The Works of J. Fenimore Cooper. ...: The pilot (1849George P. Putnam, 1850 |
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... lake was too complicated , the American too common- place , and the Indian too unpronounceable , for either to be used familiarly in a work of fiction . Looking over an ancient map , it was ascertained that a tribe of Indians , called ...
... lake was too complicated , the American too common- place , and the Indian too unpronounceable , for either to be used familiarly in a work of fiction . Looking over an ancient map , it was ascertained that a tribe of Indians , called ...
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... cruelty and fierceness of the savage warfare of those periods than the country which lies between the head waters of the Hudson and the adjacent lakes . The facilities which nature had there offered to the march THE ...
... cruelty and fierceness of the savage warfare of those periods than the country which lies between the head waters of the Hudson and the adjacent lakes . The facilities which nature had there offered to the march THE ...
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... lake , whose waters were so limpid as to have been exclusively selected by the Jesuit missionaries to perform the typical purification of baptism , and to obtain for it the title of lake " du Saint Sacrement . " The less zealous English ...
... lake , whose waters were so limpid as to have been exclusively selected by the Jesuit missionaries to perform the typical purification of baptism , and to obtain for it the title of lake " du Saint Sacrement . " The less zealous English ...
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... lakes , that Montcalm had been seen moving * Washington : who , after uselessly admonishing the European general of the danger into which he was heedlessly running , saved the remnants of the British army , on this occasion , by his ...
... lakes , that Montcalm had been seen moving * Washington : who , after uselessly admonishing the European general of the danger into which he was heedlessly running , saved the remnants of the British army , on this occasion , by his ...
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... lake , " for a speedy and powerful reinforcement . It has already been men- tioned that the distance between these two posts was less than five leagues . The rude path , which originally formed their line of communication , had been ...
... lake , " for a speedy and powerful reinforcement . It has already been men- tioned that the distance between these two posts was less than five leagues . The rude path , which originally formed their line of communication , had been ...
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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 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!
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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...