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... Indian - seemed to collect together every one of his distracting feel- - ings , his anger , his misery , his fevered palpitations , into one energy . He got hold of it - he rejoiced in the glance it gave , as he waved it in the light of ...
... Indian - seemed to collect together every one of his distracting feel- - ings , his anger , his misery , his fevered palpitations , into one energy . He got hold of it - he rejoiced in the glance it gave , as he waved it in the light of ...
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... Indian . The dark bronze hue of the skin , the sparkling eyes , the dazzlingly white teeth - in short , the whole aspect and bearing of the maiden , proclaimed her a daughter of the forests ; only the intensely black hair - slightly ...
... Indian . The dark bronze hue of the skin , the sparkling eyes , the dazzlingly white teeth - in short , the whole aspect and bearing of the maiden , proclaimed her a daughter of the forests ; only the intensely black hair - slightly ...
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... Indian girl ; " in a few words I will unfold all . Young though I am , I have undergone horrible sufferings . I am the only daughter of a Riccaree chief ; and a small portion of our race - your nation has almost blotted ours from the ...
... Indian girl ; " in a few words I will unfold all . Young though I am , I have undergone horrible sufferings . I am the only daughter of a Riccaree chief ; and a small portion of our race - your nation has almost blotted ours from the ...
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... Indian girl , springing from her seat . " Heaven help me , Saise ! " cried Gabrielle , anxi- ously - for she feared for the reason of her unhappy friend ; " what is the matter with you ? what do you want ? " " They carried her away ...
... Indian girl , springing from her seat . " Heaven help me , Saise ! " cried Gabrielle , anxi- ously - for she feared for the reason of her unhappy friend ; " what is the matter with you ? what do you want ? " " They carried her away ...
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... Indian girl who has crept in here , heaven * A loafer is a vagrant , and the kalaboose the Lock - up in New Orleans . A customary inquiry in Louisiana , where the property is so exclusively cotton that the wealth of the proprietor is ...
... Indian girl who has crept in here , heaven * A loafer is a vagrant , and the kalaboose the Lock - up in New Orleans . A customary inquiry in Louisiana , where the property is so exclusively cotton that the wealth of the proprietor is ...
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Page 237 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Page 240 - Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear.
Page 223 - When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Page 240 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 129 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Page 121 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Page 223 - THE stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail ; The moon is constant to her time ; The sun will never fail ; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea ; So love is with the lover's heart, Wherever he may be.