Stories of American Life, Volumen2Mary Russell Mitford H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830 |
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... At length we came to a half - decayed door , at which my companion gave three distinct and well defined taps , at intervals of about ten or fifteen seconds . The door slowly opened , and we 28 STORIES OF AMERICAN LIFE .
... At length we came to a half - decayed door , at which my companion gave three distinct and well defined taps , at intervals of about ten or fifteen seconds . The door slowly opened , and we 28 STORIES OF AMERICAN LIFE .
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... gave three taps in the same manner , and with the same intervals as before . After a little delay , accompanied by a total cessation of the hum we had heard on approaching , the door was unlocked and unbolted with great de- liberation ...
... gave three taps in the same manner , and with the same intervals as before . After a little delay , accompanied by a total cessation of the hum we had heard on approaching , the door was unlocked and unbolted with great de- liberation ...
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... gave pretty sure indication that he was destined to be the dupe of the sages of this Pandemonium . I could not help being moved with a kind feeling the moment I caught his good - natured eye , and fool as I was , almost determined to go ...
... gave pretty sure indication that he was destined to be the dupe of the sages of this Pandemonium . I could not help being moved with a kind feeling the moment I caught his good - natured eye , and fool as I was , almost determined to go ...
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... gave me only glances of cool contempt . No man , however degraded in his own estimation , can bear the scorn of his equals ; the very pickpocket aspires to an equality with his fellow pickpockets , and will quarrel for precedence , like ...
... gave me only glances of cool contempt . No man , however degraded in his own estimation , can bear the scorn of his equals ; the very pickpocket aspires to an equality with his fellow pickpockets , and will quarrel for precedence , like ...
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... gave the first provocation . " 66 Aye , but if he was so far degraded as to be unworthy of my anger , I had no business to be angry with him . I forgot he was beneath my notice when I gave the offence ; I have no right now to say he is ...
... gave the first provocation . " 66 Aye , but if he was so far degraded as to be unworthy of my anger , I had no business to be angry with him . I forgot he was beneath my notice when I gave the offence ; I have no right now to say he is ...
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Adayes Algesiras Amelia arms Baltazar Polo Balty beautiful became began believe Billy Morgan bosom bride Brown Bess called Callisthenics Captain Cherry Valley church deer Doctor door eyes face father feelings fire Firkins forest frigate gaze Gibraltar Grey habits half hand happy head heard heart heaven Helen Helen Fraser Hippolyte honour hope hour husband Indians Johnson Julia Kirkwood La Ruche Latimer Lemoine length live look Madame Labedoyère manner marriage married means ment messmates mind Miss Fin Miss Longchild Montagu Moreton morning mother mysterious Natchitoches nature never night occasion old gentleman party passed person Pete Pow-wow present quiet quiet company Richard round sailors seemed seen Sir William Johnson sisters smile soon soul spirit stood story strange Teresa thing thought tion Tom Brown took wife wild woman wonder youth
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Página 253 - A goodly portly man, i' faith, and a corpulent ; of a cheerful look, a pleasing eye, and a most noble carriage ; and, as I think, his age some fifty, or, by'r lady, inclining to threescore; and now I remember me, his name is Falstaff : if that man should be lewdly given, he deceiveth me ; for, Harry, I see virtue in his looks. If...
Página 10 - It was very evident too, from the dryness of the snow, and the brittleness of the twigs, which snapped off as he brushed his way through the thickets, that the weather was intensely cold; yet the perspiration was rolling in large drops from his brow. He stopped at a clear spring, and thrusting his hands into the cold water, attempted to carry a portion of it to his lips; but the element recoiled and hissed, as if his hands and lips had been composed of red hot iron. Pete felt quite puzzled when he...
Página 123 - Both warbling of one~song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; Hut yet a union in partition, — Two lovely berries moulded on one stem : So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart ; Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.
Página 299 - To execution. Dost thou ask her crime ? SHE WHIPPED TWO FEMALE 'PRENTICES TO DEATH, AND HID THEM IN THE COAL HOLE.
Página 214 - But thou, a School-boy, to the sea hadst carried Undying recollections ; Nature there Was with thee ; she, who loved us both, she still Was with thee ; and even so didst thou become A silent Poet ; from the solitude Of the vast sea didst bring a watchful heart Still couchant, an inevitable ear, And an eye practised like a blind man's touch.
Página 158 - ... time of the night they would, Morgan was seen sitting upright in his hammock, with his eyes glaring wide open. When his turn came to take' his watch upon deck, his conduct was equally strange. He would stand stock still in one place, gazing at the stars, or the ocean, apparently unconscious of his situation ; and when roused by his companions, fall flat on the deck in a swoon.
Página 165 - That very night the ghost made its appearance on board the frigate, and passed its cold wet hand over the face of Tom Brown, to whom Morgan had left his watch and chest of clothes. The poor fellow bawled out lustily; but before any pursuit could be made, the ghost had disappeared in the forward part of the ship as usual. After this Billy again appeared two or three times alternately to some one of his old messmates ; sometimes in the town, at others on board the frigate, but always in the dead of...
Página 143 - ... to attack ; and even that flank was rendered difficult of approach, by resting upon a steep ridge.
Página 173 - R— followed him into the house, where he found a comely goodnatured dame, and two or three yellow-haired boys and girls, all in a fluster at the stranger. The house had an air of comfort, and the mistress, by her stirring activity, accompanied with smiling looks withal, seemed pleased at the rare incident of a stranger's entering their door.
Página 152 - A skirmishing was, however, kept up by both sides — the Indians sallying out of their works by small parties, firing, and suddenly retreating — making the woods at the same time to resound with their war-whoops, piercing the air from point to point as though the tangled forest were alive with their grim-visaged warriors. Correctly judging that the hill upon his right was occupied by the savages, Gen.