George Melville: An American NovelW. R. C. Clark & Company, 1858 - 386 pages |
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... and only friend is he , Who , like the arbor vitæ tree , Will bear our image on his heart . ” NEW YORK : W. R. C. CLARK & CO . , Appleton's Building , 346 & 348 Broadway . MDCCCLVIII . AL 3455 , 3,27 AL 4316-29 Rev. 1861 , Oc.
... and only friend is he , Who , like the arbor vitæ tree , Will bear our image on his heart . ” NEW YORK : W. R. C. CLARK & CO . , Appleton's Building , 346 & 348 Broadway . MDCCCLVIII . AL 3455 , 3,27 AL 4316-29 Rev. 1861 , Oc.
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... , I have within my Heart's hot cells shut up , to leave you In your lazy dignities . ' Good night landlord . " With this the friends returned to the college . arose . II . Horses versus Thorn - Apple Tree GEORGE MELVILLE . 13.
... , I have within my Heart's hot cells shut up , to leave you In your lazy dignities . ' Good night landlord . " With this the friends returned to the college . arose . II . Horses versus Thorn - Apple Tree GEORGE MELVILLE . 13.
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... heart , Bell Mortimer appeared in truth not only lovely , but beautiful . Nature had lavished rich endowments upon her person . Her form was the perfection of womanly grace and elegance . The snowy garniture of her arm , tinctured here ...
... heart , Bell Mortimer appeared in truth not only lovely , but beautiful . Nature had lavished rich endowments upon her person . Her form was the perfection of womanly grace and elegance . The snowy garniture of her arm , tinctured here ...
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... heart - broken widowed mother's sister . " The expression of face and action , gesture , etc. , with which Mrs. Tryon accompanied this argument , caused her nephew to burst into an almost uncontroll- able fit of laughter . " Good , good ...
... heart - broken widowed mother's sister . " The expression of face and action , gesture , etc. , with which Mrs. Tryon accompanied this argument , caused her nephew to burst into an almost uncontroll- able fit of laughter . " Good , good ...
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... heart , went bounding from room to room , giving vent to the pent up love for her beautiful home , which had been accumulating during a six months ' absence . This was her cousin Clara's first visit to Aurora . Of course there was ...
... heart , went bounding from room to room , giving vent to the pent up love for her beautiful home , which had been accumulating during a six months ' absence . This was her cousin Clara's first visit to Aurora . Of course there was ...
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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.