The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Том 2J. Murray, 1820 - 419 страници |
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... followers ; entered into a solemn league of peace and amity ; sold them a portion of the soil , and promised to secure for them the good will of his savage allies . Whatever may be said of Indian perfidy , it is certain that the ...
... followers ; entered into a solemn league of peace and amity ; sold them a portion of the soil , and promised to secure for them the good will of his savage allies . Whatever may be said of Indian perfidy , it is certain that the ...
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... followers , unarmed , after the toils of the chase . The suddenness of his arrest , and the outrage offered to his sovereign dignity , so preyed upon the irascible feelings of this proud savage , as to throw him into a raging fever ; he ...
... followers , unarmed , after the toils of the chase . The suddenness of his arrest , and the outrage offered to his sovereign dignity , so preyed upon the irascible feelings of this proud savage , as to throw him into a raging fever ; he ...
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... followers . The English did not dare to pursue him , fearing to venture into these dark and frightful recesses , where they might perish in fens and miry pits , or be shot down by lurking foes . They therefore invested the entrance to ...
... followers . The English did not dare to pursue him , fearing to venture into these dark and frightful recesses , where they might perish in fens and miry pits , or be shot down by lurking foes . They therefore invested the entrance to ...
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... followers : and the influence of the prophet and the dreamer over Indian superstition has been fully evidenced in recent instances of savage warfare . At the time that Philip effected his escape from Pocasset , his fortunes were in a ...
... followers : and the influence of the prophet and the dreamer over Indian superstition has been fully evidenced in recent instances of savage warfare . At the time that Philip effected his escape from Pocasset , his fortunes were in a ...
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... followers , and declared that " he would fight it out to the last man , rather than become a servant to the Eng- lish . " His home being destroyed ; his country harassed and laid waste by the incursions of the conquerors ; he was ...
... followers , and declared that " he would fight it out to the last man , rather than become a servant to the Eng- lish . " His home being destroyed ; his country harassed and laid waste by the incursions of the conquerors ; he was ...
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Страница 60 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
Страница 108 - Just in the nick the Cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up like our train'd band, Presented, and away.
Страница 348 - It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.
Страница 378 - Ichabod to attend a merrymaking or "quilting frolic" to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel's; and having delivered his message with that air of importance and effort at fine language which a Negro is apt to display on petty embassies of the kind, he dashed over the brook and was seen scampering away up the hollow, full of the importance and hurry of his mission.
Страница 75 - Since ghost there is none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber ; What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number.
Страница 356 - ... and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating. He found favor in the eyes of the mothers by petting the children, particularly the youngest, and like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold, he would sit with a child on one knee and rock a cradle with his foot for whole hours together.
Страница 213 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, " Logan is the friend of white men.
Страница 367 - It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged but lowly-sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers. The low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails, harness, various utensils of husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighboring river.
Страница 19 - I could only hear, now and then, the distant voice of the priest repeating the evening service, and the faint responses of the choir ; these paused for a time, and all was hushed. The stillness, the desertion and obscurity that were gradually prevailing around, gave a deeper and more solemn interest to the place : For in the silent grave no conversation.
Страница 374 - Thus while the busy dame bustled about the house, or plied her spinning-wheel at one end of the piazza...