Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895 |
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Abigail Williams accused Adelpha Leisler afflicted Andros Ann Putnam answered arms arrested assembly bewitched Boston brother Captain Wadsworth Carolinia Charles Stevens charter child church Cloyse colony Cora Waters Corey Cotton Mather cried dark death declared devil door Dustin England escape eyes face father fire forest friends gazed George Waters girl Goody Nurse governor hand hath heard heart Henry Waters hill horse Hull Indians James Joel Martin John Bly John Louder King King William's war knew live look Lord maid Mary Easty Milborne mother and Cora mysterious negro never night Oracus Parris pastor player prisoner province Rebecca Nurse Robert Stevens Salem Samuel Samuel Parris Sarah Williams savages seemed seen seized sent slave soon strange stranger superstition thought tion Tituba told torment tree turned Verily village voice William Penn witch witchcraft woman wounded York young
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Page 43 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : • Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Page 191 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I ; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a" the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun ; And I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o
Page 364 - How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone ; When warring winds have died away, And clouds, beneath the glancing ray, Melt off, and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity...
Page 81 - And in an instant all was dark; And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, When out the hellish legion sallied. As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, When plundering herds assail their byke; As open pussie's mortal foes, When, pop! she starts before their nose; As eager runs the market-crowd, When 'Catch the thief!' resounds aloud; So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow.
Page 234 - The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about: Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, And thrice again, to make up nine.
Page 216 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 180 - They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Page 222 - Esq., or, in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in their Majesties' province of New York, in America.
Page 32 - ... tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts ; we are all one flesh and blood.
Page 172 - NIGHT is the time for rest; How sweet, when labours close, To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose ; Stretch the tired limbs and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed...