Lonz Powers: Or, The Regulators: A Romance of KentuckyLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1850 |
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... seen .proper ) riding one of James's celebrated horses , and might have been , had he been born in time and lived as long - as old as old Methuselah ; or if his birth had been twenty years sooner , might have been threescore and ten ...
... seen .proper ) riding one of James's celebrated horses , and might have been , had he been born in time and lived as long - as old as old Methuselah ; or if his birth had been twenty years sooner , might have been threescore and ten ...
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... seen his oldest son as ghastly as death itself , and his youngest almost overcome with tears , but the old man was again lost in sad musing , and did not notice the emotion of his children . Only a moment , however , did he give way to ...
... seen his oldest son as ghastly as death itself , and his youngest almost overcome with tears , but the old man was again lost in sad musing , and did not notice the emotion of his children . Only a moment , however , did he give way to ...
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... seen at any time , if you will only take the trouble of paying a visit to Kentucky . And we will further assure you , that you can find no black servants dying for want of food or fire , as is an every day occurrence with yourselves ...
... seen at any time , if you will only take the trouble of paying a visit to Kentucky . And we will further assure you , that you can find no black servants dying for want of food or fire , as is an every day occurrence with yourselves ...
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... seen one who could not sing well , catch a tune at the first hearing , and improvisatrice equal to any Italian poetaster , if you will only make his scene a " corn shucking " and give him enough of " old rye " to sharpen his wits . Some ...
... seen one who could not sing well , catch a tune at the first hearing , and improvisatrice equal to any Italian poetaster , if you will only make his scene a " corn shucking " and give him enough of " old rye " to sharpen his wits . Some ...
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... seen them on the night previous , and as if he had not spent at least a third of the same night in deep , if not loud , grumbling and curses on their unlucky heads , on account of being aroused from his dreamless slumbers . Stopping a ...
... seen them on the night previous , and as if he had not spent at least a third of the same night in deep , if not loud , grumbling and curses on their unlucky heads , on account of being aroused from his dreamless slumbers . Stopping a ...
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Lonz Powers: Or, the Regulators: A Romance of Kentucky;, Volumen1 James Weir Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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arms BARRY CORNWALL beautiful bloody Bob Allston bosom brave bright brother Burton Captain cockney Colonel companions continued crime curse danger dark dead death Dick doubt dread dreams enemy escape excited exclaimed face fancy fate father fear fierce flatboat followed forest Fort Massac fox-hunting friends gaze girls give guilty hand happy head heard heart heavy Hermitage honour hope horse hour hurried Iago joker Julia justice Kentucky knew laughed Lonz look Lordy loving band M'Connel memory merry Monk Morten murder murmured Napier never night O'Rourke Old Sisk once Othello person Pilot Pilot Rock pleasant pleasure poor present prisoner punishment reckless Regulators remember replied robbers rock scene shouted silent sleep smile soon sorrow soul steamboats stranger tears terrible thieving band thing thought tone trembling turned vengeance venison victim voice wife wild wish wonderful young
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Página 61 - Therefore, prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood; nor cut thou less nor more, But just a pound of flesh ; If thou tak'st more, Or less than a just pound, — be it but so much As makes it light, or heavy, in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple ; nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair, — Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate.
Página 190 - Their dearest action in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And, therefore, little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself.
Página 280 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.
Página 205 - The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 208 - I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe...
Página 134 - Mountains have fallen, Leaving a gap in the clouds, and with the shock Rocking their Alpine brethren ; filling up The ripe green valleys with destruction's splinters ; Damming the rivers with a sudden dash, Which crush'd the waters into mist, and made Their fountains find another channel — thus, Thus, in its old age, did Mount Rosenberg— Why stood I not beneath it ? C.
Página 223 - Nor lonely the bird, nor his ghastly mate, They are each unto each a pride : Thrice fonder, perhaps, since a strange, dark fate Hath rent them from all beside! So when the night falls, and dogs do howl, Sing, ho! for the reign of the horned owl! We know not alway Who are kings by day, But the king of the night is the bold brown owl!
Página 208 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Página 208 - Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe ; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.
Página 235 - Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table, What man of knife, or teeth, was able To stay to be entreated?