The Pioneers: Or, the Sources of the Susquehanna, Volumes 1-2Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 47
... Hiram Doolittle a perfect empiric in his profession ; be- ing in the constant habit of listening to his treatises on architecture , with a kind of indulgent smile , yet , either from an inability to oppose them by any thing plausible ...
... Hiram Doolittle a perfect empiric in his profession ; be- ing in the constant habit of listening to his treatises on architecture , with a kind of indulgent smile , yet , either from an inability to oppose them by any thing plausible ...
Page 49
... Hiram was ex- erted in the fabrication of divers urns and mould- ings , that were scattered profusely around this part of their labours . Richard had originally a cunning expedient , by which the chimneys were intended to be so low ...
... Hiram was ex- erted in the fabrication of divers urns and mould- ings , that were scattered profusely around this part of their labours . Richard had originally a cunning expedient , by which the chimneys were intended to be so low ...
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... Hiram , but as his eye became gradually accustomed to the object , he grew better satisfied with his labours , and instead of apologizing for the defects , he commenced praising the beau- ties of the mansion - house . He soon found hear ...
... Hiram , but as his eye became gradually accustomed to the object , he grew better satisfied with his labours , and instead of apologizing for the defects , he commenced praising the beau- ties of the mansion - house . He soon found hear ...
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... Hiram knows that it is entirely mine ; a little taken from a print of its namesake in London , I own ; but all the rest is mine . " " I don't know where he come from , " said the black , losing every mark of humour in an expres- sion of ...
... Hiram knows that it is entirely mine ; a little taken from a print of its namesake in London , I own ; but all the rest is mine . " " I don't know where he come from , " said the black , losing every mark of humour in an expres- sion of ...
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... Hiram had , conjointly , reared four little columns of wood , which in their turn supported the shingled roofs of the portico - this was the name that Mr. Jones had thought proper to give to a very plain , covered entrance to the ...
... Hiram had , conjointly , reared four little columns of wood , which in their turn supported the shingled roofs of the portico - this was the name that Mr. Jones had thought proper to give to a very plain , covered entrance to the ...
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Page 175 - That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 9 - Elizabeth witnessed the short struggle, and her blood was warming with the triumph of the dog, when she saw the form of the old panther in the air, springing twenty feet from the branch of the beech to the back of the mastiff. No words of ours can describe the fury of the conflict that followed. It was a confused struggle on the dried leaves, accompanied by loud and terrible cries, barks, and growls.
Page 9 - So rapkl and vigorous were the bounds of the inhabitant of the forest, that its active frame seemed constantly in the air, while the dog nobly faced his foe at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn with her talons...
Page 77 - Of ill-shap'd fishes ; and about his shelves A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds, Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scatter'd to make up a show.
Page 7 - His advanced age had long before deprived him of his activity ; and ivhen his companions stopped to view the scenery, or to add to their bouquets, the mastiff would lay his huge frame on the ground, and await their movements, with his eyes closed, and a listlessness in his air that ill accorded with the character of a protector. But when, aroused by this cry from Louisa, Miss Temple turned, she saw the dog with his eyes keenly set on some distant object, his head bent near the ground, and his hair...
Page 10 - There is said to be something in the front of the image of the Maker that daunts the hearts of the inferior beings of His creation; and it would seem that some such power, in the present instance, suspended the threatened blow. The eyes of the monster and the kneeling maiden met, for an instant, when the former stooped to examine her fallen foe ; next to scent her luckless cub. From the latter examination it turned, however, with its eyes apparently emitting flashes of fire, its tail lashing its...
Page 89 - ... It is immaterial whether it be one or the other," interrupted Miss Temple, with a logic that contained more feeling than reason ; " I know Natty to be innocent, and, thinking so, I must think all wrong who oppress him." " His judge among the number! thy father, Elizabeth?" " Nay, nay—nay ; do not put such questions to me; give me my commission, father, and let me proceed to execute it.
Page 26 - To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories, bridges, canals, mines, and all the other resources of an old country, were constantly presenting themselves, though his good sense suppressed, in some degree, the exhibition of these expectations.