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... leaving upon it the visible tokens of a stunted vegetation : it waxed gnarled and crooked , as it perked itself upward through the thorny troubles of its existence , and might be likened to the black jack , which yet retains a foothold ...
... leaving upon it the visible tokens of a stunted vegetation : it waxed gnarled and crooked , as it perked itself upward through the thorny troubles of its existence , and might be likened to the black jack , which yet retains a foothold ...
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... leaving his ample brow bared to wind and weather . This combination of the martinet and free companion exhibited in ... leave his merits to be certified by so unpractised an adept , as I confess myself to be , in unriddling the secret ...
... leaving his ample brow bared to wind and weather . This combination of the martinet and free companion exhibited in ... leave his merits to be certified by so unpractised an adept , as I confess myself to be , in unriddling the secret ...
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... leave them with you , good Arnold ? " And without waiting an answer , he thrust the bow and arrows into the smiling wood - ranger's hand , and bounded away again through the gate . Dauntrees flung his sword - belt across his shoulder ...
... leave them with you , good Arnold ? " And without waiting an answer , he thrust the bow and arrows into the smiling wood - ranger's hand , and bounded away again through the gate . Dauntrees flung his sword - belt across his shoulder ...
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... leave it so black without burning it to the ground . " " There is some trickery in this , " said the Proprietary . " It may scarce be accounted for on any pretence of witchcraft , or sorcery , although I know there are malignant ...
... leave it so black without burning it to the ground . " " There is some trickery in this , " said the Proprietary . " It may scarce be accounted for on any pretence of witchcraft , or sorcery , although I know there are malignant ...
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... leaves but little will to censure these doings . To a certainty he has no fear of what may dwell in the Black building . I have seldom spoken with him . " " Your report and Arnold's , " said the Proprietary , “ confirm the common rumor ...
... leaves but little will to censure these doings . To a certainty he has no fear of what may dwell in the Black building . I have seldom spoken with him . " " Your report and Arnold's , " said the Proprietary , “ confirm the common rumor ...
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Albert Verheyden Alice amongst Anthony Warden Arnold beach Black House Blanche Warden boat brigantine brought brow Captain Dauntrees Chiseldine cloak Collector Colonel Talbot companions comrades Coode council creek Cripple Crow and Archer dame dance devil Dickon Doctor door ejaculated Escalfador exclaimed Father Pierre favor Fendall friends Garret Weasel gave give hand hath head heard heart honor horse hour Iago Inigoe's Isle of Kent Jerome's John Coode la Grange Lady Maria laugh leave light look Lord Baltimore Lordship maiden Mary's Mary's river Master Albert Master Cocklescraft Master Rob Master Verheyden merry Mistress Blanche never night Olive Branch Pamesack party port priest Proprietary province publican quarrel replied river Rose Croft scarce Secretary seen shore skipper speak spirit stood sword Talbot tell thee thou thought to-night tone turn voice Warrington whilst whispered wife Willy worshipful yawl
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Page 7 - Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land.
Page 321 - Tobacco's a Musician, And in a pipe delighteth ; It descends in a close, Through the organs of the nose, With a relish that inviteth.
Page 122 - Going to the Wars TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True; a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 230 - A Ranger, lady, winds his horn, And 'tis at peep of light; His blast is heard at merry morn, And mine at dead of night.
Page 70 - She wore a frock of frolic green, Might well become a maiden queen, Which seemly was to see: A hood to that so neat and fine In colour like the columbine, Ywrought full featously.
Page 63 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate...
Page 327 - Much victuals serves for gluttony, to fatten men like swine, ' But he's a frugal man indeed that with a leaf can dine, ' And needs no napkins for his hands his finger's ends to wipe, ' But keeps his kitchen in a box, and roast meat in a pipe.
Page 63 - She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied, All in her best array. In sea-green silk so neatly clad, She there impatient stood ; The crew with wonder saw the lad Repel the foaming flood.
Page 14 - Furthermore, Kennedy described the roof as having been "capped by a wooden balustraded parapet, terminating, at each extremity, in a scroll like the head of a violin, and, in the middle, sustaining an entablature that rose to a summit on which was mounted a weathercock.
Page 361 - She turned her right and round about, And she swore by the moon ; I would not be your love, says she, For all the gold in Rome.