Cooper's Novels, Volume 5Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... - memorable period ; and to that stirring and teeming season we must carry the mind of the reader , in order to place it in the midst of the scenes it is our object to portray . 1 a a Towards the close of a fine day in 8 LE FEU - FOLLET .
... - memorable period ; and to that stirring and teeming season we must carry the mind of the reader , in order to place it in the midst of the scenes it is our object to portray . 1 a a Towards the close of a fine day in 8 LE FEU - FOLLET .
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... to that stirring and teeming season we must carry the mind of the reader , in order to place it in the midst of the scenes it is our object to portray . Towards the close of a fine day in the month 8 LE FEU - FOLLET .
... to that stirring and teeming season we must carry the mind of the reader , in order to place it in the midst of the scenes it is our object to portray . Towards the close of a fine day in the month 8 LE FEU - FOLLET .
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... mind . Now an expression of anxiety , and even of alarm , would have been detected by such an observer , if acute enough to separate these emotions , in the liveliness of sentiment , from the more vulgar feelings of her companions ; and ...
... mind . Now an expression of anxiety , and even of alarm , would have been detected by such an observer , if acute enough to separate these emotions , in the liveliness of sentiment , from the more vulgar feelings of her companions ; and ...
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... mind once more , through his eyes , " I will swear that the stranger , yonder , is a lugger . " " And canst thou add , honest Tonti , of what nation ? The nation is of as much moment , in these troubled times , as the " You say truly ...
... mind once more , through his eyes , " I will swear that the stranger , yonder , is a lugger . " " And canst thou add , honest Tonti , of what nation ? The nation is of as much moment , in these troubled times , as the " You say truly ...
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... minds of the observers , who were too much accustomed to the images of art , not to obtain some tolerably distinct notions , in the end , of what " Ala e ala " meant . But ' Maso , as has been said , remained after the rest had departed ...
... minds of the observers , who were too much accustomed to the images of art , not to obtain some tolerably distinct notions , in the end , of what " Ala e ala " meant . But ' Maso , as has been said , remained after the rest had departed ...
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Page 7 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar Comes down upon the waters, all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse ; And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 168 - Returned the Chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — "Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Page 156 - Wearied, I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go Is to stay here; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Page 104 - He saw with his own eyes the moon was round, Was also certain that the earth was square, Because he had journey'd fifty miles, and found No sign that it was circular anywhere...