The Borderers: A Tale, Volume 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... manner and the mysterious charac- ter of his companion was little likely to re- assure a mind disturbed with such images . " There is a rumour going in the colony , " muttered the borderer , " that the invisibles are permitted THE ...
... manner and the mysterious charac- ter of his companion was little likely to re- assure a mind disturbed with such images . " There is a rumour going in the colony , " muttered the borderer , " that the invisibles are permitted THE ...
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... manner of solemnity . Dudley yielded , though with a divided and a disturbed mind , to his suggestion . Still he followed in the footsteps of the stranger , with a caution that might well have eluded the vigilance of any agency short of ...
... manner of solemnity . Dudley yielded , though with a divided and a disturbed mind , to his suggestion . Still he followed in the footsteps of the stranger , with a caution that might well have eluded the vigilance of any agency short of ...
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... manner most convenient to endure the weariness of a patient watch . " I would my mind were at ease , on the question of right - doing in dealing harm to one who disturbs the quiet of a border family , ” said Dudley , in a tone ...
... manner most convenient to endure the weariness of a patient watch . " I would my mind were at ease , on the question of right - doing in dealing harm to one who disturbs the quiet of a border family , ” said Dudley , in a tone ...
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... manner of way may this be done ? Thou seest nought about us but the quiet and the darkness of night . Speak of the number of our enemies we cannot ; and sally forth we may not , without certain destruction to all who quit the palisadoes ...
... manner of way may this be done ? Thou seest nought about us but the quiet and the darkness of night . Speak of the number of our enemies we cannot ; and sally forth we may not , without certain destruction to all who quit the palisadoes ...
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... manner of the dispensation be so mysterious ! Barba- rians in their habits , and ruthless in their enmi- ties , they are creatures of our nature , and equally objects of his care . " Flaxen locks , that half covered a forehead and face ...
... manner of the dispensation be so mysterious ! Barba- rians in their habits , and ruthless in their enmi- ties , they are creatures of our nature , and equally objects of his care . " Flaxen locks , that half covered a forehead and face ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
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Page 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.