The Borderers: A Tale, Volym 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... captive . The lad stood the scrutiny with the undismayed and immoveable composure of But though his eye met the looks of those around him haughtily and in pride , it was not gleaming with any of that stern defiance which had so often ...
... captive . The lad stood the scrutiny with the undismayed and immoveable composure of But though his eye met the looks of those around him haughtily and in pride , it was not gleaming with any of that stern defiance which had so often ...
Sida 27
... captive Indian youth , who at that moment was to her a subject of secret horror . Unconscious of the interest he excited , the lad stood calm , haughty , and seemingly unobservant , cautious to let no sign of weakness or of concern ...
... captive Indian youth , who at that moment was to her a subject of secret horror . Unconscious of the interest he excited , the lad stood calm , haughty , and seemingly unobservant , cautious to let no sign of weakness or of concern ...
Sida 30
... captivity , in the language of the hated race . 66 " I hear the whoops of warriors , " was his " Have the ears of the pale men calm answer . been shut ? " " Thou hast spoken with the young men of thy tribe in the forest , and thou hadst ...
... captivity , in the language of the hated race . 66 " I hear the whoops of warriors , " was his " Have the ears of the pale men calm answer . been shut ? " " Thou hast spoken with the young men of thy tribe in the forest , and thou hadst ...
Sida 32
... captive listened , either to the commendation or the censure , with answering sympathy , for marble is not colder than were the muscles of his unmoved countenance . The stranger studied the expression of his features in vain , and ...
... captive listened , either to the commendation or the censure , with answering sympathy , for marble is not colder than were the muscles of his unmoved countenance . The stranger studied the expression of his features in vain , and ...
Sida 33
... used . Fear may cause thee to forget the way it leads . " The captive . now understood the meaning of the other's doubts , but , as if disdaining to reply , ne bent his eyes aside , and stood in one c 3 THE BORDERERS . 33 4 ...
... used . Fear may cause thee to forget the way it leads . " The captive . now understood the meaning of the other's doubts , but , as if disdaining to reply , ne bent his eyes aside , and stood in one c 3 THE BORDERERS . 33 4 ...
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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
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Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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.