head. Stunned with the shock, and suffocated with the smoke, he immediately found himself drawn out of the cave.
Seite 21 - Fitzherbert was one who took his small-beer ; but it was so bad that the servants resolved not to drink it. They were at some loss how to notify their resolution, being afraid of offending their master, who they knew liked Foote much as a companion. At last they fixed upon a little black boy, who was rather a favourite, to be their deputy, and deliver their remonstrance ; and, having invested him with the whole authority of the kitchen, he was to inform Mr.
Seite 96 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention.
Seite 61 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.