Mount Hope: Or Philip, King of the Wampanoags: an Historical RomanceHarper & brothers, 1851 - Всего страниц: 280 |
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... that of all other aborigines of that period , that we shall venture upon giving a personal description . The chieftain - for such he seemed - was formed alike for strength or activity , of a graceful figure and MOUNT HOPE; ...
... that of all other aborigines of that period , that we shall venture upon giving a personal description . The chieftain - for such he seemed - was formed alike for strength or activity , of a graceful figure and MOUNT HOPE; ...
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... seemed formed alike for thought or action — a stern lawgiver or a swift avenger -but in either capacity a king . The dress of this elegant savage was in perfect keeping with his appearance and bearing . He wore a light coat of beaver ...
... seemed formed alike for thought or action — a stern lawgiver or a swift avenger -but in either capacity a king . The dress of this elegant savage was in perfect keeping with his appearance and bearing . He wore a light coat of beaver ...
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... seemed to have forsaken their homes , and betaken them- selves to the summit of this hill , where they were occupied , at an early hour , with an intensity of application which plainly indicated the progress of some enterprise , deemed ...
... seemed to have forsaken their homes , and betaken them- selves to the summit of this hill , where they were occupied , at an early hour , with an intensity of application which plainly indicated the progress of some enterprise , deemed ...
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... seemed to have more breadth than height . His large gray eye had that happy expression of merry good - humour , and careless courage that never fails to attract the notice of a stranger . His dress , though neat , was perfectly simple ...
... seemed to have more breadth than height . His large gray eye had that happy expression of merry good - humour , and careless courage that never fails to attract the notice of a stranger . His dress , though neat , was perfectly simple ...
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... this limited space , the acclivity was more irregular and steep , and the soil seemed abandoned to the wildest luxuriance of vegetation . Tall broken rocks towered above the trees , with many a rift at MOUNT HOPE . 21 CHAPTER III. ...
... this limited space , the acclivity was more irregular and steep , and the soil seemed abandoned to the wildest luxuriance of vegetation . Tall broken rocks towered above the trees , with many a rift at MOUNT HOPE . 21 CHAPTER III. ...
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Стр. 155 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Стр. 21 - A month or more hath she been dead, Yet cannot I by force be led To think upon the wormy bed And her together. A springy motion in her gait, A rising step, did indicate Of pride and joy no common rate That flush'd her spirit: I know not by what name beside I shall it call : if 'twas not pride, It was a joy to that allied She did inherit.
Стр. 251 - Though my perishing ranks should be strewed in their gore, Like ocean-weeds heaped on the surf-beaten shore, Lochiel, untainted by flight or by chains, While the kindling of life in his bosom remains, Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low, With his back to the field, and his feet to the foe ! And leaving in battle no blot on his name, Look proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame.
Стр. 75 - But thence, when love had touch'd her soul, To nature and to truth she stole. From din, and pageantry, and strife, Midst woods and mountains, vales and plains, She treads the paths of lowly life, Yet in a bosom-circle reigns, • No fountain scattering diamond showers, But the sweet streamlet watering flowers.
Стр. 239 - And, as if strength were given him of God, He rose up calmly, and composed the pall Firmly and decently — and left him there, As if his rest had been a breathing sleep.
Стр. 87 - What strange words Are these which call my senses from the death They were composed to welcome ? Son ! 'tis false — I had but one — and the deep wave rolls o'er him ! Me.
Стр. 62 - ... thereof betwixt these two strong arms lies a cove or bay, on which the chief part of this town is built, overtopped with a third hill; all these like overtopping towers, keep a constant watch to see the approach of foreign dangers, being furnished with a beacon and loud babbling guns to give notice by their redoubled echo to all the sister towns.
Стр. 28 - So he went and did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
Стр. 5 - It is the object of this work to retrace some of the faded and now scarcely-visible features of those exterminating wars that marked the early settlement of the English among the aborigines of what is now called...
Стр. 266 - twas not the eyrie's sound ; Their bloody bands had tracked us out : Up-listening starts our couchant hound, — And, hark ! again, that nearer shout Brings faster on the murderers.