The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 56Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1860 |
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... a look , struck a light , offered me in his turn a piece of tinder burning on his flint : then , when we were both lighted , he asked me : ' Where are you from ? ' ' From Grenoble . ' ' From Grenoble ! ' 1860. ] 3 Captain Garbas .
... a look , struck a light , offered me in his turn a piece of tinder burning on his flint : then , when we were both lighted , he asked me : ' Where are you from ? ' ' From Grenoble . ' ' From Grenoble ! ' 1860. ] 3 Captain Garbas .
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... light , and that of the last fires straggling in the court- yard , I saw a tear rolling from his eyes . I took his hand and pressed it without uttering a word . My emotion was of more use to me than the sharpest curiosity could have ...
... light , and that of the last fires straggling in the court- yard , I saw a tear rolling from his eyes . I took his hand and pressed it without uttering a word . My emotion was of more use to me than the sharpest curiosity could have ...
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... light , still more terrible and more cruel than suspicion and doubt . While Albéric was speaking , jealousy , grief ... light , which however served me as a guide . Ah ! what would I not have given if that light , which indicated to me ...
... light , still more terrible and more cruel than suspicion and doubt . While Albéric was speaking , jealousy , grief ... light , which however served me as a guide . Ah ! what would I not have given if that light , which indicated to me ...
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... light in order to extinguish it . With one hand I thrust her aside , and with the other I raised the lamp as high as the window . We heard a sound of approaching foot - steps ; I kept close to the partition ; a moment after , Albéric ...
... light in order to extinguish it . With one hand I thrust her aside , and with the other I raised the lamp as high as the window . We heard a sound of approaching foot - steps ; I kept close to the partition ; a moment after , Albéric ...
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... lights and shadows Of the summer eve came on . X. Then lastly the Jesuit Father , Of the SAVIOUR's death he told : How ... light of battle Burnt in the Indian's eye ; Once more his long brown arm he raised , And whirled his hatchet high ...
... lights and shadows Of the summer eve came on . X. Then lastly the Jesuit Father , Of the SAVIOUR's death he told : How ... light of battle Burnt in the Indian's eye ; Once more his long brown arm he raised , And whirled his hatchet high ...
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Page 503 - Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 44 - ... screams of children, and the cries of men ; some calling for their children, others for their parents, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices ; one lamenting his own fate, another that of his family ; some wishing to die from the very fear of dying ; some lifting their hands to the gods ; but, the greater part imagining that the last and eternal night was come, which was to destroy the gods and the world together.
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Page 421 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.