The Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-bags, and Other LecturesDerby & Jackson, 1857 - 285 |
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... six families and forty armed men , he starts to take possession of his paradise . The teams are slowly laboring up the dif ficult side of Cumberland Gap , when , unexpected as a bolt from a cloudless heaven , an iron sleet.
... six families and forty armed men , he starts to take possession of his paradise . The teams are slowly laboring up the dif ficult side of Cumberland Gap , when , unexpected as a bolt from a cloudless heaven , an iron sleet.
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... side ; its western termination rising abruptly from the river's edge , in a perpendicular cliff several hun- dred feet high , and its bare and lofty summit com- manding a wide prospect over the extensive bottom . This point being gained ...
... side ; its western termination rising abruptly from the river's edge , in a perpendicular cliff several hun- dred feet high , and its bare and lofty summit com- manding a wide prospect over the extensive bottom . This point being gained ...
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... side . At such times the spies secreted themselves in the deep fis- sures of the rocks on the west , coming forth from their hiding - places when their unwelcome visitors had disappeared . For food they depended on jerked venison and ...
... side . At such times the spies secreted themselves in the deep fis- sures of the rocks on the west , coming forth from their hiding - places when their unwelcome visitors had disappeared . For food they depended on jerked venison and ...
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... side to the westward , and all hope of escape was cut off . In this perilous condition nothing was left but to sell their lives as dearly as possible , and this they resolved to do ; advising the girl to escape to the Indians and tell ...
... side to the westward , and all hope of escape was cut off . In this perilous condition nothing was left but to sell their lives as dearly as possible , and this they resolved to do ; advising the girl to escape to the Indians and tell ...
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... side of it to the other , they must be exposed for a short time ; and a moment was enough for the unerring rifles of the spies . The Indians , being entirely ignorant of the number of their adversaries in ambuscade , were the more cau ...
... side of it to the other , they must be exposed for a short time ; and a moment was enough for the unerring rifles of the spies . The Indians , being entirely ignorant of the number of their adversaries in ambuscade , were the more cau ...
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Strona 116 - And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man, as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image : but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Strona 88 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Strona 121 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Strona 144 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement. From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran.
Strona 119 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?
Strona 119 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Strona 88 - Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Strona 145 - In she plunged boldly — No matter how coldly The rough river ran — Over the brink of it! Picture it, think of it! Dissolute man! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can! Take her up tenderly — Lift her with care! Fashioned so slenderly — Young, and so fair!
Strona 116 - We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom, and if it extend to the whole impression, a kind of massacre, whereof the execution ends not in the slaying of an elemental life, but strikes at the ethereal and fifth essence, the breath of reason itself, slays an immortality rather than a life.
Strona 111 - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.