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Page 8
Ah ! well may you ask , Samuel Gray , who he is ; a stranger , the black man , the
devil , who hath assumed this form to mislead and torment us . One can only
wonder at the various cunning of Satan , " and Louder sighed . “ Truly you speak
...
Ah ! well may you ask , Samuel Gray , who he is ; a stranger , the black man , the
devil , who hath assumed this form to mislead and torment us . One can only
wonder at the various cunning of Satan , " and Louder sighed . “ Truly you speak
...
Page 10
It was this good Samaritan who came upon the suffering stranger whom the three
Puritans had condemned in their own minds as an emissary of the devil . “ Why
do you sit here , sir ? " Charles asked , leaving off his whistle . “ Night is coming ...
It was this good Samaritan who came upon the suffering stranger whom the three
Puritans had condemned in their own minds as an emissary of the devil . “ Why
do you sit here , sir ? " Charles asked , leaving off his whistle . “ Night is coming ...
Page 20
... the camp - fire suddenly flamed up , and he afterward averred that the face of
the stranger was suddenly changed to that of a devil , and from his burning orbs
there issued blue jets of flame , while the whole air was permeated with sulphur .
... the camp - fire suddenly flamed up , and he afterward averred that the face of
the stranger was suddenly changed to that of a devil , and from his burning orbs
there issued blue jets of flame , while the whole air was permeated with sulphur .
Page 71
Mr. Parris pressed his thin lips so firmly that the blood seemed to have utterly
forsaken them , and his cold gray eye was kindled with a subdued fire , as he
answered : “ I am far from insensible that at this extraordinary time of the devil
coming ...
Mr. Parris pressed his thin lips so firmly that the blood seemed to have utterly
forsaken them , and his cold gray eye was kindled with a subdued fire , as he
answered : “ I am far from insensible that at this extraordinary time of the devil
coming ...
Page 77
The devil's book . Do you not remember some time ago a stranger was at your
house , who mysteriously disappeared ? ” Of course Charles remembered . He
had never forgotten that mysterious stranger , and often wondered what had
been ...
The devil's book . Do you not remember some time ago a stranger was at your
house , who mysteriously disappeared ? ” Of course Charles remembered . He
had never forgotten that mysterious stranger , and often wondered what had
been ...
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| Title | Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7 Columbian Historical Novels, John Roy Musick |
| Author | John Roy Musick |
| Publisher | R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2015 |
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