Silver-knife: Or, The Hunters of the Rocky Mountains. An Autobiography |
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Page 116 - Though the Lord's arm is not shortened, that he cannot save, nor his ear heavy, that he cannot hear...
Page 31 - Such as are for death, to death :3 and such as are for the sword, to the sword : and such as are for famine, to famine : and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
Page 9 - ... a visit here. A merchant on one of our principal wharves, who came in and spoke to him, remarked to the writer that he once owned this "boy" and his mother, and sold them for several hundred dollars. Upon my expressing astonishment to him that he could thus deal in human flesh, he remarked that ' when you are among the Romans, you must do as the Romans do.
Page 55 - ... questions to Mr. Holman, who was so good as to favour me with full replies, which reached me on 4th July, and may be thus condensed : — " The skate was taken on Thursday, 29th June, 1876, about 15 miles south of Berry Head, in a trawl, by a Brixham trawler, of whom Mr. Holman bought it. It measured 9 feet from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail, 6 feet in greatest breadth, and 16 inches in greatest thickness ; and its weight was about 5 cwt.
Page 117 - David, pray that he may go down quickly into hell, where the worm" dieth -not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 107 - An ancient sage offered this prayer: "So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Page 54 - ... carcass of a wild hog he had just killed. My hair almost stood on end, as the brute raised his enormous head, smeared with blood, and glared upon us with his malignant green eyes. Mohadeen dropped his sheroot, and remained motionless as a statue, with his keen eye steadily fixed upon that of the tiger. I knew enough of the nature of the animal to be aware that it was more dangerous to retreat than to stand fast ; but thinking that a charge was now inevitable, I was determined to have
Page 107 - ... a jury, it was most important that positive evidence should be discovered. Photographs of Goss were freely distributed throughout this country and Canada, and every effort made to reach his hiding-place, but without success. He seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth as completely as if he had really perished in the flames. In the Spring of 1873, as the time of trial drew near, and it became evident that Goss could not be found, it occurred to the law officer of one of the companies...
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Page 127 - Pigtail — nothin' but pigtail, jest like that used by the old gentleman," said Sutler, with a look irresistibly comical. " How was it about your father's ghost ? " I said, one day, to Sutler, when we were alone.