The Works of J. Fenimore Cooper. ...: The pilot (1849George P. Putnam, 1850 |
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... blood to satiate their vengeance , or to uphold the cold and selfish policy of the distant monarchs of Europe . Perhaps no district throughout the wide extent of the inter- mediate frontiers can furnish a livelier picture of the cruelty ...
... blood to satiate their vengeance , or to uphold the cold and selfish policy of the distant monarchs of Europe . Perhaps no district throughout the wide extent of the inter- mediate frontiers can furnish a livelier picture of the cruelty ...
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... blood of the timid curdled with terror , and mothers cast anxious glances even at those children which slumbered within the security of the largest towns . In short , the magnifying influence of fear began to set at naught the ...
... blood of the timid curdled with terror , and mothers cast anxious glances even at those children which slumbered within the security of the largest towns . In short , the magnifying influence of fear began to set at naught the ...
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... blood and bone of the high - mettled military charger , and others gazing at the pre- parations , with the dull wonder of vulgar curiosity . There was one man , however , who , by his countenance and actions , formed a marked exception ...
... blood and bone of the high - mettled military charger , and others gazing at the pre- parations , with the dull wonder of vulgar curiosity . There was one man , however , who , by his countenance and actions , formed a marked exception ...
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... blood , that seemed ready to burst its bounds . And yet there was neither coarseness nor want of shadowing in a countenance that was exquisitely regular and dignified , and surpassingly beautiful . 22 THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS . She ...
... blood , that seemed ready to burst its bounds . And yet there was neither coarseness nor want of shadowing in a countenance that was exquisitely regular and dignified , and surpassingly beautiful . 22 THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS . She ...
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... blood . From the banks of the big river to the shores of the salt lake , there was none to meet us . The Maquas followed at a distance . We said the country should be ours from the place where the water runs up no longer on this stream ...
... blood . From the banks of the big river to the shores of the salt lake , there was none to meet us . The Maquas followed at a distance . We said the country should be ours from the place where the water runs up no longer on this stream ...
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Alice answered appeared arms beast believe betrayed blood bosom Canada canoe captive cavern chief Chingachgook companions concealed Cora countenance cunning danger dark David deer Delawares distance drew Duncan ears encampment enemy exclaimed eyes father feet fell fierce fire followed footsteps forest Fort Edward French gaze glance grave hand Hawk-eye head heard Horican Huron Indian instant interrupted Iroquois knew knife lake language leave Lenape Lenni Lenape light listened lodge longue Carabine look Magua Major Heyward Manitto manner Maquas Mingo moccasins Mohawks Montcalm morocco Munro Narraganset native nature never party passed path pause psalmody Renard returned the scout rifle rock Sagamore savage scalp scene seated seemed seen side silent sisters soon sounds speak spirit spoke spot stood Subtil Tamenund tomahawk trail trees tribe turned Uncas uttered voice warrior wigwam woods woodsman words Wyandots yell young Mohican youth
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Страница 19 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Страница 294 - I dare ! to him and all the band He brings to aid his murderous hand." " Bold words ! — but, though the beast of game The privilege of chase may claim, Though space and law the stag we lend, Ere hound we slip, or bow we bend, Who ever...
Страница 183 - Father! father!" exclaimed a piercing cry from out the mist; "it is I! Alice! thy own Elsie! spare, O! save your daughters!" "Hold!" shouted the former speaker, in the awful tones of parental agony, the sound reaching even to the woods, and rolling back in solemn echo. " 'Tis she! God has restored me my children! Throw open the sallyport; to the field, 60ths, to the field! pull not a trigger, lest ye kill my lambs! Drive off these dogs of France with your steel!
Страница 202 - There it was my lot to form a connexion with one who in time became my wife, and the mother of Cora, She was the daughter of a gentleman of those isles, by a lady whose misfortune it was, if you will...
Страница 412 - Nor vows unpaid, nor slighted sacrifice, But he, our chief, provoked the raging pest, Apollo's vengeance for his injured priest, Nor will the god's awaken'd fury cease, But plagues shall spread, and funeral fires increase, Till the great king, without a ransom paid, To her own Chrysa send the black-eyed maid. Perhaps, with added sacrifice and prayer, The priest may pardon, and the god may spare.
Страница 11 - A wide and apparently an impervious boundary of forests severed the possessions of the hostile provinces of France and England. The hardy colonist, and the trained European who fought at his side, frequently expended months in struggling against the rapids of the streams, or...