The Pioneers: Or, the Sources of the Susquehanna, Volumes 1-2Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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Page 239
... Kirby is out , and means to have a pull of the trigger at that very turkey . John has a true eye for a single fire , and somehow , my hand shakes so , whenever I have to do any thing extrawnary , that I often lose my aim . Now , when I ...
... Kirby is out , and means to have a pull of the trigger at that very turkey . John has a true eye for a single fire , and somehow , my hand shakes so , whenever I have to do any thing extrawnary , that I often lose my aim . Now , when I ...
Page 242
... Kirby is one of the best marksmen in the country ; that is , if we except the - the gentleman . " " Then , " said Elizabeth , who found her strength unequal to her will , " then , sir , I will speak . " . She advanced , with an air of ...
... Kirby is one of the best marksmen in the country ; that is , if we except the - the gentleman . " " Then , " said Elizabeth , who found her strength unequal to her will , " then , sir , I will speak . " . She advanced , with an air of ...
Page 243
... Kirby don't get the bird before me , and the Frenchman's powder don't hang fire this damp morning , you'll see as fine a turkey dead , in a few minutes , as ever was eaten in the Judge's shanty . I have know'd the Dutch women , on the ...
... Kirby don't get the bird before me , and the Frenchman's powder don't hang fire this damp morning , you'll see as fine a turkey dead , in a few minutes , as ever was eaten in the Judge's shanty . I have know'd the Dutch women , on the ...
Page 247
... Kirby . This fellow , whose occupation , when he did labour , was that of clearing lands , or chopping jobs , was of great sta- ture , and carried , in his very air , the index of his character . He was a noisy , boisterous , reckless ...
... Kirby . This fellow , whose occupation , when he did labour , was that of clearing lands , or chopping jobs , was of great sta- ture , and carried , in his very air , the index of his character . He was a noisy , boisterous , reckless ...
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... Kirby would toil , with an ardour that evinced his native spirit , and with an effect that seemed magical , until , his chopping being ended , his stentorian lungs could be heard emitting sounds , as he called to his patient oxen , the ...
... Kirby would toil , with an ardour that evinced his native spirit , and with an effect that seemed magical , until , his chopping being ended , his stentorian lungs could be heard emitting sounds , as he called to his patient oxen , 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.