Cooper's Novels, Volumul 13Stringer and Townsend, 1853 |
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Pagina 31
... seemed to me that none of the red - skins have given as free a belief , as an honest man likes , to the accounts of the Big Salt Lakes , and to that of there being rivers that flow up stream . " " This comes of getting things wrong end ...
... seemed to me that none of the red - skins have given as free a belief , as an honest man likes , to the accounts of the Big Salt Lakes , and to that of there being rivers that flow up stream . " " This comes of getting things wrong end ...
Pagina 32
... seemed content to let the matter rest , and the conversation changed . " We are not over - conceited concerning our gifts , " observed the Pathfinder after a short pause , " and well know that such as live in the towns , and near the ...
... seemed content to let the matter rest , and the conversation changed . " We are not over - conceited concerning our gifts , " observed the Pathfinder after a short pause , " and well know that such as live in the towns , and near the ...
Pagina 46
... seemed stretched and shining , as if the particles were about to lose their principle of cohesion . " Down with your helm - down with your helm , man ! ” he exclaimed , unable any longer to suppress his anxiety , as he canoe glided ...
... seemed stretched and shining , as if the particles were about to lose their principle of cohesion . " Down with your helm - down with your helm , man ! ” he exclaimed , unable any longer to suppress his anxiety , as he canoe glided ...
Pagina 47
... seemed to Cap , that he was tossing in a cauldron . He felt the bow of the canoe tip , saw the raging , foaming water , careering madly by his side , was sensible that the light fabric in which he floated was tossed about like an egg ...
... seemed to Cap , that he was tossing in a cauldron . He felt the bow of the canoe tip , saw the raging , foaming water , careering madly by his side , was sensible that the light fabric in which he floated was tossed about like an egg ...
Pagina 65
... seemed quite at a loss what course to pursue . The Pathfinder did not stir . He had originally got a position where he might aim with deadly effect through the leaves , and where he could watch the movements of his enemies ; and he was ...
... seemed quite at a loss what course to pursue . The Pathfinder did not stir . He had originally got a position where he might aim with deadly effect through the leaves , and where he could watch the movements of his enemies ; and he was ...
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Pagina 3 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime, Dark-heaving, boundless, endless and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Pagina 108 - I pray, the vision with thy voice: This is our palace, — yonder is thy throne; Speak, and the floor thou tread'st on will rejoice. Not to appal me have the gods bestowed This precious boon; and blest a sad abode.
Pagina 165 - There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and fell in floods; But now the sun is rising calm and bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods...
Pagina 209 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Pagina 128 - Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp ? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court ? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons...
Pagina 40 - Before these fields were shorn and tilled, Full to the brim our rivers flowed ; The melody of waters filled The fresh and boundless wood ; And torrents dashed and rivulets played, And fountains spouted in the shade.
Pagina 176 - You saw but sorrow in its waning form, A working sea remaining from a storm Where now the weary waves roll o'er the deep, And faintly murmur ere they fall asleep,
Pagina 3 - Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime...
Pagina 82 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months...
Pagina 163 - The respect for Pathfinder's skill and for his quickness and accuracy of sight [the italics are mine] was so profound and general, that the instant he made this declaration the spectators began to distrust their own opinions, and a dozen rushed to the target in order to ascertain the fact. There, sure enough, it was found that the Quartermaster's bullet had gone through the hole made by Jasper's, and...