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Էջ 19 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Էջ 32 - Tis the six-and-twentieth edition, promulgated at Boston, Anno Domini 1744 ; and is entitled, ' The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testaments ; faithfully translated into English Metre, for the Use, Edification, and Comfort of the Saints, in Public and Private, especially in New England.
Էջ 35 - The vast canopy of woods spread itself to the margin of the river, overhanging the water and shadowing its dark current with a deeper hue. The rays of the sun were beginning to...
Էջ 498 - They fought like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain; They conquered — but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun.
Էջ 211 - Hold!" shouted the former speaker, in the awful tones of parental agony, the sound reaching even to the woods, and rolling back in solemn echo. " 'Tis she! God has restored me my children! Throw open the sallyport; to the field, 60ths, to the field! pull not a trigger, lest ye kill my lambs! Drive off these dogs of France with your steel!
Էջ 71 - The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi...
Էջ 516 - The pale-faces are masters of the earth, and the time of the redmen has not yet come again.
Էջ 76 - "Aye! there are the falls on two sides of us, and the river above and below. If you had daylight, it would be worth the trouble to step up on the height of this rock, and look at the perversity of the. water. It falls by no rule at all; sometimes it leaps, sometimes it tumbles; there, it skips ; here, it shoots ; in one place 'tis white as snow, and in another 'tis green as grass; hereabouts, it pitches into deep hollows, that rumble and quake...
Էջ 36 - ... and long-faded complexion of one who might claim descent from a European parentage. The former was seated on the end of a mossy log, in a posture that permitted him to heighten the effect of his earnest language, by the calm but expressive gestures of an Indian engaged in debate. His body, which was nearly naked, presented a terrific emblem of death, drawn in intermingled colors of white and black.
Էջ 76 - And yet what does it amount to? After the water has been suffered to have its will for a time, like a head-strong man, it is gathered together by the hand that made it, and a few rods below, you may see it all, flowing on steadily towards the sea, as was foreordained from the first foundation of the 'arth!

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