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1  Some tribes lay great stress on the honor of.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3
2  In every fortune, I know you will be an ornament and honor to your sex.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
3  Say not so," cried Duncan; "we are yet masters of the fort, and of our honor.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16
4  As the immediate effect, however, gradually passed away, a low murmur of voices commenced a sort of chant in honor of the dead.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 33
5  The less zealous English thought they conferred a sufficient honor on its unsullied fountains, when they bestowed the name of their reigning prince, the second of the house of Hanover.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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6  An Indian never starts on such an expedition without smoking over his council-fire; and, though a man of white blood, I honor their customs in this particular, seeing that they are deliberate and wise.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
7  At the next instant he appeared on the level above, elevating his guns in triumph, while he moved with the air of a conqueror toward the renowned hunter who had honored him by so glorious a commission.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 31
8  As bright examples of great qualities are but too uncommon among Christians, so are they singular and solitary with the Indians; though, for the honor of our common nature, neither are incapable of producing them.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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9  When the excitement had a little abated, the old men disposed themselves seriously to consider that which it became the honor and safety of their tribe to perform, under circumstances of so much delicacy and embarrassment.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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10  This lad will be an honor to his people," said Hawkeye, regarding the trail with as much admiration as a naturalist would expend on the tusk of a mammoth or the rib of a mastodon; "ay, and a thorn in the sides of the Hurons.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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11  I have solicited this interview from your superior, monsieur," he said, "because I believe he will allow himself to be persuaded that he has already done everything which is necessary for the honor of his prince, and will now listen to the admonitions of humanity.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16
12  It was in no degree remarkable that there should be found two who were willing to claim so great an honor, for impostors, though rare, were not unknown among the natives; but it was altogether material to the just and severe intentions of the Delawares, that there should be no mistake in the matter.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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13  Their dark persons were still to be seen within the shadows of the blockhouse, the son listening to the relation of his father with that sort of intenseness which would be created by a narrative that redounded so much to the honor of those whose names he had long revered for their courage and savage virtues.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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14  The reader probably knows, if enough has not already been gleaned form this narrative, that the Delaware, or Lenape, claimed to be the progenitors of that numerous people, who once were masters of most of the eastern and northern states of America, of whom the community of the Mohicans was an ancient and highly honored member.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
15  To be delivered into the hands of Sir William Johnson was far preferable to being led into the wilds of Canada; but in order to effect even the former, it would be necessary to traverse the forest for many weary leagues, each step of which was carrying him further from the scene of the war, and, consequently, from the post, not only of honor, but of duty.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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16  Several of the chiefs had proposed deep and treacherous schemes to surprise the Delawares and, by gaining possession of their camp, to recover their prisoners by the same blow; for all agreed that their honor, their interests, and the peace and happiness of their dead countrymen, imperiously required them speedily to immolate some victims to their revenge.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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17  Major Heyward," said Munro, turning to his youthful associate with the dignity of his years and superior rank; "I should have served his majesty for half a century, and earned these gray hairs in vain, were I ignorant of all you say, and of the pressing nature of our circumstances; still, there is everything due to the honor of the king's arms, and something to ourselves.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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