The Pioneers: Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna. A Descriptive TaleW. A. Townsend, 1859 - 505 páginas |
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Página 153 - But I say unto you, love your enemies ; bless them that curse you ; do good to them that hate you ; pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you.
Página 157 - That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Página 342 - It was rather the yielding of nature than a compliance with this unexpected order that caused the head of our heroine to sink on her bosom ; when she heard the report of the rifle, the whizzing of the bullet, and the enraged cries of the beast, who was rolling over on the earth, biting its own flesh, and tearing the twigs and branches within its reach. At the next instant the form of the Leather-stocking rushed by her; and he called aloud — "Come in, Hector; come in, you old fool; 'tis a hardlived...
Página 339 - But when, aroused by this cry from Louisa, Miss Temple turned, she saw the dog with his eyes keenly set on some distant object, his head bent near the ground, and his hair actually rising on his body, either through fright or anger.
Página 340 - So rapid and vigorous were the bounds of the inhabitant of the forest that its active frame seemed constantly in the air, while the dog nobly faced his foe at each successive leap. When the panther lighted on the shoulders of the mastiff, which was its constant aim, old Brave, though torn with her talons...
Página 23 - ... came into view. He was tall, and so meagre as to make him seem above even the six feet that he actually stood in his stockings...
Página 340 - ... the form of the old panther in the air, springing twenty feet from the branch of the beech to the back of the mastiff. No words of ours can describe the fury of the conflict that followed. It was a confused struggle on the dried leaves, accompanied by loud and terrific cries.
Página 342 - ... broad feet. Miss Temple did not or could not move. Her hands were clasped in the attitude of prayer, but her eyes were still drawn to her terrible enemy — her cheeks were blanched to the whiteness of marble, and her lips were .slightly separated with horror. The moment seemed now to have arrived for the fatal termination...
Página 340 - All this time Brave stood firm and undaunted, his short tail erect, his body drawn backward on its haunches, and his eyes following the movements of both dam and cub. At every gambol played by the latter, it approached nigher to the dog, the growling of the three becoming more...
Página 204 - John was a man. But warriors and traders with light eyes followed them. One brought the long knife, and one brought rum. They were more than the pines on the mountains ; and they broke up the councils, and took the lands. The evil spirit was in their jugs, and they let him loose. — Yes, yes — you say no lie, Young Eagle ; John is a beast." %c Forgive me, old warrior," cried the youth, grasping his hand ; " I should be the last to reproach you.