Tales of a traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon, gent, Band 2 |
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Abruzzi adventure alderman banditti beheld bosom buccaneers Buckthorne burghers buried captain carbine carriage companions Count crack cried daugh daughter devil divining rod Doctor door doubt dressed drew Dutch Eccellenza Englishman estafette eyes fair Venetian fancied father felt fire followed Fondi Frosinone gave hand haunted head heard heart Hell-gate horse improvisatore Kidd kind knew landlord lantern length look ment mingled mountains Naples negro neighbourhood neighbouring never night once passed paused Peechy Prauw Pelasgian Peter Stuyvesant pirates pistol poniard poor Popkins prince Princess Prossedi quizzing glass racter Ramm ransom recollect Red-cap replied returned rich road robbers rocks round scene seated seemed seen seized shore skiff sleep spade Spanish stiletto story talk Terracina theatre thing thought tion Tom Walker took town travellers treasure trees turned Tusculum Venetian lady village voice wife Wolfert Webber young lady
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Seite 253 - Tom looked in the direction that the stranger pointed, and beheld one of the great trees, fair and flourishing without, but rotten at the core, and saw that it had been nearly hewn through, so that the first high wind was likely to blow it down. On the bark of the tree was scored the name of Deacon Peabody, an eminent man, who had waxed wealthy by driving shrewd bargains with the Indians.
Seite 271 - ... in all kinds of shapes, from the first settlement of the colony, that they were not so much horror-struck as might have been expected. Trustees were appointed to take charge of Tom's effects. There was nothing, however, to administer upon. On searching his coffers, all his bonds and mortgages were found reduced to cinders.
Seite 271 - The very hole under the oak-trees, whence he dug Kidd's money, is to be seen to this day ; and the neighboring swamp and old Indian fort are often haunted in stormy nights by a figure on horseback, in morning-gown and white cap, which is doubtless the troubled spirit of the usurer.
Seite 249 - ... through the swamp. Like most short cuts, it was an ill-chosen route. The swamp was thickly grown with great gloomy pines and hemlocks, some of them ninety feet high, which made it dark at noonday, and a retreat for all the owls of the neighborhood.
Seite 249 - Like most short cuts, it was an ill-chosen route. The swamp was thickly grown with great gloomy pines and hemlocks, some of them ninety feet high, which made it dark at noonday, and a retreat for all the owls of the neighborhood. It was full of pits and quagmires, partly covered with weeds and mosses, where the green surface often betrayed the...