The Pioneers: Or, the Sources of the Susquehanna, Volumes 1-2Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... dark trunks of the trees rose from the pure white of the snow , in regularly formed shafts until , at a great height , their branches shot forth their horizontal limbs , that were covered with the meager foliage of an evergreen ...
... dark trunks of the trees rose from the pure white of the snow , in regularly formed shafts until , at a great height , their branches shot forth their horizontal limbs , that were covered with the meager foliage of an evergreen ...
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... dark powder that it con- tained . The larger end was fitted ingeniously and securely with a wooden bottom , and the other was stopped tight by a little plug . A leathern pouch hung before him , from which , as he concluded his last ...
... dark powder that it con- tained . The larger end was fitted ingeniously and securely with a wooden bottom , and the other was stopped tight by a little plug . A leathern pouch hung before him , from which , as he concluded his last ...
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... dark foliage of the evergreens was brilliantly contrasted by the glittering white- ness of the plain , which exhibited , over the tops of the trees , and through the vistas formed by the advancing points of the hills , a single sheet of ...
... dark foliage of the evergreens was brilliantly contrasted by the glittering white- ness of the plain , which exhibited , over the tops of the trees , and through the vistas formed by the advancing points of the hills , a single sheet of ...
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... dark spot of a fe - v acres in ex- tent at the southern extremity of this beautiful flat , and immediately under the feet of our travellers , alone showed , by its rippling surface , and the va pours which exhaled from it , that what at ...
... dark spot of a fe - v acres in ex- tent at the southern extremity of this beautiful flat , and immediately under the feet of our travellers , alone showed , by its rippling surface , and the va pours which exhaled from it , that what at ...
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... dark riband of water , that gushed from the outlet , and was winding its way already towards the far distant Chesapeake the altered , though still remembered , scenes of her childhood and of joy ! Five years had here wrought greater ...
... dark riband of water , that gushed from the outlet , and was winding its way already towards the far distant Chesapeake the altered , though still remembered , scenes of her childhood and of joy ! Five years had here wrought greater ...
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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.