The Borderers: A Tale, Band 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 6-10 von 19
Seite 60
... fearful beauty of the conflagration , to note their approach until the attack had 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 ...
... fearful beauty of the conflagration , to note their approach until the attack had 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 ...
Seite 70
... fearful sadness . The long sustained and sylvan secu- rity of her abode was violently destroyed , and in the place of a quiet , which had approached as near as may be on earth to that holy peace for which her spirit strove , she and all ...
... fearful sadness . The long sustained and sylvan secu- rity of her abode was violently destroyed , and in the place of a quiet , which had approached as near as may be on earth to that holy peace for which her spirit strove , she and all ...
Seite 74
... fearful , in entering the stockade , to be easily diverted from his purpose . " Listen ! " he continued , after a short pause , during which the artillery of the Puritan had again bellowed in the uproar without . " The thunder is with ...
... fearful , in entering the stockade , to be easily diverted from his purpose . " Listen ! " he continued , after a short pause , during which the artillery of the Puritan had again bellowed in the uproar without . " The thunder is with ...
Seite 76
... , every feeling of her soul quickened nearly to agony , she rushed below , in order to warn Mark against the machinations of so fearful an enemy . Her step was heard but for a moment in the vacant chambers , and then 76 THE BORDERERS .
... , every feeling of her soul quickened nearly to agony , she rushed below , in order to warn Mark against the machinations of so fearful an enemy . Her step was heard but for a moment in the vacant chambers , and then 76 THE BORDERERS .
Seite 81
... fearful reckoning had been accorded . But we may not lose the moments in mourning . Hie thee , girl , and sound the alarm that a savage lurketh within our walls , and that he skulketh in quest of a secret blow . Bid all be wary . If the ...
... fearful reckoning had been accorded . But we may not lose the moments in mourning . Hie thee , girl , and sound the alarm that a savage lurketh within our walls , and that he skulketh in quest of a secret blow . Bid all be wary . If the ...
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.