Lonz Powers: Or, The Regulators: A Romance of KentuckyLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1850 - American fiction |
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... danger and smashing against limbs and trees . At one of these moments , while watching the angle of his knee - caps ( I don't know why he was so particular about them , unless he was given to great devoutness , with which I never heard ...
... danger and smashing against limbs and trees . At one of these moments , while watching the angle of his knee - caps ( I don't know why he was so particular about them , unless he was given to great devoutness , with which I never heard ...
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... danger of a premature and violent death . But still , " he continued , in a less confident tone , and as if conscience was not yet entirely smothered , but still struggling to be heard , " although I have thought this matter over in all ...
... danger of a premature and violent death . But still , " he continued , in a less confident tone , and as if conscience was not yet entirely smothered , but still struggling to be heard , " although I have thought this matter over in all ...
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... dangerous than the stool in his office , and would never again hang between heaven and earth , un- less he should be ... danger and destruction , to safety and the termination of the hunt . " " Well done , Morten ! " shouted the Colonel ...
... dangerous than the stool in his office , and would never again hang between heaven and earth , un- less he should be ... danger and destruction , to safety and the termination of the hunt . " " Well done , Morten ! " shouted the Colonel ...
Page 87
... danger , the door had been thrown open , while a large fire ( such only as you find in Kentucky ) cast a brilliant light throughout the room , revealing to a person standing without every movement and motion of those within , and as ...
... danger , the door had been thrown open , while a large fire ( such only as you find in Kentucky ) cast a brilliant light throughout the room , revealing to a person standing without every movement and motion of those within , and as ...
Page 124
... danger no longer threatens my liberty , my honour , or my life . Burton is dead ; Sisk has been convicted for my crime ; and the Colonel — a curse on his black heart - has departed from the country , and I pray , from the bottom of my ...
... danger no longer threatens my liberty , my honour , or my life . Burton is dead ; Sisk has been convicted for my crime ; and the Colonel — a curse on his black heart - has departed from the country , and I pray , from the bottom of my ...
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Lonz Powers: Or, the Regulators: A Romance of Kentucky;, Volume 1 James Weir No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 61 - Therefore, prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood; nor cut thou less nor more, But just a pound of flesh ; If thou tak'st more, Or less than a just pound, — be it but so much As makes it light, or heavy, in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple ; nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair, — Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate.
Page 190 - Their dearest action in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And, therefore, little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself.
Page 280 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.
Page 205 - The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 208 - I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe...
Page 134 - Mountains have fallen, Leaving a gap in the clouds, and with the shock Rocking their Alpine brethren ; filling up The ripe green valleys with destruction's splinters ; Damming the rivers with a sudden dash, Which crush'd the waters into mist, and made Their fountains find another channel — thus, Thus, in its old age, did Mount Rosenberg— Why stood I not beneath it ? C.
Page 223 - Nor lonely the bird, nor his ghastly mate, They are each unto each a pride : Thrice fonder, perhaps, since a strange, dark fate Hath rent them from all beside! So when the night falls, and dogs do howl, Sing, ho! for the reign of the horned owl! We know not alway Who are kings by day, But the king of the night is the bold brown owl!
Page 208 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Page 208 - Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe ; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.
Page 235 - Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table, What man of knife, or teeth, was able To stay to be entreated?