Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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Page 16
... village of Salem , and for days they did not have a visitor ; but two or three of their neighbors had seen the stranger while at their house , yet they told no one about him . His mysterious disappearance was kept a secret by mother and ...
... village of Salem , and for days they did not have a visitor ; but two or three of their neighbors had seen the stranger while at their house , yet they told no one about him . His mysterious disappearance was kept a secret by mother and ...
Page 47
... villages to intimi- date the people , and soldiers were intrusted with the execution of the laws . Scarce a Presbyterian family in Scotland , but was involved in proscrip- tion or penalties . The jails were overflowed , and their ...
... villages to intimi- date the people , and soldiers were intrusted with the execution of the laws . Scarce a Presbyterian family in Scotland , but was involved in proscrip- tion or penalties . The jails were overflowed , and their ...
Page 65
... village of Salem , there was a strife between Samuel Parris the minister and a part of his people ; a strife so bitter , that it had even attracted the at- tention of a general court . We all know , even in these modern days , what a ...
... village of Salem , there was a strife between Samuel Parris the minister and a part of his people ; a strife so bitter , that it had even attracted the at- tention of a general court . We all know , even in these modern days , what a ...
Page 82
... village to be haunted ; but Charles , who was not a believer in ghosts , resolved to pass the night there , in preference to braving a threaten- ing thunderstorm . His negro man Pete was with him , and when he told Pete to gather up ...
... village to be haunted ; but Charles , who was not a believer in ghosts , resolved to pass the night there , in preference to braving a threaten- ing thunderstorm . His negro man Pete was with him , and when he told Pete to gather up ...
Page 113
... village and paused beneath the wide - spreading branches of a great oak tree . The wind , sighing through the branches , seemed to - the liberty adoring Wadsworth to be whispering of free- dom . " Stand a little way off , Charles ...
... village and paused beneath the wide - spreading branches of a great oak tree . The wind , sighing through the branches , seemed to - the liberty adoring Wadsworth to be whispering of free- dom . " Stand a little way off , Charles ...
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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 Samuel Samuel Parris Sarah Williams savages seemed seen seized sent slave strange stranger superstition thought tion Tituba told torment tree turned Verily village voice William Penn WITCH OF SALEM witchcraft woman wounded York young