The Pathfinder, Or The Inland SeaStringer & Townsend, 1851 |
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Pagina 25
... never uttered more truth . " " I am Mabel , and yonder , hid by the trees , are my uncle , whose name is Cap , and a Tuscarora , called Arrowhead . We did not hope to meet you until we had nearly reached the shores of the lake . " " I ...
... never uttered more truth . " " I am Mabel , and yonder , hid by the trees , are my uncle , whose name is Cap , and a Tuscarora , called Arrowhead . We did not hope to meet you until we had nearly reached the shores of the lake . " " I ...
Pagina 27
... never dreams of , though you may , possibly , have education enough to guess at it , having some pretensions to understand the compass , I suppose . " " The reason is easily comprehended , " said the young man , involuntarily fastening ...
... never dreams of , though you may , possibly , have education enough to guess at it , having some pretensions to understand the compass , I suppose . " " The reason is easily comprehended , " said the young man , involuntarily fastening ...
Pagina 28
... never so flattering , or so agreeable , as when it comes from the young to those of their own age ; from the manly to the gentle . Like most of those who pass their time excluded from the society of the softer sex , young Western was ...
... never so flattering , or so agreeable , as when it comes from the young to those of their own age ; from the manly to the gentle . Like most of those who pass their time excluded from the society of the softer sex , young Western was ...
Pagina 29
... never believed much in the learning of them that dwell in towns , for I ne- ver yet met with one that had an eye for a rifle , or a trail . " " That's my manner of reasoning , Master Pathfinder , to a yarn . Walking about streets ...
... never believed much in the learning of them that dwell in towns , for I ne- ver yet met with one that had an eye for a rifle , or a trail . " " That's my manner of reasoning , Master Pathfinder , to a yarn . Walking about streets ...
Pagina 30
... never slept more sweetly than when I have fi't the Mingos , though it is the law with me to fight always like a white man , and never like an Indian . The Sarpent , here , has his fashions , and I have mine ; and yet have we fou't ...
... never slept more sweetly than when I have fi't the Mingos , though it is the law with me to fight always like a white man , and never like an Indian . The Sarpent , here , has his fashions , and I have mine ; and yet have we fou't ...
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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 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 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...