Richard Hurdis: A Tale of AlabamaRedfield, 1855 - Всего страниц: 403 |
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... resolved upon the enjoyment for which I had dreamed and prayed . I had no fears , for I was stout of limb , bold of heart , prompt in the use of my weapon , a fearless rider , and a fatal shot . Here are the inevitable possessions of ...
... resolved upon the enjoyment for which I had dreamed and prayed . I had no fears , for I was stout of limb , bold of heart , prompt in the use of my weapon , a fearless rider , and a fatal shot . Here are the inevitable possessions of ...
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... resolved to leave my mother . It was no pain to leave my father . He was a man , a strong one too , and could do well ... resolution to leave him now , once more threw the business of the plantation upon John ; and his incompetence , the ...
... resolved to leave my mother . It was no pain to leave my father . He was a man , a strong one too , and could do well ... resolution to leave him now , once more threw the business of the plantation upon John ; and his incompetence , the ...
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... resolved to choose me out an abode , which , if it had fewer attractions , had , at the same time , fewer trials for a bosom vexed like mine . I feared not the si- lence and the loneliness of the Indian habitations , when those to which ...
... resolved to choose me out an abode , which , if it had fewer attractions , had , at the same time , fewer trials for a bosom vexed like mine . I feared not the si- lence and the loneliness of the Indian habitations , when those to which ...
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... resolution ? Was it proper in me , be- cause one had made me desolate , to make others - and not that one - equally so ? I know not . I inquired not thus at the time , and the question is unnecessary now . My resolution was taken at a ...
... resolution ? Was it proper in me , be- cause one had made me desolate , to make others - and not that one - equally so ? I know not . I inquired not thus at the time , and the question is unnecessary now . My resolution was taken at a ...
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... resolve to set out with me . The damsel to whom he was betrothed was poor , but she wore none of the deport- ment of poverty . The neighborhood thought her proud . I can not say that I thought with them . She was more reserved than ...
... resolve to set out with me . The damsel to whom he was betrothed was poor , but she wore none of the deport- ment of poverty . The neighborhood thought her proud . I can not say that I thought with them . She was more reserved than ...
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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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Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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!
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...