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master of song, unhesitatingly complying with her intimation to follow; ‘and nothing would relieve the mind more than such a consoling communion. But four parts are altogether necessary to the perfection of melody. You have all the manifestations of a soft and rich treble; I can, by especial aid, carry a full tenor to the highest letter; but we lack counter and bass! Yon officer of the king, who hesitated to admit me to his company, might fill the latter, if one may judge from the intonations of his voice in common dialogue.’ ‘Judge not too rashly from hasty and deceptive appearances,’ said the lady, smiling; ‘though Major Heyward can assume such deep notes on occasion, believe me, his natural tones are better fitted for a mellow tenor than the bass you heard.’ ‘Is he, then, much practiced in the art of psalmody?’ demanded her simple companion. Alice felt disposed to laugh, though she succeeded in suppressing her merriment, ere she answered: ‘I apprehend that he is rather addicted to profane song. The chances of a soldier’s life are but little fitted for the encouragement of more sober inclinations.’ ‘Man’s voice is given to him, like his other talents, to be used, and not to be abused. None can say they have ever known me to neglect my gifts! I am thankful that, though my boyhood may be said to have been set apart, like the youth of the royal David, for the purposes of music, no syllable of rude verse has ever profaned my lips.’ ‘You have, then, limited your efforts to sacred song?’ ‘Even so. As the psalms of David exceed all other lan-
guage, so does the psalmody that has been fitted to them by the divines and sages of the land, surpass all vain poetry. Happily, I may say that I utter nothing but the thoughts and the wishes of the King of Israel himself; for though the times may call for some slight changes, yet does this version which we use in the colonies of New England so much exceed all other versions, that, by its richness, its exactness, and its spiritual simplicity, it approacheth, as near as may be, to the great work of the inspired writer. I never abid in any place, sleeping or waking, without an example of this gifted work. ‘Tis the six-and-twentieth edition, promulgated at Boston, Anno Domini 1744; and is entitled, ‘The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testaments; faithfully translated into English Metre, for the Use, Edification, and Comfort of the Saints, in Public and Private, especially in New England’.’ During this eulogium on the rare production of his native poets, the stranger had drawn the book from his pocket, and fitting a pair of iron-rimmed spectacles to his nose, opened the volume with a care and veneration suited to its sacred purposes. Then, without circumlocution or apology, first pronounced the word ‘Standish,’ and placing the unknown engine, already described, to his mouth, from which he drew a high, shrill sound, that was followed by an octave below, from his own voice, he commenced singing the following words, in full, sweet, and melodious tones, that set the music, the poetry, and even the uneasy motion of his illtrained beast at defiance; ‘How good it is, O see, And how it pleaseth well, Together e’en in unity, For brethren so to
Page 1 and 2: The Last of the Mohicans By James F
Page 3 and 4: which exists in the latter. The ima
Page 5 and 6: of the same stock. The Mengwe, the
Page 7 and 8: Chapter 1 ‘Mine ear is open, and
Page 9 and 10: Winding its way among countless isl
Page 11 and 12: yells of the savages mingled with e
Page 13 and 14: a force really by far too small to
Page 15 and 16: and followed the lumbering vehicles
Page 17 and 18: of the lower extremity of this figu
Page 19 and 20: appearance was not altogether that
Page 21 and 22: ed from the younger of the females,
Page 23 and 24: him, or he would not have my confid
Page 25 and 26: of the forest. Here their progress
Page 27 and 28: open, and manly brow of Heyward, gr
Page 29: thanksgiving, as practiced in psalm
Page 33 and 34: the charm of my musings by that bas
Page 35 and 36: casional and lazy tap of a woodpeck
Page 37 and 38: as if in quest of game, or distrust
Page 39 and 40: ing to own that my people have many
Page 41 and 42: like the sea, where the earth is ro
Page 43 and 44: land of spirits. I am on the hillto
Page 45 and 46: turning away like a man who was con
Page 47 and 48: Chapter 4 ‘Well go thy way: thou
Page 49 and 50: way, for the road across the portag
Page 51 and 52: emy and a spy of Montcalm, to the w
Page 53 and 54: ther the Mohawks nor any other trib
Page 55 and 56: the bushes!’ ‘I will dismount.
Page 57 and 58: ‘And what account will Le Renard
Page 59 and 60: his treacherous companion, trusting
Page 61 and 62: is in the yellow blossom in the mon
Page 63 and 64: group, with an intention of making
Page 65 and 66: their chase. Ay, ay, that will blin
Page 67 and 68: eadiness that showed his knowledge
Page 69 and 70: in feverish suspense. Twenty times
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Page 75 and 76: at his free air and proud carriage,
Page 77 and 78: ‘Are we quite safe in this cavern
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In the meanwhile, the gravity of Ch
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‘Praised be God, I have never had
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colony. His roving eyes began to mo
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now found themselves alone with him
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ed on those of Alice, who had turne
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and ingenious method to strike us w
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field of battle, and in situations
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anxiety was relieved by the assuran
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as the appalled listeners easily im
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shade of anxiety just then passed l
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and plunged into the abysses beneat
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guarded by the Mohicans. Duncan cau
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vailed over the less practiced limb
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Chapter 8 ‘They linger yet, Aveng
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associate. In the meanwhile, Hawkey
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ifles instantaneously bore on any p
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it whether he struck the rock livin
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‘With what?’ coolly demanded th
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the woods, and call on God for succ
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as broad as you can, when, if morta
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‘There are evils worse than death
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animal life. The uproar which had s
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couragement; your own fortitude and
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ow vault with sounds rendered trebl
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was easy to distinguish not only wo
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looking warrior approached the chie
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picions, and peering just above the
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Chapter 10 ‘I fear we shall outsl
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his hand, at the same time, with a
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‘Uncas,’ returned Magua, pronou
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But while Duncan resorted to these
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few moments the captives found them
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Yes! Renard has proved that he is n
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it was quite apparent, by the thoug
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should express the humility of resi
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hardly distinguishable, whether it
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fragments of the victim, patiently
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concluded, as he led her toward the
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given you wisdom!’ ‘What, then,
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sharp!’ returned the savage, with
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gua instantly left the spot, and ap
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had been precipitated into the deep
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direct their united force to that o
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to Munro, to comb his gray hairs, a
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violence at the unresisting speaker
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savage tormentors recoiled before t
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herself on the bosom of Alice, stri
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was filled by the scowling visage o
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where she had sunk by the side of C
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other and more important duties, be
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‘Tis open before your eyes,’ re
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ammunition wanting to render them a
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their repast in sober earnest, assi
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‘Tis extraordinary! will you not
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scout laughed in his silent but hea
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Chapter 13 ‘I’ll seek a readier
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was crowned by the decayed blockhou
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aised by the bones of mortal men.
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efore you could meet one able to wa
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had found it, pervaded the retired
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vigils, while you and all these bra
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their idleness in such a squaw’s
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his knife in its sheath, and lowere
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Chapter 14 ‘Guard.—Qui est la?
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strike it is now our greatest diffi
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uried while the breath is in the bo
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He was interrupted by a long and he
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I can hide you, so that all the dev
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ing game, compared to the honesty o
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cently left the Hudson in their com
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ut just the time to meet it on the
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apparent that Hawkeye had not magni
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‘Tis from the fort!’ exclaimed
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Chapter 15 ‘Then go we in, to kno
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ered equal to a victory gained; if
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though sympathizing spectators. Her
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added, with an air of chagrin, whic
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‘The fidelity of ‘The Long Rifl
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egin to fail us,’ continued Heywa
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was affable, and distinguished as m
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dies.’ ‘We have a wise ordinanc
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own commander.
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aloud: ‘Major Heyward!’ ‘What
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‘Your notions are those of a gent
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fore, what an honest man should —
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when he arose, and taking a single
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were alone, ‘it may be prudent to
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who looked out from the margin of t
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‘Though not at hand, fortunately
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sternly; ‘does he make a merit of
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Chapter 17 ‘Weave we the woof. Th
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lowest and most respectful salute;
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‘What can the Hurons do?’ retur
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ing the summons of the soldiers, wh
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‘To-day I am only a soldier, Majo
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until the verse was ended; when, se
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As the confused and timid throng le
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claimed the breathless woman, teari
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proceeding to Montcalm, fearless of
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pect. The Indian laughed tauntingly
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had once before been led under the
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heroes with an atmosphere of imagin
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with the leaves and branches it sca
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acters, the Mohicans, and their whi
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tile to his own people. Spurning th
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tion of the veil fluttering on the
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like another: though they who can r
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the nearly obliterated impression.
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oad path away to the north, in full
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Chapter 19 ‘Salar.—Why, I am su
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scious ears performed their ungrate
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to the subject which the humor of t
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‘But they may discover him, and i
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guage of his child, for I carried t
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ejaculated: ‘Oneida!’ ‘Oneida
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that may be unsuitable to my color
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profound silence, before either of
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Hawkeye’s speech, his sentences w
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Chapter 20 ‘Land of Albania! let
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‘If the blood of an Oneida could
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to protect the rear of his forces,
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‘If you judge of Indian cunning b
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on from the death-shriek by that wo
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escape which now began to open a li
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devils have taken off a man to char
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tween them and their enemies, that
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new resolutions. The canoe was lift
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Chapter 21 ‘If you find a man the
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sign of a trail have we crossed! Hu
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ceived, and never failed to detect
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‘Such cunning is not without its
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where it would seem an Indian had i
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exert all their muscles to equal. T
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hand drew his eyes in another direc
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arm, he arrested him, in order to a
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Chapter 22 ‘Bot.—Abibl we all m
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doubting David; ‘the leader of th
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of approbation. The scout shook his
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a watchful intercourse with the war
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‘We have found that which may be
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in sign of his dislike to all remon
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gave him much friendly advice; conc
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they journeyed. Within half an hour
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ought not to appear a marvel in my
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of the juvenile pack raised, by com
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soon detected their searching, but
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knows the art of healing, to go to
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epetition of the cry was intended t
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ject of the two victims continued m
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eager savage headlong, many feet in
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ture of defiance, she broke out ane
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ore all the distinctive marks of a
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He arose from the earth, and moving
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Chapter 24 ‘Thus spoke the sage:
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Without seeming to hesitate, he wal
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The sudden return of this artful an
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in silence. Then, with an elevation
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it was many minutes before their me
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But they departed without food, wit
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a Delaware can sleep at night, and
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attitudes, which kept the upper par
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ing. She lay in a sort of paralysis
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Chapter 25 ‘Snug.—Have you the
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It seemed, however, as if the humor
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there. So, after I had shot the imp
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ock, forming a little crystal sprin
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for me?’ ‘And for me, too,’ c
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from that by which Duncan had enter
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undle, and when he beheld his enemy
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your jargon, major; and say that we
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ing light of the fires, stalking fr
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disposition is at the bottom of it
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glimmered through its cracks, howev
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esty. Five words of plain and compr
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etired to their lodges for the nigh
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enact one of the antics of the anim
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ace of two miles, would be in, and
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way of obtaining a suitable underst
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venture, he had to deal with ears b
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in readiness for their game, they d
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succeeded by the most frantic and a
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they were about to contend. The out
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‘An evil spirit has been among us
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turned, and reported that their ene
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mium on the virtue of wisdom. He pa
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to retire, with a warning that it w
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ings. He called the animals his cou
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Chapter 28 ‘Brief, I pray for you
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y throwing his arm upward toward he
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‘The tomahawks of your young men
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fect of a generosity so aptly mingl
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Yengee smokes at your fire? That th
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nation. As such meetings were rare,
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they had last been shorn. The dress
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men were content with touching his
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sembly, and recoiled a pace, when t
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of his ancient enemy: ‘ a dog nev
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‘Beat what, fool! — what?’ ex
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utter worthlessness of the suffrage
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Duncan; ‘are the Delawares fools
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themselves, it was to prove that th
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dered his eye so terrible in middle
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youthful fire to the extensive band
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ter moment struggled with her chagr
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Chapter 30 ‘If you deny me, fie u
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‘Does Tamenund dream!’ he excla
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cas. The eyeballs of the Delaware s
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ply. ‘Four warriors of his race h
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‘La Longue Carabine!’ exclaimed
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‘Huron, depart.’ ‘As he came,
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greatly rejoice your nation to see
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pleasure at the manliness of the in
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‘The words are open,’ he was co
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cas; and, moving deliberately, with
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the appalling strains in which they
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the strangers rather as sufferers t
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general notice and commendation it
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deliberate and fatal aim. But, inst
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ward; ‘tis well that we know its
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whose duty led him foremost in the
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has not entirely departed from me.
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the memorials of a former and long-
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to retreat than to maintain his gro
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there being little underbrush, and
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lets and the blows of the pursuing
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long line of swarthy figures was to
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all his companions, and fallen a vi
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fold encouraging by this glimpse of
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on high, but dropped it again with
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violently with eagerness that the m
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in rejoicings for their victory. Th
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of one, and the deathlike calm that
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ewildered with grief. But, in the m
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the intuitive perception of their s
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for deed in arms, and more especial
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his head over the shoulder of the u
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influenced by his own secret emotio
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David following in sorrowing silenc
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time during the long ceremonies his
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