The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina, Volumen1Harper & Brothers, 1835 - 12 páginas |
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... less the critic is willing to adopt with me , those leading principles , in accordance with which the materials of my book have been selected , the less we have to say to one another the better . Supported by the authority of common ...
... less the critic is willing to adopt with me , those leading principles , in accordance with which the materials of my book have been selected , the less we have to say to one another the better . Supported by the authority of common ...
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... less slaves and agents , under the g will and the overseeing judgme habit swelled into ferocity , and th with those subtle schemes and st in his nakedness , the savage usu ize the superiority of European The Carolinians were now entire ...
... less slaves and agents , under the g will and the overseeing judgme habit swelled into ferocity , and th with those subtle schemes and st in his nakedness , the savage usu ize the superiority of European The Carolinians were now entire ...
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... less in moral association than in the charm of landscape . At one spot we encounter the rude , clumsy edifice , usually styled the Block House , built for temporary defence , and here and there hold- ing its garrison of five , seven ...
... less in moral association than in the charm of landscape . At one spot we encounter the rude , clumsy edifice , usually styled the Block House , built for temporary defence , and here and there hold- ing its garrison of five , seven ...
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... less respected with them than the same institutions among the Hebrews . * The refuge of the Coosaws , therefore , became recognised as such by all the Indians , and ranked , though of in- ferior size and population , in no respect below ...
... less respected with them than the same institutions among the Hebrews . * The refuge of the Coosaws , therefore , became recognised as such by all the Indians , and ranked , though of in- ferior size and population , in no respect below ...
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... less offensive to the Indians than to more civilized communities . The warrior be- fore us had been among the first to avail himself of the arts of the whites in the improvement of the costume ; and though the various parts of the dress ...
... less offensive to the Indians than to more civilized communities . The warrior be- fore us had been among the first to avail himself of the arts of the whites in the improvement of the costume ; and though the various parts of the dress ...
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approach arms arrow ATALANTIS beautiful Bess Matthews Block House blood bosom brave broad arrow brother captain Carolinians Charlestown Chorley cried crowd DAVID BREWSTER doom Echotee enemy English Engravings Enoree-Mattee exclaimed father fear feeling fierce forest forest warrior Gabriel Gabriel Harrison glance Granger Grayson guarda-costa hand hatchet hear heart Hector Huspah Indian Ishiagaska knife know thee lands LL.D lodge look Malatchie Manneyto Master Harrison Matiwan mind Mossa mother nation nestoga Occo Occonestoga old chief Opitchi-Manneyto pastor Pocota-ligo Port Royal Portrait present prophet reply Richard Chorley river sailor Sanutee savage scalp seaman secured seemed skin slave song soon speak speech spirit spoke stern stood strike strong swamp SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON thing Thou art Thou hast tion tomahawk torch trader treaty tree tribes tumulus turned vessel victim voice vols watch Wherefore wild words Yemassee young chief young warrior
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Página 5 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Página 5 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Página 172 - ... her hands grasping the neighboring tree, feeble, tottering, and depending upon it for that support which her own limbs almost entirely denied her. With her movement, however, came the full development of the powerful spell and dreadful mystery before her. As her feet receded, though but a single pace, to the tree against which she now rested, the...
Página 172 - She was at length conscious enough to perceive and to feel all her' danger.; but terror had denied her the strength necessary to fly from her dreadful enemy. There still the eye glared beautifully bright and piercing upon her own ; and, seemingly in a spirit of sport...
Página 219 - ... own, convulsed like his; and her action that of one reckless of all things in the way of the forward progress she was making to the person of her child. She cried aloud as she came, with a voice that rang like a sudden death-bell through the ring: — " Would you keep the mother from her boy, and he to be lost to her for ever?
Página 171 - ... the effect, for which it really seemed intended, of bringing back to her a portion of the consciousness she seemed so totally to have been deprived of before. She strove to move from before the beautiful but terrible presence, but for a while she strove in vain. The rich, star-like glance still riveted her own, and the subtle fascination kept her bound. The mental energies, however, with the moment of their greatest trial, now gathered suddenly to her aid; and, with a desperate effort, but with...
Página 172 - ... ring, like that of a watch when wound up with the verge broken, announced the nature of that splendid yet dangerous presence, in the form of the monstrous rattlesnake, now but a few feet before her, lying coiled at the bottom of a beautiful shrub, with which, to her dreaming eye, many of its own glorious hues had become associated. She was, at length, conscious enough to perceive and to feel all her danger, but terror had denied her the strength necessary to fly from her dreadful enemy.