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... seated amid " the wimples and crisping - pins , " the roasters , and boilers , and toasters of the Inquisition , -from the efficacy of sweet doses and sugared cups and intoxicating bowls of indulgen- ces granted to the saints and holy ...
... seated amid " the wimples and crisping - pins , " the roasters , and boilers , and toasters of the Inquisition , -from the efficacy of sweet doses and sugared cups and intoxicating bowls of indulgen- ces granted to the saints and holy ...
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... seated on the sure - footed horses , and all their dresses were properly arranged , and all loose cloaks and clothes carefully tied up , that , in case of accident , nothing might entangle the hands or feet . Several little girls were ...
... seated on the sure - footed horses , and all their dresses were properly arranged , and all loose cloaks and clothes carefully tied up , that , in case of accident , nothing might entangle the hands or feet . Several little girls were ...
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... seated in the prow that was to be , and held the rope or bri-- dle attached at the other end to the horse's head : then , all ready , the creature pulled by the person in the canoe and pelted , beat , slapped and pushed by the two on ...
... seated in the prow that was to be , and held the rope or bri-- dle attached at the other end to the horse's head : then , all ready , the creature pulled by the person in the canoe and pelted , beat , slapped and pushed by the two on ...
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... of men ! Then I heard of Harrison and Tippecanoe ; and dreamed even by day of a majestic soldier seated on his charger , and his drawn sword flashing its lightnings , and his voice swelling over the din of battle like the 118 FOURTH YEAR .
... of men ! Then I heard of Harrison and Tippecanoe ; and dreamed even by day of a majestic soldier seated on his charger , and his drawn sword flashing its lightnings , and his voice swelling over the din of battle like the 118 FOURTH YEAR .
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... seated making my notes ! The last the squatter ever saw of Joe Davies alive , was when his grey horse was plunging in the furious charge down this hill - when the sentinel , al- ready named , had fired and called " to arms ! " And the ...
... seated making my notes ! The last the squatter ever saw of Joe Davies alive , was when his grey horse was plunging in the furious charge down this hill - when the sentinel , al- ready named , had fired and called " to arms ! " And the ...
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The New Purchase: Or, Seven and a Half Years in the Far West James Albert Woodburn,Baynard Rush Hall Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
agin ain't Allheart Aunt Kitty better Bloduplex Board boys burnt cabin cabin Carlton CHAPTER Christian Clarence College dark dear Doctor Domore door eyes Faculty Fairplay fear feet feller fiddle folks followed forest gentlemen girls Glenville grand gwyin hand Harwood head hear heard heart hence honour Hoosier horse horse-fly hour John Angell James John Calvin Judas Iscariot King Sol ladies larn laugh learning live look meeting miles Miss Mizraim morning never night once party phrenology pigeons poor powerful prairie preacher President Professor Purchase reached reader ready religious river Robert Dale Owen seated seemed solemn soon sort spirit squatter stood Sylvan tail teetotally tell thar thare thicket things Thorntree tion trees Trustees Uncle John voice wagon what's whole wild windsor chair woods Woodville yards young
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Seite 3 - And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Seite 224 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Seite 312 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Seite 111 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Seite 192 - YOU'D scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public, on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by.
Seite 285 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Seite 170 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent : Another lean, unwash'd artificer Cuts off his tale, and talks of Arthur's death.
Seite 1 - Our dying friends come o'er us like a cloud, To damp our brainless ardours, and abate That glare of life which often blinds the wise. Our dying friends are pioneers, to smooth Our rugged pass to death ; to break those bars Of terror and abhorrence Nature throws Cross our obstructed way, and thus to make Welcome, as safe, our port from every storm.