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THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper INTRODUCTION It is believed that the scene of this tale, and most of the information necessary to understand its allusions, …
“Mine ear is open, and my heart prepared: The worst is wordly loss thou canst unfold:— Say, is my kingdom lost?”—Shakespeare It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America,…
“Sola, sola, wo ha, ho, sola!” —Shakespeare While one of the lovely beings we have so cursorily presented to the reader was thus lost in thought, the other quickly recovered from the alarm whic…
“Before these fields were shorn and till'd, Full to the brim our rivers flow'd; The melody of waters fill'd The fresh and boundless wood; And torrents dash'd,…
“Well go thy way: thou shalt not from this grove Till I torment thee for this injury.”—Midsummer Night's Dream. The words were still in the mouth of the scout, when the leader of the party,…
...”In such a night Did This be fearfully o'ertrip the dew; And saw the lion's shadow ere himself.”—Merchant of Venice The suddenness of the flight of his guide, and the wild crie…
“Those st rains that once did sweet in Zion glide; He wales a portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God', he says, with solemn air.”—Burns Heyward and his female compan…
“They do not sleep, On yonder cliffs, a grizzly band, I see the m sit.”—Gray “'Twould be neglecting a warning that is given for our good to lie hid any longer,” said Hawkeye “when such…
“They linger yet, Avengers of their native land.”—Gray The warning call of the scout was not uttered without occasion. During the occurrence of the deadly encounter just related, the roar of the…
“Be gay securely; Dispel, my fair, with smiles, the tim'rous clouds, That hang on thy clear brow.”—Death of Agrippina The sudden and almost magical change, from the stirring incidents …
