George Melville: An American NovelW. R. C. Clark & Company, 1858 - 386 pages |
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... allowed his free- dom . Our readers must imagine the effect of a thorn - apple tree limb tied to the tail of a wide - awake horse . At every jump he made , his tail whipped the sharp thorns into his flesh , breaking many of them off ...
... allowed his free- dom . Our readers must imagine the effect of a thorn - apple tree limb tied to the tail of a wide - awake horse . At every jump he made , his tail whipped the sharp thorns into his flesh , breaking many of them off ...
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... allow you to go through his room , " said the President . But Mr. F - x was not to be found . " What ! " said the President , " is not Mr. F - x to be found ? " " No , sir , " echoed half - a - dozen , who , by this time , had visited ...
... allow you to go through his room , " said the President . But Mr. F - x was not to be found . " What ! " said the President , " is not Mr. F - x to be found ? " " No , sir , " echoed half - a - dozen , who , by this time , had visited ...
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... allowed to tread her decks . " Oh ! indeed no ! my boy , " said his fond mother , " must never soil his hands with menial employment , or associate with the vulgar , toil - worn mechanic . " And the kind , but mistaken woman wiped her ...
... allowed to tread her decks . " Oh ! indeed no ! my boy , " said his fond mother , " must never soil his hands with menial employment , or associate with the vulgar , toil - worn mechanic . " And the kind , but mistaken woman wiped her ...
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... allowed the appellation , peerless . Her dark , full eye , crested with exquisitely delicate brows , fell upon the beholder instantly to stir the soul and awaken thoughts of that wisdom which had deigned to create for this earth so much ...
... allowed the appellation , peerless . Her dark , full eye , crested with exquisitely delicate brows , fell upon the beholder instantly to stir the soul and awaken thoughts of that wisdom which had deigned to create for this earth so much ...
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... allowed the expression , I am more than proud - there , there ! don't be frightened ; you have heard nothing but truth : you must be a weak one if you fail with the daughter . " " True , but I do not love her . She is attractive and ...
... allowed the expression , I am more than proud - there , there ! don't be frightened ; you have heard nothing but truth : you must be a weak one if you fail with the daughter . " " True , but I do not love her . She is attractive and ...
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Page 371 - O, let us, then, with heartfelt grief, Draw near unto our God, And pray to him to grant relief, And stay the lifted rod. 4 O righteous Judge, if thou wilt deign To grant us what we need, We pray for time to turn again, And grace to turn indeed.
Page 371 - O let us, then, with heartfelt grief, Draw near unto our GOD, And pray to Him to grant relief, And stay the uplifted rod. O Righteous Judge, if Thou wilt deign To grant us all we need, We pray for time to turn again, And grace to turn indeed.
Page 371 - SINNER, bring not tears alone, Or outward form of prayer, But let it in thy heart be known That penitence is there. 2 To...
Page 13 - t. It breaks my chain ! I held some slack allegiance till this hour — But now my sword's my own. Smile on, my lords ; I scorn to count what feelings, withered hopes, Strong provocations, bitter, burning wrongs, I have within my heart's hot cells shut up, To leave you in your lazy dignities.
Page 128 - ... its sound were causing The charmed ocean's pausing, The waves lie still and gleaming, And the lull'd winds seem dreaming: And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep; Whose breast is gently heaving, As an infant's asleep: So the spirit bows before thee, To listen and adore thee; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean.
Page 358 - Court if had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not now be pronounced upon , says nothing.
Page 359 - January next, there and then to be hanged by the neck until dead. And may God have mercy on your soul.
Page 188 - Detroit, in said county and State, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a married woman of the age of twenty-one years, having been married to Charles A.
Page 361 - Black and he was sentenced to five years at hard labor in the State Prison at Thomaston.
Page 287 - Hennage scratching his head with one hand, while in the other he held a letter which he was reading.