Richard Hurdis: A Tale of AlabamaRedfield, 1855 - Počet stran: 403 |
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Strana 7
... hand should never know what my right is doing . I should not only keep the public in ignorance of my peculiar labors , but I should , quite as religiously , keep the secret from my friends and associates . This is especially necessary ...
... hand should never know what my right is doing . I should not only keep the public in ignorance of my peculiar labors , but I should , quite as religiously , keep the secret from my friends and associates . This is especially necessary ...
Strana 22
... hand , but with a violent blow of my own , I struck it down , and turned my shoulder upon him . It was thus , in such relationship , that we stood , when I announced to my mother my intention to leave the family . We barely spoke to one ...
... hand , but with a violent blow of my own , I struck it down , and turned my shoulder upon him . It was thus , in such relationship , that we stood , when I announced to my mother my intention to leave the family . We barely spoke to one ...
Strana 28
... hand . Emmeline offered no objection to his arrangements , and showed no womanly weakness at his preparations for departure . She gave my hand a gentle pres- sure when I bade her farewell , and simply begged us to take care of each ...
... hand . Emmeline offered no objection to his arrangements , and showed no womanly weakness at his preparations for departure . She gave my hand a gentle pres- sure when I bade her farewell , and simply begged us to take care of each ...
Strana 29
... hands on me , villain ? Orlando . I am no villain : wert thou not my brother , I would not take this hand from thy throat , till this other had pulled out thy tongue for say- ing so ! As You Like It . THE time approached which had been ...
... hands on me , villain ? Orlando . I am no villain : wert thou not my brother , I would not take this hand from thy throat , till this other had pulled out thy tongue for say- ing so ! As You Like It . THE time approached which had been ...
Strana 32
... hand had rested in mine without a fear - my arm had encircled her waist without a resistance on her part , or a ... hands , bore back my horse until he almost sunk upon his haunches . The movement of both could not have been more prompt ...
... hand had rested in mine without a fear - my arm had encircled her waist without a resistance on her part , or a ... hands , bore back my horse until he almost sunk upon his haunches . The movement of both could not have been more prompt ...
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Alabama answer beheld Ben Pickett better blood bosom brother Choctaws Clifton Colonel Grafton companion confidence dastard desire doubt Eberly emissary Emmeline enemy escape exclaimed eyes father fear feel fellow felt forget fortunate Foster gamblers Georgian girl give Haller hand hate hear heard heart hope horse instant Jane John Hurdis Julia keep knew laugh leave less lips look Marengo Mary Easterby matter mind mother murderer nature never night once paused perhaps person Pickett pistol poor prompt ready reply resolution resolved Richard Hurdis road secret seemed seen shot sight Sipsy sleep smile soon sorrow sort soul speak spect speech spirit spoke squire stranger striker sudden suffer sure talk Tar river tell there's thought tion to-morrow told trembled truth turned Tuscaloosa uttered voice watch Webber whipping-post William Carrington woods words wrong
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Strana 162 - How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him for he is a Christian : But more, for that, in low simplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Strana 102 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Strana 350 - He's a bad surgeon that for pity spares The part corrupted till the gangrene spread, And all the body perish. He that's merciful Unto the bad is cruel to the good.
Strana 156 - O'er all his heart shall Taste and Beauty sway ! Free on the sunny slope, or winding shore, With hermit steps to wander and adore!
Strana 11 - Hurdis] during my early wanderings in that then wild country. The crimes here recorded were then actually in progress of commission; and some of my scenes and several of my persons, were sketched from the best local authorities.
Strana 248 - Dare not adventure on the stubborne pray, Ne byte before, but rome from place to place To get a snatch when turned is his face.
Strana 120 - ... the six mounted men; and, in spite of the strenuous efforts to shake him off, stuck on like the old man of the sea on the shoulders of Sinbad the sailor. Of those who seemed likely to succeed a majority wore only shirt and trowsers; though some of these had a scarlet band tied round the right wrist, for what purpose we cannot say. It also appears that the commissioners opened two sets of books, one for themselves and one for the public.
Strana 369 - To what gulfs A single deviation from the track Of human duties leads even those who claim The homage of mankind as their born due, And find it, till they forfeit it themselves ! Enter MYRRHA.
Strana 6 - Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, BY JS REDFIELD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York.
Strana 65 - That glowed in generous blood, and had no care, And little thought of the future — followed him; — Some perch'd on gallant steeds, others, more slow, The infants and the matrons of the flock, In coach and jersey, — but all moving on To the new land of promise, full of dreams Of western riches, Mississippi-mad ! Then came the hands, some forty-five or more, Their moderate wealth...