Richard Hurdis: A Tale of AlabamaRedfield, 1855 - Počet stran: 403 |
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... object I was upheld by some of our neighboring capitalists , who had urged , to some extent , the measure upon I was not unwilling to do this for them , particularly as it me . - did not interfere in my own plans to follow up A TRUANT ...
... object I was upheld by some of our neighboring capitalists , who had urged , to some extent , the measure upon I was not unwilling to do this for them , particularly as it me . - did not interfere in my own plans to follow up A TRUANT ...
Strana 17
... feel a want in my mind , and an impatience at my heart ; a thirst which I can not ex- plain to you , and which , while here , I can not quench . I must go elsewhere- I must fix my eyes on other objects A TRUANT DISPOSITION . 17.
... feel a want in my mind , and an impatience at my heart ; a thirst which I can not ex- plain to you , and which , while here , I can not quench . I must go elsewhere- I must fix my eyes on other objects A TRUANT DISPOSITION . 17.
Strana 18
... objects . You for- get , too , that I have been repulsed , rejected — though you told me I should not be where I had set my heart ; and that the boon has been given to another , for which I had struggled long , and for a long season had ...
... objects . You for- get , too , that I have been repulsed , rejected — though you told me I should not be where I had set my heart ; and that the boon has been given to another , for which I had struggled long , and for a long season had ...
Strana 27
... object . The character which spoke in her countenance was enough , and you forbore to look for other beauties . Emmeline Walker was a thinking and intelli- gent creature , and her mind pre - occupied yours at a glance , and satisfied ...
... object . The character which spoke in her countenance was enough , and you forbore to look for other beauties . Emmeline Walker was a thinking and intelli- gent creature , and her mind pre - occupied yours at a glance , and satisfied ...
Strana 68
... objects of interest that now and then present themselves , divert them from troublous thoughts . The lands , the woods , the waters , that attract the eye of the planter on every side , serve to fix his attention and keep it in constant ...
... objects of interest that now and then present themselves , divert them from troublous thoughts . The lands , the woods , the waters , that attract the eye of the planter on every side , serve to fix his attention and keep it in constant ...
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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...