George Melville: An American NovelW. R. C. Clark & Company, 1858 - 386 pages |
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... remarked Tam . " This duty will be accompanied with considerable labor , " continued George . " Proper again ! " echoed Tam . " Good for his physical health . " " He will have excitement , " continued George . " Necessary ! absolutely ...
... remarked Tam . " This duty will be accompanied with considerable labor , " continued George . " Proper again ! " echoed Tam . " Good for his physical health . " " He will have excitement , " continued George . " Necessary ! absolutely ...
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... remark . Here , Clara ! Mr. Mordaunt , will you please pass Miss Clara's plate , I see she has emptied it . There is more than one hungry , I perceive . " " No , no ! replied his cousin , I've breakfasted . No more for me . " " So say I ...
... remark . Here , Clara ! Mr. Mordaunt , will you please pass Miss Clara's plate , I see she has emptied it . There is more than one hungry , I perceive . " " No , no ! replied his cousin , I've breakfasted . No more for me . " " So say I ...
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... remarks to the dog . Trip came up , licked the old woman's hand , and received her caress . He then went to his master , and , fawning upon him for an instant , ran towards the fence , and commenced barking . Melville at this time lay ...
... remarks to the dog . Trip came up , licked the old woman's hand , and received her caress . He then went to his master , and , fawning upon him for an instant , ran towards the fence , and commenced barking . Melville at this time lay ...
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... " At each recurring visit to this island , my thoughts become sad , " remarked Mordaunt . " It was in the year 18— that I first visited this spot . I was then one spectator among a hundred , of that unrelenting power 62 GEORGE MELVILLE .
... " At each recurring visit to this island , my thoughts become sad , " remarked Mordaunt . " It was in the year 18— that I first visited this spot . I was then one spectator among a hundred , of that unrelenting power 62 GEORGE MELVILLE .
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... remark , " said Mor- daunt . " Oh ! most willingly , " replied Bell . 6 " With your permission , then , I will state , that in my judgment , American ' and ' English ' are mere- ly appellations for a distinction in converse . Both of ...
... remark , " said Mor- daunt . " Oh ! most willingly , " replied Bell . 6 " With your permission , then , I will state , that in my judgment , American ' and ' English ' are mere- ly appellations for a distinction in converse . Both of ...
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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.