Richard Hurdis: A Tale of AlabamaRedfield, 1855 - Počet stran: 403 |
Vyhledávání v knize
Výsledky 1-5 z 67
Strana 18
... thing , mother , " was my hasty reply . " I will take side with La Fleur , and when we have to fight Mooshoola- tubbé , get enough land for my reward , to commence business for myself . That last speech of yours , mother , is conclusive ...
... thing , mother , " was my hasty reply . " I will take side with La Fleur , and when we have to fight Mooshoola- tubbé , get enough land for my reward , to commence business for myself . That last speech of yours , mother , is conclusive ...
Strana 19
... thing for you , if you will only think and speak less scornfully of your elder brother . " 66 And what are my thoughts and words to him , mother ? He feels them not - they do not touch him . Is he not my elder brother ? Has he not all ...
... thing for you , if you will only think and speak less scornfully of your elder brother . " 66 And what are my thoughts and words to him , mother ? He feels them not - they do not touch him . Is he not my elder brother ? Has he not all ...
Strana 24
... things . " " I am not troubled , Richard , except on your account . But , as you desire it , let us talk of other things ; and , to return , why this hostility between yourself and your brother ? " " Let him tell you . Demand it of him ...
... things . " " I am not troubled , Richard , except on your account . But , as you desire it , let us talk of other things ; and , to return , why this hostility between yourself and your brother ? " " Let him tell you . Demand it of him ...
Strana 27
... thing with us to admire a quality rather because of our own lack of it , than because of its intrinsic value . William Carrington was not without his virtues of mind , as well as of heart . He was temperate in his COMRADE IN EXILE . 27.
... thing with us to admire a quality rather because of our own lack of it , than because of its intrinsic value . William Carrington was not without his virtues of mind , as well as of heart . He was temperate in his COMRADE IN EXILE . 27.
Strana 31
... things which I had once known , but which I was doomed to know no longer . Bitter were the thoughts which attended me as I rode ; yet in their very bitterness my soul gathered its strength . The sweets of life enfeeble us . We struggle ...
... things which I had once known , but which I was doomed to know no longer . Bitter were the thoughts which attended me as I rode ; yet in their very bitterness my soul gathered its strength . The sweets of life enfeeble us . We struggle ...
Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny
Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví
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
Oblíbené pasáže
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...