To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories, bridges, canals, mines, and all the other resources of an old country, were constantly presenting themselves, though his good sense suppressed, in some degree, the exhibition... The Pioneers: Or, the Sources of the Susquehanna - Page 26by James Fenimore Cooper - 1852Full view - About this book
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1841 - 624 pages
...speculations on the improvements that posterity were to make in his lands. To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories,...some pecuniary adventure being the connecting link in thfe chain that brought Oliver Edwards into the cabiri of Leather-stocking, appeared to him each moment... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 424 pages
...eye on the gentlemen, in which we have found Jotham very useful." tvhat he had heard, the probahility of some pecuniary adventure being the connecting link...in the chain that brought Oliver Edwards into the eahin of Leather-slocking, appeared to him each moment to be stronger. But Marmaduke was too much in... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1859 - 520 pages
...speculations on the improvements that posterity were to make in his lands. To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories,...presenting themselves, though his good sense suppressed, in somo degree, the exhibition of these expectations. As the Sheriff allowed his cousin full time to reflect... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1862 - 618 pages
...speculations on the improvements that posterity were to make in his lands. To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories, bridges, canals, mines, and all the o^her resources of an old country, were constantly presenting themselves, though his good sense suppressed,... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - Frontier and pioneer life - 1870 - 612 pages
...speculations on the improvements that posterity were to make in his lands. To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories,...expectations. As the Sheriff allowed his cousin full time to rerlect on what he had heard, the probability of some pecuniary adventure being the connecting link... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1875 - 546 pages
...speculations on the improvements that posterity were to make in his lands. To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories,...other resources of an old country, were constantly pre. senting themselves, though his good sense suppressed, in some degree, the exhibition of these... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1876 - 536 pages
...speculations on the improvements that posterity were to make in his lands. To his eye where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories,...some degree the exhibition of these expectations. I adventure being the connecting link in the chain that / brought Oliver Edwards into the cabin of... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - Fiction - 1985 - 1388 pages
...speculations on the improvements that posterity were to make in his lands. To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories,...and all the other resources of an old country, were constandy presenting themselves, though his good sense suppressed, in some degree, the exhibition of... | |
| Ilya Zemtsov - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 624 pages
...posterity were to make in his lands." More than that: the Judge is a visionary: "To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories,...old country, were constantly presenting themselves ..." (324). Some of the lasting entertainment value The Pioneers still has for the perceptive reader... | |
| Klaus Lubbers - Art - 1994 - 332 pages
...posterity were to make in his lands." More than that: the Judge is a visionary: "To his eye, where others saw nothing but a wilderness, towns, manufactories,...old country, were constantly presenting themselves ..." (324). Some of the lasting entertainment value The Pioneers still has for the perceptive reader... | |
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