Mustang Gray: A RomanceLippincott, 1858 - 296 pages |
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American answer appearance approach arms arrived asked bank Bartolo Piedras beauty believe better blood body bosom called carried cause character charge continued cross danger dark deep direction doubt enemy entered eyes fear feeling fire followed force gathered give gone ground Hacienda hand head heard heart hope horses hour hundred Indians Inez John keep knew land leave less light lips living look Mabry Gray meet Mexican miles morning Mustang Gray nature never night object once ordered party passed passion Pedro Prairie prepared Rancho remain replied returned ride river secure Señor side sleep soon sound steps stream strong tell Texas thing thought tion took tree troops turned voice waiting walked watched whole wild wish
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Page 47 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid: and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 257 - I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey!
Page 101 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 195 - Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolated bosoms : mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence...
Page 39 - The moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside...
Page 84 - Away, away, my steed and I, Upon the pinions of the wind, All human dwellings left behind ; We sped like meteors through the sky, When with its crackling sound the night Is chequer'd with the northern light...
Page 223 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 159 - That swathes, as with a purple shroud, Benledi's distant hill. Is it the thunder's solemn sound That mutters deep and dread, Or echoes from the groaning ground The warrior's measured tread ? Is it the lightning's quivering glance That on the thicket streams, Or do they flash on spear and lance The sun's retiring beams...
Page 48 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me : for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Page 176 - Nor think of Ellen Douglas more ; But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band, Has yet a harder task to prove — By firm resolve to conquer love...
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Mustang Gray: A Romance |
| Auteur | Jeremiah Clemens |
| Éditeur | Lippincott, 1858 |
| Original provenant de | la New York Public Library |
| Numérisé | 28 nov. 2006 |
| Longueur | 296 pages |
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