The Chainbearer: Or, The Littlepage ManuscriptsRichard Bentley, 1845 |
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... stood well , I have reason to think , in the colony , and their position in the new state was not likely to be at all lowered by the part they were now playing in the revolution . I am far from certain that General Littlepage was ...
... stood well , I have reason to think , in the colony , and their position in the new state was not likely to be at all lowered by the part they were now playing in the revolution . I am far from certain that General Littlepage was ...
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... stood at about a hundred dollars for one . I had provided myself with a little silver , and very precious it was , and some thirty or forty thou- sand dollars of " continental , " to defray my travelling expenses ; but , my silver was ...
... stood at about a hundred dollars for one . I had provided myself with a little silver , and very precious it was , and some thirty or forty thou- sand dollars of " continental , " to defray my travelling expenses ; but , my silver was ...
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... stood my dear grandmother , and the notable Tom Bayard , to receive us . The first glance at the latter told me that he was a 66 proper man ; " and by the second , I got the pleasing assurance that he had no eye , just then , but for ...
... stood my dear grandmother , and the notable Tom Bayard , to receive us . The first glance at the latter told me that he was a 66 proper man ; " and by the second , I got the pleasing assurance that he had no eye , just then , but for ...
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... stood the smiles of those around her with a self - possession that showed me she knew perfectly well what she was about . I was never more at a loss how to understand a young woman , and it is very possible , had I remained near her for ...
... stood the smiles of those around her with a self - possession that showed me she knew perfectly well what she was about . I was never more at a loss how to understand a young woman , and it is very possible , had I remained near her for ...
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... stood the Satanstoes , a dark , woolly group , including Mrs. Jaap , and two generations of descendants . The whites were weeping ; that is to say , my dear mother and Kate ; and the blacks were laughing , though the old lady kept her ...
... stood the Satanstoes , a dark , woolly group , including Mrs. Jaap , and two generations of descendants . The whites were weeping ; that is to say , my dear mother and Kate ; and the blacks were laughing , though the old lady kept her ...
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The Chain-bearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, Volumen1 James Fenimore Cooper Vista completa - 1845 |
Términos y frases comunes
a'ter afore ag'in Anneke answered b'ys bearer better Chain Chainbearer Chainbearer's character clearin Coejemans Colonel Follock countenance dear eyes fancy father feeling felt forest Frank Malbone girl goot grandmother Hampshire Grants hand hast hear heard Indian Injin Jaap Kate knew land lease Lilacsbush live logs look Lowiny lumber Major Littlepage manner marry Masser matter means mill mind Miss Bayard Mooseridge Mordaunt mother nature nefer Nest never niece old Andries Onondago passed peen poty Priscilla Bayard prisoner Prudence racter Ravensnest s'pose Satanstoe seen sister smile soon sort speak squatter Squire Newcome stood Sureflint Susquesus t'an t'at t'ere t'ey t'ing t'ink t'is t'ough tarms tell tenant things thought Thousandacres Tobit Trackless true uncle Ursula Malbone Whig wilt wish woman woods woult young Zephaniah
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Página 158 - They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why ; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty; A stubborn race, fearing and flattering none.
Página 242 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world: now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Página 158 - ... the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children, even to the third and fourth generation.
Página 191 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...
Página 179 - The American axe! It has made more real and lasting conquests than the sword of any warlike people that ever lived ; but, they have been conquests that have left civilization in their train, instead of havoc and desolation. More than a million of square miles of territory...
Página 235 - Peculiar both ! Our soil's strong growth, And our bold natives' hardy mind ; Sure heaven bespoke Our hearts and oak, To give a master to mankind.
Página iii - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail, Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age ; E'en all at once together found, Cecilia's mingled world of sound — O bid our vain endeavours cease.; Revive the just designs of Greece : Return in all thy simple state!
Página 273 - Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth.
Página 315 - His descendants, notwithstanding, remain with us; and, while they have succeeded to very little in the way of property, they are the legitimate heritors of their ancestor's vulgarity of mind and manners — of his tricks, his dissimulations, and his frauds.
Página 160 - In honour of the' approaching dead Around your awful terrors pour. Yes, pour around On this pale ground, Through all this deep surrounding gloom, The sober thought, The tear untaught, Those meetest mourners at a tomb.