George Melville: An American NovelW. R. C. Clark & Company, 1858 - 386 pages |
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... facts . Come , George , ever since I left the active scenes of old Gotham for this collegiate habitation , you have been my only solace in affliction . What do you propose ? " " Can't propose ! Can't propose ! There are four points in ...
... facts . Come , George , ever since I left the active scenes of old Gotham for this collegiate habitation , you have been my only solace in affliction . What do you propose ? " " Can't propose ! Can't propose ! There are four points in ...
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... facts about the horse were duly promulgated . Melville's friends immediately voted the whole affair to be a consistent and emi- nently proper judgment upon the audacious Sassy . ( Not one among them , by the way , who did not fear the ...
... facts about the horse were duly promulgated . Melville's friends immediately voted the whole affair to be a consistent and emi- nently proper judgment upon the audacious Sassy . ( Not one among them , by the way , who did not fear the ...
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... fact that the note con- tained a three dollar bill , satisfied him the request was bonâ fide . About a week after the occurrence , Melville got the candy peddler into his room , and having nego- tiated for his silence , paid him his ...
... fact that the note con- tained a three dollar bill , satisfied him the request was bonâ fide . About a week after the occurrence , Melville got the candy peddler into his room , and having nego- tiated for his silence , paid him his ...
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... facts which are necessary links in this story . " James , do you know how Hon . B. F. Mortimer stands in regard to property ? " " Oh , yes ! His fortune is ample . Our firm hold some of his assets here in New York , as agents , which ...
... facts which are necessary links in this story . " James , do you know how Hon . B. F. Mortimer stands in regard to property ? " " Oh , yes ! His fortune is ample . Our firm hold some of his assets here in New York , as agents , which ...
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... fact , the whole army - and New York is the breach . Business , Mr. Mortimer , before pleasure " " " Yes , " interrupted Fred , " as the old deacon , hoeing corn while his neighbors were attending his wife's funeral , once quietly ...
... fact , the whole army - and New York is the breach . Business , Mr. Mortimer , before pleasure " " " Yes , " interrupted Fred , " as the old deacon , hoeing corn while his neighbors were attending his wife's funeral , once quietly ...
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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.