Cooper's Novels, Volumul 13Stringer and Townsend, 1853 |
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Pagina 13
... trees , that had been uptorn by a tempest , to catch a view of the objects that surrounded them . It is still the practice of the country to call these spots wind - rows . By letting in the light of heaven upon the dark and damp ...
... trees , that had been uptorn by a tempest , to catch a view of the objects that surrounded them . It is still the practice of the country to call these spots wind - rows . By letting in the light of heaven upon the dark and damp ...
Pagina 14
... tree on tree , in such a manner as had not only enabled the two males of the party to ascend to an elevation of some thirty feet above the level of the earth , but , with a little care and encouragement , to induce their more timid ...
... tree on tree , in such a manner as had not only enabled the two males of the party to ascend to an elevation of some thirty feet above the level of the earth , but , with a little care and encouragement , to induce their more timid ...
Pagina 15
... tree to struggle upward toward the light , and to lift its modest head nearly to a level with the surrounding surface of verdure . Of this class were the birch , a tree of some account in regions less favoured , the quivering aspen ...
... tree to struggle upward toward the light , and to lift its modest head nearly to a level with the surrounding surface of verdure . Of this class were the birch , a tree of some account in regions less favoured , the quivering aspen ...
Pagina 16
... trees are a different thing . Hist ! that sound is the air breathing among the leaves ! " " You should hear a nor ... trees- -can it come from a house ? " " Ay , ay ; there is a look of humanity in that smoke , " returned the old seaman ...
... trees are a different thing . Hist ! that sound is the air breathing among the leaves ! " " You should hear a nor ... trees- -can it come from a house ? " " Ay , ay ; there is a look of humanity in that smoke , " returned the old seaman ...
Pagina 18
... tree . " -- " But Indians must be there ; perhaps some old mess - mates of your own , Master Arrowhead . " " No Tuscarora - no Oneida fire . " no Mohawk - pale - face " The devil it is ! well , Magnet , this surpasses a seaman's ...
... tree . " -- " But Indians must be there ; perhaps some old mess - mates of your own , Master Arrowhead . " " No Tuscarora - no Oneida fire . " no Mohawk - pale - face " The devil it is ! well , Magnet , this surpasses a seaman's ...
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answered Arrowhead believe better block-house boat brother Cap bushes calash canoe Chingachgook command companion concealed countenance cutter daugh dear father Delaware distrust doubt enemy eyes face fancy father fear feelings felt finder fire forest French fresh-water frontier garrison gifts girl hand head heard heart heroine honour hope Indian instant Iroquois island Jasper Eau-douce Jasper Western June Killdeer knew lake land laughing leave Lieutenant Muir look Lundie Mabel Dunham Major Duncan manner Master Cap Master Pathfinder means mind Mingo minutes nature never night Ontario opinion Oswego paddle party passed Path pretty Quarter-Master red-skin returned rienced rifle river sail sailor Sarpent savages scalp Scud seen Serjeant Dunham serjeant's daughter shore smile soldier soon speak spot stood stream tell thing thought Thousand Islands tion trail trees true truth Tuscarora uncle venison vessel warrior wife wind wish woman woods words young
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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...