The Linwoods: Or, "Sixty Years Since" in America, Volume 1 |
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... feeling of the times , and to give her younger readers a true , if a slight , impression of the condition of their country at the most - the only * It has been suggested , that the title might be deemed ambi- tious ; that it might ...
... feeling of the times , and to give her younger readers a true , if a slight , impression of the condition of their country at the most - the only * It has been suggested , that the title might be deemed ambi- tious ; that it might ...
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... and " ( in a whisper ) " I want to scare Jupe . Jupe , it seems to me there is an odd hot feel in the ground here . " " There sarten is , miss , a very onhealthy 2 * THE LINWOODS . 17 mended his pace, to be as near as might ...
... and " ( in a whisper ) " I want to scare Jupe . Jupe , it seems to me there is an odd hot feel in the ground here . " " There sarten is , miss , a very onhealthy 2 * THE LINWOODS . 17 mended his pace, to be as near as might ...
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... feel- ing . " " And , my goodness ! Jupiter , don't you feel a very , very slight kind of a trembling — a shake — or a roll , as if something were walking in the earth , under our feet ? " " I do , and it gets worser and worser , every ...
... feel- ing . " " And , my goodness ! Jupiter , don't you feel a very , very slight kind of a trembling — a shake — or a roll , as if something were walking in the earth , under our feet ? " " I do , and it gets worser and worser , every ...
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... feel her power . Herbert , the most incredulous , and therefore the boldest , first came forward to confront his destiny . " A great deal of rising in the world , and but little sinking for you , Master Herbert Linwood - you are to go ...
... feel her power . Herbert , the most incredulous , and therefore the boldest , first came forward to confront his destiny . " A great deal of rising in the world , and but little sinking for you , Master Herbert Linwood - you are to go ...
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... examine the amount of her faith , nor did she choose to be made to feel on how tottering a base it rested . She was exactly at that point of credulity where much depends on the sympathy of others . It is 22 THE LINWOODS .
... examine the amount of her faith , nor did she choose to be made to feel on how tottering a base it rested . She was exactly at that point of credulity where much depends on the sympathy of others . It is 22 THE LINWOODS .
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Archer arms asked beautiful believe Belle Bessie Lee Bessie's bless boys brother called Captain Lee child Coit cried door duty Effie Effie's Eliot Lee exclaimed face fancy father fear feel fellow felt girl give glance glen hand happy head hear heard heart Heaven Helen Ruthven Herbert Linwood Hewson honour hope horse I-no Isabella Linwood Jasper Meredith Jupe Jupiter Kisel lady Lee's letter light lips look Lord love-token madam mind Miss Linwood Miss Ruthven Misser Eliot mother nature ness never New-England New-York papa passed perceived portmanteau pretty rebel Rose Sam Lee seemed sentiment servant side Sir Henry Sir Henry Clinton Sir Henry's sister sloop-of-war smile soon spirit sure tell thank there's thing thought Eliot tion tone tory true turned voice Washington West Point Westbrook whig whiggism whispered wood word Yankee young youth
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Page 147 - ... from ledge to ledge with the regularity of a water-clock ; the ripple of the waves as they broke on the rocky points of the shore, or softly kissed its pebbly margin ; and the voice of the tiny stream, that gliding down a dark, deep, and almost hidden channel in the rocks, disappeared, and welled up again in the centre of the turfy slope, stole over it, and trickled down the lower ledge of granite to the river. Tradition has named this little green shelf on the rocks
Page 36 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 36 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd : The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings, lie intreasured.
Page 117 - Happy prince, worthy to begin with splendor or to close with glory a race of patriots and of kings, and to leave A name, which every wind to heaven would bear, Which men to speak, and angels joy to hear...
Page 12 - immortal names" have been introduced, with what propriety the reader must determine. It may be permitted to say, in extenuation of what may seem presumption, that whenever .the writer has mentioned Washington, she has felt a sentiment resembling the awe of the pious Israelite when he approached the ark of the Lord.
Page 118 - The next morning he called, his kind heart raying out through his jolly face, to present me to General Washington. If ever I go into battle, which Heaven of its loving mercy grant, I pray my heart may not thump as it did when I approached the mean little habitation, now the residence of our noble leader. ' You tremble, Eliot,' said my colonel, as we reached the door-step.
Page 17 - Isabella repressed a smile, and said, with unaffected seriousness, " it was a shocking business, Bessie — a hundred and fifty poor wretches sacrificed, I have heard papa say. Is it true, Jupe, that their ghosts walk about here, and have been seen many a time when it was so dark you could not see your hand before your face ?"
Page 160 - He must go — there is no alternative — you must aid me," said young Ruthven to his companions. They advanced to seize his father. " Off — off !" he cried, struggling against them.
Page 207 - I were one of those favoured mortals who find ' tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, and sermons in stones,
Page 137 - Oh, no, simple reader ! but because at her home in the glen there was but one parlour — there, from morning till bedtime, sat her father — there, of course, must sit her mother ; and Miss Ruthven's charms, like those of other conjurers, depended for their success on being exercised within a magic circle, within which no observer might come. She seemed to live and breathe alone for Herbert Linwood. A hundred times he was on the point of offering the...