The Pathfinder, Or, The Inland SeaW.A. Townsend, 1860 - Počet stran: 515 |
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Strana 9
... hour before the sun sets . " With this permission , the girl , whose real name was Mabel Dunham , prepared to be of the party , while the Dew - of - June , as the wife of Arrowhead was called , passively went her way towards the canoe ...
... hour before the sun sets . " With this permission , the girl , whose real name was Mabel Dunham , prepared to be of the party , while the Dew - of - June , as the wife of Arrowhead was called , passively went her way towards the canoe ...
Strana 17
... hours at a time . " " More's the pity , boy ; more's the pity . A very little land ought to go a great way with a seafaring man . Now , if the truth were known , Master Western , I suppose there is more or less land all round your lake ...
... hours at a time . " " More's the pity , boy ; more's the pity . A very little land ought to go a great way with a seafaring man . Now , if the truth were known , Master Western , I suppose there is more or less land all round your lake ...
Strana 29
... hours of sun , and had better be drifting down this said current of yours , while we may . Magnet , dear , are you not ready to get under way ? " Magnet started , blushed brightly , and made her preparations for an immediate departure ...
... hours of sun , and had better be drifting down this said current of yours , while we may . Magnet , dear , are you not ready to get under way ? " Magnet started , blushed brightly , and made her preparations for an immediate departure ...
Strana 33
... hours ' practice , however , in a great measure remedied this evil , and both Mabel and her uncle had learned so far to humor its movements , that they now maintained their places with perfect composure ; nor did the additional weight ...
... hours ' practice , however , in a great measure remedied this evil , and both Mabel and her uncle had learned so far to humor its movements , that they now maintained their places with perfect composure ; nor did the additional weight ...
Strana 45
... hours , you have said , will carry us down to the fort . " " It shall be a cunning Iroquois who hurts a hair of your head , pretty one , for all here are bound to the serjeant , and most , I think , to yourself , to see you safe from ...
... hours , you have said , will carry us down to the fort . " " It shall be a cunning Iroquois who hurts a hair of your head , pretty one , for all here are bound to the serjeant , and most , I think , to yourself , to see you safe from ...
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ag'in answered appeared Arrowhead believe better block-house boat brother Cap bushes calash canoe Chingachgook command companion concealed cutter danger dear father Delaware distrust doubt enemy eyes face fancy father fear feelings felt finder fire forest French frontier garrison gifts girl hand head heard heart heroine honor hope husband Indian instant Iroquois island Jasper Eau-douce June Killdeer knew lake land laughing leave Lieutenant Muir look Lundie Mabel Dunham Major Duncan manner Master Cap Master Pathfinder means mind Mingo minutes nature never night Ontario Oswego paddle party passed pretty Quarter-Master red-skin returned rifle river sail sailor Sarpent savages scalp scarcely Scud seen Serjeant Dunham serjeant's daughter shore smile soldier soon speak spot stood stream tell thing thought Thousand Islands tion trail trees true truth Tuscarora uncle venison vessel warrior wife wigwam wind wish woman woods words young
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Strana 258 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Strana 171 - The respect for Pathfinder's skill and for his quickness and accuracy of sight [the italics are mine] was so profound and general that the instant he made this declaration the spectators began to distrust their own opinions, and a dozen rushed to the target in order to ascertain the fact. There, sure enough, it was found that the Quartermaster's bullet had gone through the hole made by Jasper's, and that, too, so accurately as to require a minute examination to be certain of the circumstance, which,...
Strana 175 - ... of fictitiousness and general improbability over it. This comes of Cooper's inadequacy as an observer. The reader will find some examples of Cooper's high talent for inaccurate observation in the account of the shooting-match in The Pathfinder. "A common wrought nail was driven lightly into the target, its head having been first touched with paint.
Strana 258 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests: in all time. Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm. Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; — boundless, endless, and sublime; The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible: even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Strana 173 - If one dared to hint at such a thing," cried Major Duncan, "I should say that the Pathfinder has also missed the target!" As nobody had missed it yet, the "also" was not necessary; but never mind about that, for the Pathfinder is going to speak. "No, no, Major," said he, confidently, "that would be a risky declaration. I didn't load the piece and can't say what was in it; but if it was lead...
Strana 173 - Major," said he, confidently, "that would be a risky declaration. I didn't load the piece, and can't say what was in it; but if it was lead, you will find the bullet driving down those of the Quartermaster and Jasper, else is not my name Pathfinder.
Strana 174 - I'll own to a miss. The Quartermaster cut the wood, but you'll find no wood cut by that last messenger.
Strana 143 - ... a sort of type of what Adam might have been supposed to be before the fall, though certainly not without sin, and not feel a respect and admiration for him, that had no reference to his positioniin life.