The Pathfinder, Or The Inland SeaStringer & Townsend, 1851 |
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Pagina 26
... Pathfinder was scarcely in the prime of life , Mabel had met him with a steadiness that may have been the consequence of having braced her nerves for the interview , but , when her eyes encountered those of the young man at the fire ...
... Pathfinder was scarcely in the prime of life , Mabel had met him with a steadiness that may have been the consequence of having braced her nerves for the interview , but , when her eyes encountered those of the young man at the fire ...
Pagina 32
... Pathfinder , though he did not relish the idea of believing a fact which , for many years , he had pertinaciously insisted could not be true . Unwilling to give up the point , and , at the same time , unable to maintain it against a ...
... Pathfinder , though he did not relish the idea of believing a fact which , for many years , he had pertinaciously insisted could not be true . Unwilling to give up the point , and , at the same time , unable to maintain it against a ...
Pagina 39
... Pathfinder , as they moved towards the wind - row , " they can- not know any thing about the serjeant's daughter , for the greatest secrecy has been observed , on her account . " " And they will learn nothing , here , " returned Pathfinder ...
... Pathfinder , as they moved towards the wind - row , " they can- not know any thing about the serjeant's daughter , for the greatest secrecy has been observed , on her account . " " And they will learn nothing , here , " returned Pathfinder ...
Pagina 45
... Pathfinder , confidently . " Natur ' is natur ' , and it is an Indian's natur ' to be found where he is least expected . No fear of him , on a beaten path , for he wishes to come upon you , when unpre- pared to meet him , and the fiery ...
... Pathfinder , confidently . " Natur ' is natur ' , and it is an Indian's natur ' to be found where he is least expected . No fear of him , on a beaten path , for he wishes to come upon you , when unpre- pared to meet him , and the fiery ...
Pagina 58
... Pathfinder and the Serpent , in their ascent from , and de- scent to , the river , the clue to their movements would cease at the shore , water leaving no prints of footsteps . The young man had , therefore , waded , knee - deep , as ...
... Pathfinder and the Serpent , in their ascent from , and de- scent to , the river , the clue to their movements would cease at the shore , water leaving no prints of footsteps . The young man had , therefore , waded , knee - deep , as ...
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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, With light...
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' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors
Pagina 168 - Be all ready to clench it, boys!" cried out Pathfinder, stepping into his friend's tracks the instant they were vacant. "Never mind a new nail; I can see that, though the paint is gone, and what I can see I can hit at a hundred yards, though it were only a mosquito's eye. Be ready to clench!
Pagina 102 - 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 112 - Where the rain never fell, and the wind never blew ; But it seemed as the harp of the sky had rung, And the airs of heaven played round her tongue, When she spake of the lovely forms she had seen, And a land where sin had never been, — A land of love and a land of light, Withouten sun or moon or night ; Where the river swa'da living stream, And the light a pure celestial beam : The land of vision it would seem, A still, an everlasting dream.
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 ; 216 AN INDIAN AT THE BURIAL-PLACE, ETC. And torrents dashed and rivulets played, And fountains spouted in the shade.
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...