The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea: A TaleHoughton Mifflin, 1876 - Počet stran: 517 |
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Strana xvi
... persons included in the capitulation , without our being able to prevent them . " Another report says : " The enemy have had one hundred and fifty killed , including those who , wishing to escape during the capitulation , were massacred ...
... persons included in the capitulation , without our being able to prevent them . " Another report says : " The enemy have had one hundred and fifty killed , including those who , wishing to escape during the capitulation , were massacred ...
Strana xxxvi
... persons alluded to pointed out faults , that the author for the first time has now ascertained to be real ; and much to his surprise , as of most of them he is entirely innocent . They are purely errors of the press , unless , indeed ...
... persons alluded to pointed out faults , that the author for the first time has now ascertained to be real ; and much to his surprise , as of most of them he is entirely innocent . They are purely errors of the press , unless , indeed ...
Strana 1
... persons in all , two of each sex , they had managed to ascend a pile of trees , that had been uptorn by a tempest , to catch a view of the objects that surrounded them . It is still the practice of the country to call these spots ...
... persons in all , two of each sex , they had managed to ascend a pile of trees , that had been uptorn by a tempest , to catch a view of the objects that surrounded them . It is still the practice of the country to call these spots ...
Strana 10
... persons we are about to meet . " 66 Aye ' t is an Indian's fashion of going to quarters . You perceive he has examined the priming of his rifle , and it may be as well if I look to that of my own pistols . ' 99 Without betraying alarm ...
... persons we are about to meet . " 66 Aye ' t is an Indian's fashion of going to quarters . You perceive he has examined the priming of his rifle , and it may be as well if I look to that of my own pistols . ' 99 Without betraying alarm ...
Strana 11
... person was more carefully concealed . " See , Salt - water , " he said exultingly , pointing at the same time through the vista of trees , " paleface fire ! " " By the Lord , the fellow is right ! " muttered Cap ; " there they are ...
... person was more carefully concealed . " See , Salt - water , " he said exultingly , pointing at the same time through the vista of trees , " paleface fire ! " " By the Lord , the fellow is right ! " muttered Cap ; " there they are ...
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Strana 253 - 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 129 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Strana 31 - Before these fields were shorn and tilled, Full to the brim our rivers flowed ; The melody of waters filled The fresh and boundless wood ; And torrents dashed and rivulets played, And fountains spouted in the shade.
Strana 172 - ... 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 92 - Nor have these eyes by greener hills Been soothed, in all my wanderings. And, through her depths, Saint Mary's Lake Is visibly delighted ; For not a feature of those hills Is in the mirror slighted.
Strana 91 - AND is this — Yarrow ? — This the Stream Of which my fancy cherished, So faithfully, a waking dream ? An image that hath perished ! O that some Minstrel's harp were near, To utter notes of gladness, And chase this silence from the air, That fills my heart with sadness...
Strana 170 - 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 168 - 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...
Strana 170 - 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.