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25 | None | "Beyond the Jewish ruler, banded close, A company full glorious, I saw The twelve apostles stand. O, with what looks Of ravishment and joy, what rapturous tears; What hearts of ecstacy, they gazed again On their beloved Master"---- _Hillhouse's Judgment. _ It has become necessary to advance the season to... | {
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26 | None | "Let winter come! let polar spirits sweep The darkening world, and tempest-troubled deep!"
Campbell.
While the bosom of Roswell was thus warming with the new-born faith, of which the germ was just opening in his heart, Stimson came out upon the terrace to see what had become of his officer. It was much past the h... | {
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27 | None | "Bid _him_ bow down to that which is above him,-- The overruling Infinite,--the Maker,---- Who made him not for worship,--let him kneel, And we will kneel together."
Byron.
When the bodies had been removed from the cabin, and the limbs of Daggett were covered with snow, Roswell Gardiner took another look at t... | {
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28 | None | "Long swoln in drenching rains, seeds, germs, and buds Start at the touch of vivifying beams. Moved by their secret force, the vital lymph Diffusive runs, and spreads o'er wood and field A flood of verdure."
Wilcox.
At length it came to be rumoured among the sealers that the fires must be permitted to go out,... | {
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29 | None | If every ducat in six thousand ducats Were in six parts, and every part a ducat, I would not draw them; I would have my bond.
Shakspeare.
The earth had not stopped in its swift face round the sun at Oyster Pond, while all these events were in the course of occurrence in the antarctic seas. The summer had passed... | {
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30 | None | 4 _Cit_. We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony. _Cit_. The will, the will; we will hear Caesar's will. _Ant_. Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it; It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you.
_Julius Caesar. _ There is usually great haste, in this country, in getting rid of the dead. In no oth... | {
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1 | THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY
FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL,
FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE
CHARACTER. | "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange. A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days tr... | {
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2 | A RECOGNITION--THE WOODSMAN'S DISCLOSURES--A
CHANCE AFTER ALL--THE BIVOUAC--DESMOND'S
DISCOVERY--SAVAGES GALORE. | The coffee was soon prepared and Brooks produced some dried meat and a few crackers, and the three men, so strangely met, sat down to enjoy their meal. The woodsman was offered the first cup of coffee, and as he drank it down, all hot and steaming, he smacked his lips and exclaimed: "Well, that was good; that cup of c... | {
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3 | CREEDON'S KNOWLEDGE OF WOODCRAFT--THE REDMEN'S
DEPARTURE--A LONG TRAIL--ON THE TRAMP--THE
STRANGEST REFUGE IN THE WORLD--A BRIDGE OF
RISKS. | Desmond crawled forward beyond the rent where Creedon had lodged, and he found the space much wider as he progressed, and soon gained the opening where the rent terminated in which Brooks had lain all night. Desmond glanced in, and, lo, Brooks was inside awake, and had already discovered the presence of the Indians, an... | {
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4 | ON AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION--A FIND IN A CAVE--THE
SEPULCHRAL VOICE--THE EXPLANATION--DESMOND
GETS SQUARE ON A TRICK--STRANGE LONGINGS--THE
FINDING OF A NUGGET. | It was about midnight when the older men lay down on their blankets to sleep. Creedon had a big silver bull's-eye watch, and he said he always kept it going.
Desmond pretended to lie down and go to sleep also, but his head was filled with visions of the Mexican's hidden gold. He had an idea that Creedon's investigati... | {
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5 | BOY'S DETERMINATION--GOING THROUGH A CREVICE--THE
MOVABLE ROCK--AID TO DISCOVER--UP THROUGH
A HOLE--THE GOLDEN HEAP--DESMOND'S GREAT
TRIUMPH--THE OLD MEXICAN'S SECRET EXPOSED. | Desmond was somewhat impressed by the words of Creedon, but still insisted that he would like to conduct an exploration.
"You will only go over the ground that I have already gone over."
"I know that, but I propose to look around all the same."
Desmond had been doing considerable thinking. He questioned Creedon a... | {
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6 | DISCUSSING THE FIND--A NEW RESOLUTION--GOING TO CREEDON MINE--A
DISAPPOINTMENT--BETTER INDICATIONS--A NEW MOVE. | Once in the outer cavern, Desmond said: "It's now a matter of business."
"Well?"
"How shall we divide?"
"You are the finder," replied Creedon; "you are to decide."
"You leave it to me?"
"Yes."
"I'll make it an even divide all round."
"Boy, it's a great discovery."
"What do you think of its value?"
"I... | {
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7 | A SAD PARTING--PROPHETIC WORDS--ON THE TRAIN--A
SENATOR'S SON--LEADING UP TO A TRICK--GENUINE
FUN AHEAD. | There came a sad look to the face of Brooks, and he said: "I shall miss you, Desmond, but I feel it is for the best. You are a youth of great promise. I do not mean to flatter you, I am speaking the truth, and it is in your interest that I so warmly advocate your return to the East. I desire that you become an educate... | {
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8 | PLAYING TO CATCH A WEASEL--A SHARP'S
SCHOLAR--OPENING UP OF THE GAME--TWO
BIG HANDS--A CRISIS. | "I can't go, but I'd like to; but you give me your address, and some day you will see me in York. I feel like the man who said, 'See Venice and die;' I want to see New York. Say, they tell me there are a great many sharpers in that wonderful city."
"Yes, it's full of them."
"Well, wouldn't I have fun beating those ... | {
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9 | ALMOST A BREAK--A NOVEL GAME TO ROB--OUR HERO'S
ARTISTIC ACTING--A TABLEAU AND A GRAND SURPRISE. | Again the sharp fixed his eyes upon our hero, but it was not a give-away; Desmond was playing his game too well. He appeared like an excited gambler, an amateur, who apparently believed he had a sure thing.
"I'll warn you once more," said the sharp.
"To the dogs with your warning, you daren't bet."
"Oh, yes, I da... | {
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10 | CONCLUSION. | Amy suddenly appeared to realize--well, our readers can guess what. It appeared to cross her mind that she was betraying too great happiness, and was a little too free in betraying it. She hesitated and blushed, and after an instant of embarrassment Desmond said: "Oh, don't be afraid, tell me why you are so happy."
... | {
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1 | None | _The backwoods settlement--Crusoe's parentage, and early history--The agonizing pains and sorrows of his puppyhood, and other interesting matters_.
The dog Crusoe was once a pup. Now do not, courteous reader, toss your head contemptuously, and exclaim, "Of course he was; I could have told _you_ that." You know very w... | {
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2 | None | _A shooting-match and its consequences_--_New friends introduced to the reader_--_Crusoe and his mother change masters_.
Shortly after the incident narrated in the last chapter the squatters of the Mustang Valley lost their leader. Major Hope suddenly announced his intention of quitting the settlement and returning t... | {
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3 | None | _Speculative remarks with which the reader may or may not agree--An old woman--Hopes and wishes commingled with hard facts--The dog Crusoe's education begun_.
It is pleasant to look upon a serene, quiet, humble face. On such a face did Richard Varley look every night when he entered his mother's cottage. Mrs. Varley ... | {
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4 | None | _Our hero enlarged upon--Grumps_.
Two years passed away. The Mustang Valley settlement advanced prosperously, despite one or two attacks made upon it by the savages, who were, however, firmly repelled. Dick Varley had now become a man, and his pup Crusoe had become a full-grown dog. The "silver rifle," as Dick's weap... | {
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5 | None | _A mission of peace--Unexpected joys--Dick and Crusoe set off for the land of the Redskins, and meet with adventures by the way as a matter of course--Night in the wild woods_.
One day the inhabitants of Mustang Valley were thrown into considerable excitement by the arrival of an officer of the United States army and... | {
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6 | None | _The great prairies of the far west_--_A remarkable colony discovered, and a miserable night endured_.
Of all the hours of the night or day the hour that succeeds the dawn is the purest, the most joyous, and the best. At least so think we, and so think hundreds and thousands of the human family. And so thought Dick V... | {
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7 | None | _The "wallering" peculiarities of buffalo bulls--The first buffalo hunt and its consequences--Crusoe comes to the rescue--Pawnees discovered--A monster buffalo hunt--Joe acts the part of ambassador_.
Fortunately the day that succeeded the dreary night described in the last chapter was warm and magnificent. The sun ro... | {
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8 | None | _Dick and his friends visit the Indians and see many wonders--Crusoe, too, experiences a few surprises, and teaches Indian dogs a lesson--An Indian dandy--A foot-race. _ The Pawnee village, at which they soon arrived, was situated in the midst of a most interesting and picturesque scene.
It occupied an extensive pla... | {
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9 | None | _Crusoe acts a conspicuous and humane part_--_A friend gained_--_A great feast_.
When the foot-race was concluded the three hunters hung about looking on at the various games for some time, and then strolled towards the lake.
"Ye may be thankful yer neck's whole," said Joe, grinning, as Henri rubbed his shoulder wi... | {
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10 | None | _Perplexities_--_Our hunters plan their escape_--_Unexpected interruption_--_The tables turned_--_Crusoe mounts guard_--_The escape_.
Dick Varley sat before the fire ruminating. We do not mean to assert that Dick had been previously eating grass. By no means. For several days past he had been mentally subsisting on t... | {
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11 | None | _Evening meditations and morning reflections--Buffaloes, badgers, antelopes, and accidents--An old bull and the wolves--"Mad tails"--Henri floored, etc._ There is nothing that prepares one so well for the enjoyment of rest, both mental and physical, as a long-protracted period of excitement and anxiety, followed up by... | {
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12 | None | _Wanderings on the prairie_--_A war party_--_Chased by Indians_--_A bold leap for life_.
For many days the three hunters wandered over the trackless prairie in search of a village of the Sioux Indians, but failed to find one, for the Indians were in the habit of shifting their ground and following the buffalo. Severa... | {
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13 | None | _Escape from Indians--A discovery--Alone in the desert_.
Dick Varley had spent so much of his boyhood in sporting about among the waters of the rivers and lakes near which he had been reared, and especially during the last two years had spent so much of his leisure time in rolling and diving with his dog Crusoe in th... | {
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14 | None | _Crusoe's return, and his private adventures among the Indians--Dick at a very low ebb--Crusoe saves him_.
The means by which Crusoe managed to escape from his two-legged captors, and rejoin his master, require separate and special notice.
In the struggle with the fallen horse and Indian, which Dick had seen begun ... | {
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15 | None | _Health and happiness return_--Incidents of the journey_--_A buffalo shot_--_A wild horse "creased"_--_Dick's battle with a mustang_.
Dick Varley's fears and troubles, in the meantime, were ended. On the day following he awoke refreshed and happy--so happy and light at heart, as he felt the glow of returning health c... | {
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16 | None | _Dick becomes a horse tamer--Resumes his journey--Charlie's doings--Misfortunes which lead to, but do not terminate in, the Rocky Mountains--A grizzly bear_.
There is a proverb--or a saying--or at least somebody or book has told us, that some Irishman once said, "Be aisy; or, if ye can't be aisy, be as aisy as ye can... | {
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17 | None | _Dick's first fight with a grizzly_--_Adventure with a deer_--_A surprise_.
There is no animal in all the land so terrible and dangerous as the grizzly bear. Not only is he the largest of the species in America, but he is the fiercest, the strongest, and the most tenacious of life--facts which are so well understood ... | {
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18 | None | _A surprise, and a piece of good news--The fur-traders--Crusoe proved, and the Peigans pursued_.
Dick's first and most natural impulse, on beholding this band, was to mount his horse and fly, for his mind naturally enough recurred to the former rough treatment he had experienced at the hands of Indians. On second tho... | {
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19 | None | _Adventures with the Peigans_--_Crusoe does good service as a discoverer_--_The savages outwitted_--_The rescue_.
A run of twenty miles brought the travellers to a rugged defile in the mountains, from which they had a view of a beautiful valley of considerable extent. During the last two days a steady thaw had been r... | {
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20 | None | _New plans_--_Our travellers join the fur-traders, and see many strange things_--_A curious fight_--_A narrow escape, and a prisoner taken_.
Not long after the events related in the last chapter, our four friends--Dick, and Joe, and Henri, and Crusoe--agreed to become for a time members of Walter Cameron's band of tr... | {
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21 | None | _Wolves attack the horses, and Cameron circumvents the wolves_--_A bear-hunt, in which Henri shines conspicuous_--_Joe and the "Natter-list_"--_An alarm_--_A surprise and a capture_.
We must now return to the camp where Walter Cameron still guarded the goods, and the men pursued their trapping avocations.
Here seve... | {
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22 | None | _Charlie's adventures with savages and bears_--_Trapping life_.
It is one thing to chase a horse; it is another thing to catch it. Little consideration and less sagacity are required to convince us of the truth of that fact.
The reader may perhaps venture to think this rather a trifling fact. We are not so sure of ... | {
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23 | None | _Savage sports--Living cataracts--An alarm--Indians and their doings--The stampede--Charlie again_.
One day Dick Varley was out on a solitary hunting expedition near the rocky gorge where his horse had received temporary burial a week or two before. Crusoe was with him, of course. Dick had tied Charlie to a tree, and... | {
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24 | None | _Plans and prospects--Dick becomes home-sick, and Henri metaphysical--Indians attack the camp--A blow-up. _ On the following day the Indians gave themselves up to unlimited feasting, in consequence of the arrival of a large body of hunters with an immense supply of buffalo meat. It was a regular day of rejoicing. Upw... | {
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25 | None | _Dangers of the prairie_--_Our travellers attacked by Indians, and delivered in a remarkable manner_.
There are periods in the life of almost all men A when misfortunes seem to crowd upon them in rapid succession, when they escape from one danger only to encounter another, and when, to use a well-known expression, th... | {
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26 | None | _Anxious fears followed by a joyful surprise--Safe home at last, and happy hearts_.
One fine afternoon, a few weeks after the storm of which we have given an account in the last chapter, old Mrs. Varley was seated beside her own chimney corner in the little cottage by the lake, gazing at the glowing logs with the ear... | {
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27 | None | _Rejoicings_--_The feast at the block-house_--_Grumps and Crusoe come out strong_--The closing scene_.
The day of Dick's arrival with his companions was a great day in the annals of the Mustang Valley, and Major Hope resolved to celebrate it by an impromptu festival at the old block-house; for many hearts in the vall... | {
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1 | None | Day glimmered and I went, a gentle breeze Ruffling the Leman lake.
Rogers.
The year was in its fall, according to a poetical expression of our own, and the morning bright, as the fairest and swiftest bark that navigated the Leman lay at the quay of the ancient and historical town of Geneva, ready to depart for th... | {
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2 | None | "My nobiel liege! all my request Ys for a nobile knyghte, Who, tho' mayhap he has done wronge, Hee thoughte ytt stylle was righte."
Chatterton.
While this impudent evasion of vigilance was successfully practised by so old an offender, the trio of sentinels, with their volunteer assistant the pilgrim, manifest... | {
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3 | None | Ha, cousin Silence, that thou hadst seen That, that this knight and I have seen!
_King Henry IV. _ The calculating patron of the Winkelried had patiently watched the progress of the foregoing scene with great inward satisfaction, but now that the strangers seemed to be assured of support powerful as that of Melch... | {
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4 | None | Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, And thrice again, to make up nine Macbeth.
Baffling and light airs kept the Winkelried a long time nearly stationary, and it was only by paying the greatest attention to trimming the sails and to all the little minutiæ of the waterman's art that the vessel was worked into the... | {
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5 | None | "How like a fawning publican he looks!"
Shylock.
The change of the juggler's scene of action left the party in the stern of the barge, in quiet possession of their portion of the vessel. Baptiste and his boatmen still slept among the boxes; Maso continued to pace his elevated platform above their heads; and the mee... | {
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6 | None | Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks, A thousand men that fishes gnawed upon; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea.
_Richard III. _ The flitting twilight was now on the wane, and the shades of evening were gathering f... | {
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7 | None | ---and now the glee Of the loud hills shakes with their mountain-mirth.
Byron.
It is necessary to recapitulate a little, in order to connect events. The signs of the hour had been gradually but progressively increasing. While the lake was unruffled, a stillness so profound prevailed, that sounds from the distant ... | {
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8 | None | The moon is up; by Heaven a lovely eve! Long streams of light, o'er glancing waves expand, Now lads on shore may sigh and maids believe: Such be our fate when we return to land!
Byron.
The approach of the Winkelried had been seen from Vévey throughout the afternoon and evening. The arrival of the Baron de Willa... | {
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9 | None | Where are my Switzers? Let them guard the door: What is the matter?
Hamlet.
The American autumn, or fall, as we poetically and affectionately term this generous and mellow season among ourselves, is thought to be unsurpassed, in its warm and genial lustre, its bland and exhilarating airs, and its admirable consta... | {
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10 | None | --But I have not the time to pause Upon these gewgaws of the heart.
Werner.
Though the word castle is of common use in Europe, as applied to ancient baronial edifices, the thing itself is very different in style, extent, and cost, in different countries. Security, united to dignity and the means of accommodating ... | {
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11 | None | Fortune had smil'd upon Guelberto's birth. The heir of Valdespesa's rich domain; An only child, he grew in years and worth, And well repaid a father's anxious pain.
Southey.
As Sigismund uttered this communication, so terrible to the ear of his listener, he arose and fled from the room. The possession of a king... | {
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12 | None | To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
Milton.
Our heroine was a woman in the best meaning of that endearing, and, we might add, comprehensive word. Sensitive, reserved, and at times even timid, on points that did not call for the exercise of higher qualities, she was firm in her principle... | {
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13 | None | Hold, hurt him not, for God's sake;--he is mad.
Comedy of Errors.
The festivals of Bacchus are supposed to have been the models of those long-continued festivities, which are still known in Switzerland by the name of the Abbaye des Vignerons.
This fête was originally of a simple and rustic character, being far fr... | {
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14 | None | So once were ranged the sons of ancient Rome, A noble show! While Roscius trod the stage.
Cowper.
The day was not yet far advanced, when all the component parts of the grand procession had arrived in the square. Shortly after, a flourish of clarions gave notice of the approach of the authorities. First came the b... | {
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15 | None | And thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall, That stand'st between her father's ground and mine Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall, Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.
_Midsummer Night's Dream. _ "'Odds my life, but this goes off with a grace, brother Peter!" exclaimed the Baron de Willad... | {
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16 | None | --Come apace, good Audrey, I will fetch Up your goats, Audrey: and how, Audrey? am I the man yet? Doth my simple features content You.
_As You Like It. _ While the mummeries related were exhibiting in the great square, Maso, Pippo, Conrad, and the others concerned in the little disturbance connected with the ... | {
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17 | None | Ay, marry; now unmuzzle your wisdom.
Rosalind.
The hour of noon was past, when the stage was a second time filled with the privileged. The multitude was again disposed around the area of the square, and the bailiff and his friends once more occupied the seats of honor in the centre of the long estrade. Procession a... | {
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18 | None | Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such; Say, here he gives too little, there too much; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, And say, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.
Pope.
It is unnecessary to repeat the list of char... | {
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19 | None | The weeping blood in woman's breast Was never known to thee; Nor the balm that drops on wounds of woe From woman's pitying e'e. Burns.
A large portion of the curious followed the disconcerted mummers from the square, while others hastened to break their fasts at the several places selected for this important... | {
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20 | None | I'll show thee the best springs; I'll pluck thee berries.
_Tempest. _ The day dawned clear and cloudless on the Leman, the morning that succeeded the Abbaye des Vignerons. Hundreds among the frugal and time-saving Swiss had left the town before the appearance of the light, and many strangers were crowding into the ... | {
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21 | None | As yet the trembling year is unconfirmed, And winter oft, at eve, resumes the breeze, Chills the pale morn, and bids his driving sleets Deform the day delightful:---- Thomson.
The horn of Pierre Dumont was blowing beneath the windows of the inn of Martigny, with the peep of dawn. Then followed the appearance... | {
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22 | None | Through this gap On and say nothing, lest a word, a breath, Bring down a winter's snow, enough to whelm The armed files that, night and day, were seen Winding from cliff to cliff in loose array, To conquer at Marengo.
_Italy. _ Pierre Dumont halted in the middle of the sterile little plain, while he signe... | {
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23 | None | Let no presuming railer tax Creative wisdom, as if aught was form'd In vain, or not for admirable ends.
Thomson.
So long as we possess the power to struggle, hope is the last feeling to desert the human mind. Men are endowed with every gradation of courage, from the calm energy of reflection, which is rendered ... | {
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24 | None | Side by side, Within they lie, a mournful company.
Rogers.
The sleep of the weary is sweet. In after-life, Adelheid, when dwelling in a palace, reposing on down, and canopied by the rich stuffs of a more generous climate, was often heard to say that she had never taken rest grateful as that she found in the Refug... | {
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25 | None | ------Hadst thou not been by, A fellow by the hand of nature mark'd, Noted, and sign'd to do a deed of shame, This murder had not come into my mind.
Shakspeare.
The arrival of Sigismund's party at the hospice preceded that of the other travellers more than an hour. They were received with the hospitality with... | {
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26 | None | Anon a figure enters, quaintly neat, All pride and business, bustle and conceit; With looks unalter'd by these scenes of woe, With speed that, ent'ring, speaks his haste to go. He bids the gazing throng around him fly, And carries fate and physic in his eye.
Crabbe.
There is another receptacle for those who... | {
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27 | None | Was ever tale With such a gallant modesty rehearsed?
Home.
Purposes of convenience, as well as others that were naturally connected with the religious opinions, not to say the superstitions, of most of the prisoners, had induced the monks to select the chapel of the convent for the judgment-hall. This consecrated... | {
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28 | None | And when thou thus Shalt stand impleaded at the high tribunal Of hoodwink'd Justice, who shall tell thy audit!
Cotton.
The buffoon and the pilgrim, though of a general appearance likely to excite distrust, presented themselves with the confidence and composure of innocence. Their examination was short, for the ... | {
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29 | None | Thy voice to us is wind among still woods.
Shelley.
Notwithstanding the gravity of the facts which were accumulating against him, Maso had maintained throughout the foregoing scene much of that steady self-possession and discernment which were the fruits of adventure in scenes of danger, long exposure, and multipli... | {
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30 | None | We rest--a dream has power to poison sleep; We rise--one wandering thought pollutes the day; We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep; Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away.
Shelley.
The tale of Balthazar was simple but eloquent His union with Marguerite, in spite of the world's obloquy and injustice, ha... | {
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31 | None | "Speak, oh, speak! And take me from the rack."
Young.
It will be remembered that three days were passed in the convent in that interval which occurred between the arrival of the travellers and those of the châtelain and the bailiff. The determination of admitting the claims of Sigismund, so frankly announced by Ade... | {
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1 | None | --"But I'll not chide thee; Let shame come when it will, I do not call it; I do not bid the thunder-bearer shoot, Nor tell tales of thee to high-judging Jove; Mend when thou canst--" Lear.
It is almost as impossible to describe minutely what occurred on the boat's reaching the Wallingford, as to describe a... | {
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2 | None | "----Misplaced in life, I know not what I could have been, but feel I am not what I should be--let it end."
Sardanapalus.
Glad enough was I to find the quiet and domestic character of my vessel restored. Lucy had vanished as soon as it was proper; but, agreeably to her request, I got the sloop's head down-strea... | {
"id": "11243"
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3 | None | I charge you by the law, Whereof you are a well-deserving pillar, Proceed to judgment: by my soul I swear There is no power in the tongue of man To alter me: I stay here on my bond.
Shylock.
It is not easy to describe the immediate effect of this discovery on either of the parties most concerned. Not a doub... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
4 | None | "No Moorish maid might hope to vie With Laila's cheek, or Laila's eye; No maiden loved with purer truth, Or ever loved a lovelier youth."
Southey.
"Miles," said Moses, suddenly, after riding a short distance in silence, "I must quit the old lady, this very night, and go down with you to town. We must have tha... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
5 | None | "The serpent of the field, by art And spells, is won from harming, But that which coils around the heart, Oh! who hath power of charming?"
Hebrew Melodies.
It was not easy to make Mr. Hardinge a sharer in my impatience. He had taken a fancy to Marble, and was as much rejoiced at this accidental discovery of t... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
6 | None | --"Like the lily That once was mistress of the field, and flourished, I'll hang my head, and perish."
Queen Catherine.
I saw little of Lucy that night. She met us at evening prayers, and tears were in her eyes as she arose from her knees. Without speaking, she kissed her father for good night, more affectionate... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
7 | None | "And the beautiful, whose record Is the verse that cannot die, They too are gone, with their glorious bloom, From the love of human eye."
Mrs. Hemans.
I cannot dwell minutely on the events of the week that succeeded. Grace sunk daily, hourly; and the medical advice that was obtained, more as a duty than with ... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
8 | None | "There have been sweet singing voices In your walks that now are still; There are seats left void, in your earthly homes, Which none again may fill."
Mrs. Hemans.
I never saw the body of my sister, after I handed it, resembling a sleeping infant, to the arms of Lucy. There is a sort of mania in some, a morbid... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
9 | None | "I knew that we must part--no power could save Thy quiet goodness from an early grave: Those eyes so dull, though kind each glance they cast, Looking a sister's fondness to the last; Thy lips so pale, that gently press'd my cheek; Thy voice--alas! Thou could'st but try to speak;-- All told thy doom; I felt ... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
10 | None | _Shy_. Three thousand ducats--well. _Bass_. Ay, sir, for three months. _Shy_. For three months--well. _Bass_ For the which, as I told you, Antonio shall become bound. _Shy_. Antonio shall become bound--well.
Merchant of Venice.
I found John Wallingford in town, awaiting my appearance. He had taken lodgings at the C... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
11 | None | "Go tenderness of years; take this key. Give enlargement to the swain--bring him festinately hither. I must employ him in a letter to my love."
Love's Labour Lost.
I will not attempt to analyze the feelings which now impelled me to quit America. I had discovered, or thought I had discovered, certain qualities i... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
12 | None | "The wind blows fair, the vessel feels The pressure of the rising breeze, And, swiftest of a thousand keels She leaps to the careering seas--" Willis.
Half an hour later, things drew near a crisis. We had been obliged to luff a little, in order to clear a reef that even Marble admitted lay off Montauk, while... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
13 | None | "Whom have we here? Buckingham, to disturb The King hath sent him, sure: I must dissemble."
_King Henry VI_.
At first, the frigate took single reefs in her top-sails, set topgallant-sails over them, and hauled up on taut bow-lines. But seeing no signs of our studding-sails coming down, she shook out her reefs, sq... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
14 | None | _1st Gent_. What is my ransom, master? Let me know. _Mast_. A thousand crowns, or else lay down your head. _Mate_. And so much shall you give, or off goes yours.
King Henry VI.
I never saw a man more astounded, or better disposed to fly into a passion, than was the case with Mr. Moses Oloff Van Duzen Marble, when h... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
15 | None | _Capt._ "And as for these whose ransome we have set, It is our pleasure, one of them depart:-- Therefore come you with us, and let him go."
King Henry VI.
By such simple means, and without resistance, as it might be, did I recover the possession of my ship, the Dawn. But, now that the good vessel was in my powe... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
16 | None | You are safe; Nay, more,--almost triumphant. Listen, then, And hear my words of truth.
Marino Falierlo.
It was just four o'clock, P.M., when the Dawn and the Polisson parted company; the former steering on her old course for Brest, while the latter continued her cruise. The lugger sailed like a witch, and away ... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
17 | None | "O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace."
Shakspeare.
Marble and I looked each other in the face, and then burst into a laugh, as the French fired a single shot from the two-gun battery, which flew beyond us, but which could scarcely hit us on account of some intervenin... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
18 | None | "You and I have known, sir." "At sea, I think." "We have, sir." "You have done well by water." "And you by land."
Antony and Cleopatra.
The reader will understand that I offer to his view a shifting panorama. As soon as the Dawn had got about a mile and a half from the English frigates, a distance that was a little... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
19 | None | "The sea wax'd calm, and we discovered Two ships from far making amain to us, Of Corinth that, of Epidaurus this: But on they came,--O, let me say no more! Gather the sequel by that went before."
Comedy of Errors.
It was high time for the Dawn to be doing. Of all the ships to leeward, the Speedy, the vessel w... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
20 | None | "Och! botheration--'T is a beautiful coost All made up of rocks and deep bays; Ye may sail up and down, a marvellous host, And admire all its beautiful ways."
Irish Song.
Little did we, or could we, anticipate all that lay before us. The wind held at north-west until the ship had got within twenty miles o... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
21 | None | "The power of God is everywhere, Pervades all space and time: The power of God can still the air, And rules in every clime;-- Then bow the heart, and bend the knee, And worship o'er both land and sea."
Duo.
I never knew precisely the point on the coast of Ireland where we anchored. It was somewhere betwee... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
22 | None | Father of all! In every age, In every clime, adored; By saint, by savage, or by sage-- Jehovah! Jove! or Lord!
Pope.
Feeling the necessity of possessing all my strength I ate a breakfast before I commenced work. It was with a heavy heart, and but little appetite, that I took this solitary meal; but I felt tha... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
23 | None | "There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very gesture; they looked, as they had heard of a world ransomed, or one destroyed: A notable passion of wonder appeared in them; but the wisest beholder, that knew no more but seeing, could not say, if the importance were joy, or sorrow;--but in the extrem... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
24 | None | Some shout at victory's loud acclaim, Some fall that victory to assure, But time divulges that in name, Alone, our triumphs are secure.
Duo.
The Briton had come out of the Cove of Cork, only a few days before, and was bound on service, with orders to run off to the westward, a few hundred miles, and to cr... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
25 | None | O I hae scarce to lay me on, If kingly fields were ance my ain; Wi' the moor-cock on the mountain-bree, But hardship na'er can daunton me.
Scottish Song.
There was an air of cool deliberation about Lord Harry Dermond, which satisfied me I should have to pass through a trying ordeal; and I prepared myself for ... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
26 | None | "You think, I'll weep. No, I'll not weep:-- I have full cause of weeping; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, Or ere I'll weep."
Lear.
I pass over the manner and time of our being on the road between Philadelphia and New York, as things belonging to a former age, and to be forgotten. I w... | {
"id": "11243"
} |
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