Select Tales: Being a Compilation of Singular, Interesting, Remarkable and Authentic Narratives, Ancient and Modern. Selected Principally from the Most Esteemed and Popular Literary Works, European and American, the Greater Part of which Have Never Before Been Offered to the Public in Book FormJoseph Martin, printed by Watson & Tompkins, 1833 - 424 halaman |
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Halaman 223 - And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. And all wept, and bewailed her. But he said, "Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
Halaman 87 - Oh Grave ! where is thy Victory ? Oh Death ! where is thy Sting ? THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
Halaman 341 - Perhaps she might have been enabled, by her immense strength, to push away the stone, had we not, with all our united power, held it against her. When she found that all her efforts were fruitless, she approached the tiger, who lay stretched out beside his cubs, and he rose and joined in her hollow roarings.
Halaman 343 - That heroic man still preserved his fortitude : he grasped the trunk of a tree with his left hand, to steady and support himself, while with his right he wrenched and violently turned the sword that was still in the breast of the tiger. All this was the work of an instant. The Indians, Frank and myself, hastened to his assistance; but Lincoln, who was already at his side...
Halaman 267 - ... from which he threw forth volumes of smoke with an air of great satisfaction. Opposite to him sat the parson of the parish — a fat, bald-headed personage, dressed in a rusty suit of black, and having his shoes adorned with immense silver buckles. Between these two characters sat the exciseman, with a pipe in one hand, and a tankard in the other. To complete the group, nothing is wanted but to mention the landlady, a plump, rosy dame of thirty-five, who was seated by the schoolmaster's side,...
Halaman 235 - The paleness of her colour — her breathing being also scarcely perceptible at a distance — operated in rendering the similitude to marble more exact and striking. The position of the fingers, hands, and arms was altered with difficulty, but preserved every form of flexure they acquired. Nor were the muscles of the neck exempted from this law ; her head maintaining every situation in which the hand could place it, as firmly as her limbs.
Halaman 336 - ... of our watches was covered with rust, and the watches stopped. The river beside which we were travelling rushed down with still greater impetuosity ; and from the clefts of the rocks which lay on the left of our path, were suddenly precipitated small rivulets, that bore the roots of trees, and innumerable serpents, along with them. These rivulets often came down so suddenly and so violently, that" we had great difficulty in preserving our footing.
Halaman 269 - Poundtext, the gentleman, as you say, is all red," reechoed the schoolmaster, who by this time had recovered his self-possession. He would have gone on, but the landlady gave him a fresh admonition, by trampling upon his toes ; and her husband winked in token of silence. As in the case of the exciseman, the warnings were too late.
Halaman 339 - We soon, however, heard a low stifled groaning ; and the tiger, who heard it also, became more restless and disturbed than ever. He went backwards and forwards before the entrance of the cave in the most wild and impetuous manner, then stood still, and stretching out his neck in the direction of the forest, broke forth into a deafening howl. Our two...
Halaman 338 - Now is the time to fire at him," said Wharton, with his usual calmness; "aim at his eyes; the ball will go through his brain, and we shall then have a chance to get rid of him.