Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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Page 13
... Henry , my son ! " ex- claimed the astonished but delighted parent ; while his sisters sunk on his shoulders , dissolved in tears . The faithful old black , who had been reared from infancy in the house of his master , and who , as if ...
... Henry , my son ! " ex- claimed the astonished but delighted parent ; while his sisters sunk on his shoulders , dissolved in tears . The faithful old black , who had been reared from infancy in the house of his master , and who , as if ...
Page 14
... Henry Wharton had resumed his disguise with a reluctance amounting to disgust , but in obedience to the commands of his parent . No communications passed between him and the stranger after the first salutations of the morning had been ...
... Henry Wharton had resumed his disguise with a reluctance amounting to disgust , but in obedience to the commands of his parent . No communications passed between him and the stranger after the first salutations of the morning had been ...
Page 40
... Henry , with feverish impa- tience . The person who was ushered into the apartment , preceded by Cæsar , and followed by the matron , was a man beyond the middle age , or who might rather be said to approach the downhill of life . In ...
... Henry , with feverish impa- tience . The person who was ushered into the apartment , preceded by Cæsar , and followed by the matron , was a man beyond the middle age , or who might rather be said to approach the downhill of life . In ...
Page 41
... Henry feeling a repugnance to his guest , that he was vainly endeav- oring to conquer , and the stranger himself drawing forth occasional sighs and groans , that threatened a dissolution of the unequal connection between his sub ...
... Henry feeling a repugnance to his guest , that he was vainly endeav- oring to conquer , and the stranger himself drawing forth occasional sighs and groans , that threatened a dissolution of the unequal connection between his sub ...
Page 42
... Henry , with a glow of generous feeling on his cheek ; " if the risk to yourself be so heavy , re- tire as you came , and leave me to my fate . Dun- woodie is making , even now , powerful exertions in my behalf ; and if he meets with Mr ...
... Henry , with a glow of generous feeling on his cheek ; " if the risk to yourself be so heavy , re- tire as you came , and leave me to my fate . Dun- woodie is making , even now , powerful exertions in my behalf ; and if he meets with Mr ...
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ABIGAIL ADAMS alarm American Anabaptists arms BELL OF ATRI Birch blessing Boston BRAINTREE brother Cæsar Captain Wharton Castine Charlestown Congress continued cried dark dear distress door dragoons Dunwoodie duty Elizabeth Haddon endeavored enemy eyes father fear feel fire Frances friends gave gazing give governor Grape Island hand Hannah the housemaid Harper Harvey head hear heard heart Heaven Henry hill hope horse hour Keimer Killingworth King knew lady Lawton leave letter light listened lived look manner Mason ment Miss Peyton morning never night officer paper passed paused pedler Philadelphia pleasure PORTIA pounds currency printed printing-house received remember Riddlesden seemed silent soon steed stood stranger street thee thou thought tion told took town trooper troops turned voice waited walked Weymouth wish words write young