Works, Volumen21G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893 |
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... popping his head out of every window , and stumping up and down stairs with his wooden leg in such brisk and incessant mo- tion , that , as we are informed by an authentic historian of the times , the continual clatter bore no.
... popping his head out of every window , and stumping up and down stairs with his wooden leg in such brisk and incessant mo- tion , that , as we are informed by an authentic historian of the times , the continual clatter bore no.
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... tion caused him to make a series of horrible grimaces , which heightened exceedingly the grisly terrors of his visage . On Antony Van Corlear's being announced , the grim comman- der paused for a moment in the midst of one of his most ...
... tion caused him to make a series of horrible grimaces , which heightened exceedingly the grisly terrors of his visage . On Antony Van Corlear's being announced , the grim comman- der paused for a moment in the midst of one of his most ...
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... tion that struck even the ignoble vulgar with awe and admiration . The brawling multitude could not but reflect with self - abasement upon their own pusillanimous conduct , when they beheld their hardy but deserted old governor , thus ...
... tion that struck even the ignoble vulgar with awe and admiration . The brawling multitude could not but reflect with self - abasement upon their own pusillanimous conduct , when they beheld their hardy but deserted old governor , thus ...
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Growing discontents of New Ams | 1 |
Of the folly of being happy in time | 15 |
Troublous times on the Hudson | 22 |
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