Blennerhassett: Or, The Decrees of Fate; a Romance Founded Upon Events in American HistoryC.M. Clark Publishing Company, 1901 - 442 páginas |
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... Burr is a very bad man ; by bad , I mean morally bad . The home and the family are great points of pride with our country citizens , and to their minds a man who invades the sanctity of home is the worst criminal in the world . Now ...
... Burr is a very bad man ; by bad , I mean morally bad . The home and the family are great points of pride with our country citizens , and to their minds a man who invades the sanctity of home is the worst criminal in the world . Now ...
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... Burr's valet who was named John , but who had been nicknamed John the Baptist by his fellow servants . " Oh yes ' tis , " rejoined Peggy , " don ' yo ' know the Good Book says " who the Lord lovef he chastenef . Now yo ' niggers don ...
... Burr's valet who was named John , but who had been nicknamed John the Baptist by his fellow servants . " Oh yes ' tis , " rejoined Peggy , " don ' yo ' know the Good Book says " who the Lord lovef he chastenef . Now yo ' niggers don ...
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... Burr took the newspaper slip which had been enclosed in his friend Van Ness's letter and read again the lines which had been underscored : " General Hamilton and ... BURR . Burr then made a copy of the letter and folded 50 BLENNERHASSETT.
... Burr took the newspaper slip which had been enclosed in his friend Van Ness's letter and read again the lines which had been underscored : " General Hamilton and ... BURR . Burr then made a copy of the letter and folded 50 BLENNERHASSETT.
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... Burr . Perhaps he came before you got home . He reached my house at nine o'clock . " Burr rang a bell that stood upon the library table and John entered . " Did any one call to see me last evening , John ? 99 " Oh , yes , sir ...
... Burr . Perhaps he came before you got home . He reached my house at nine o'clock . " Burr rang a bell that stood upon the library table and John entered . " Did any one call to see me last evening , John ? 99 " Oh , yes , sir ...
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... Burr , " you will find a box in the cabinet . " Van Ness smoked and Burr read . Van Ness eyed attentively the unimpassioned and unmoved face . In the presence of others , that face never expressed any indication of the thoughts , the ...
... Burr , " you will find a box in the cabinet . " Van Ness smoked and Burr read . Van Ness eyed attentively the unimpassioned and unmoved face . In the presence of others , that face never expressed any indication of the thoughts , the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton Alston answered arms beautiful Blenner Blennerhassett Blennerhassett Island boat Boncourt bowed Burr's called Captain Thaddeus Cheetham Colonel Burr cried Burr Dane daughter Doctor Hosack door duel enemies entered equerry eyes face father fell Frederic French Gamp gentleman give Graham grasped GROSSET & DUNLAP guests Hamilton hand Harman Harman Blennerhassett hassett heard honor husband island James Wilkinson Jefferson Joseph Alston Judge Van Ness Kate knew lady land letter looked Marietta Massa matter mind morning never once opened party Pendleton pirate political President raft Ransome reached remarked replied Burr Richmond Hill river seat seemed servant smile soon spoke stood Swartwout tell Theodosia Theodosia Burr Alston Thorvald thought tion told took turned voice walked Weehawken wife Wilkinson William Golden wish woman words York young
Pasajes populares
Página 226 - A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it. Mark but my fall and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels.
Página 226 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Página 227 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página 100 - I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr.
Página 227 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny ; 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to Heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell! Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 118 - It is also my ardent wish that I may have been more mistaken than I think I have been, and that he, by his future conduct, may show himself worthy of all confidence and esteem, and prove an ornament and blessing to the country.
Página 116 - In proportion as these impressions were entertained with sincerity, and uttered with motives and for purposes which might appear to me commendable, would be the difficulty (until they could be removed by evidence of their being erroneous) of explanation or apology. The disavowal required of me by Colonel Burr, in a general and indefinite form, was out of my power...
Página 226 - So good, so noble, and so true a master? Bear witness, all that have not hearts of iron, With what a sorrow Cromwell leaves his lord! The king shall have my service; but my prayers For ever, and for ever, shall be yours.
Página 119 - To those who, with me abhorring the practice of duelling, may think that I ought on no account to have added to the number of bad examples, I answer that my relative situation, as well in public as private, enforcing all the considerations which constitute what men of the world denominate honor, imposed on me, as I thought, a peculiar necessity not to decline the call.
Página 114 - I feel a sense of obligation towards my creditors ; who in case of accident to me, by the forced sale of my property, may be in some degree sufferers. I did not think myself at liberty as a man of probity, lightly to expose them to this hazard, 4.