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The whole sublime scene moved the soul of Dmitry to its profoundest depths; and as he reflected that in a few hours perhaps the greater portion of that multitude might lie dead upon the field, tears gushed from his eyes, and kneeling upon the summit of the mound, in the presence of the whole army, he extended his hands towards heaven in a fervent prayer that God would protect Russia and Christianity from the heel of the infidel.
The blood gushed from Guy's clenched hand as he struck it furiously against the stone mantel. "By ," he said, with a fearful oath, "he has escaped me, after all." It was so. The mind, worn and strained by the terrors of the long pursuit, perhaps by remorse not acknowledged even to himself; and by the last great effort at self-control, had given way at last forever.
Feeling thirsty, I had gone to a bright spring which gushed out of a rock, to drink, when, on looking up, I saw a young girl with several gourds, which she had brought to fill with water. She cast an astonished glance at me, and inquired where I had come from.
A savory dish of stewed squirrel and corn dumplings served for lunch. The baby's face was one glorious smear of joy and grease at its finish. The mother took the bucket from its shelf and walked leisurely to the spring, whose limpid waters gushed from a rock at the foot of the hill. The child toddled after her, the little moccasined feet stepping gingerly over the sharp gravel of the rough places.
But the exertion brought on a violent fit of coughing, which choked his utterance, while a torrent of red blood gushed from his mouth, and deluged his neck and chest. "Ah, mon Dieu! that cry has been his death," said the other, wringing his hands in utter misery. "Where is he wounded?" said I, kneeling down beside the sick man, who now lay, half on his face, upon the grass.
The summit of this hill commanded a wide view of the ocean and of the land. Springs of sweet water gushed from the hill-sides, and a beautiful brook, overshadowed by the lofty forest, meandered at its base. Here they unanimously concluded to rear their new homes.
Her head fell back in his elbow; for an instant there was life in the eyes it glimmered it vanished, and tears gushed from his own and fell upon the gentle face of the dead, as he looked up to heaven and cried: "Lord, lay not this sin to her charge!" That which in 1835 I think he said thirty-five was a reality in the Rue Burgundy I think he said Burgundy is now but a reminiscence.
Lonesome for ye, ain't it?" Already he knew that except for a few squaws she was the only woman in the camp. "I don't mind that," said Mrs. Barker. Something in her tone arrested his attention. Stupid and slow though he was, he divined that Mamie's thin, white cheeks and trembling hands were not caused by lonesomeness. He stared at her intently, till the blood gushed into her face.
Mother, I am not proud I would be honest, if I can but when I see you pining away, and so changed, the devil comes into me, and I often shudder lest I should commit some crime what, I don't know!" "Come here, Philip my own Philip my son, my hope, my firstborn!" and the mother's heart gushed forth in all the fondness of early days. "Don't speak so terribly, you frighten me!"
Her eyes looked full into his, and did not turn away till the lashes trembled over them suddenly, and tears gushed out upon her face. An agony of yearning took hold of Windham and wrung his heart. "Agnes, do you know?" he asked. And she answered, "Yes." When she could see him again, drops stood out on his forehead, and his eyes looked up at her with a despairing tenderness.
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