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1  Here he stood unnoted, though keenly observant himself, until one of the chiefs apprised the latter of his presence.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 30
2  At this moment, Heyward observed that the scout loosened his knife in its sheath, and lowered the muzzle of his rifle.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
3  During one of these conferences Heyward observed that Uncas stood a patient and silent, though, as he imagined, an interested listener.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 21
4  The young man observed the precaution; and the scout, laying a board from the ruins to the canoe, made a sign for the two officers to enter.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 20
5  Duncan observed with uneasiness, that the scout began to look anxiously about him, as if searching for some further means of assisting their flight.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 20
6  As soon as the usual ceremonials of a military departure were observed, the veteran and his more youthful companion left the fortress, attended by the escort.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16
7  David nodded, as much to signify his acquiescence with the terms; and then Hawkeye, casting another observant glance over his followers made the signal to proceed.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 32
8  The melancholy air, the hour, together with the vast frame of the man who thus leaned, musing, against the English ramparts, left no doubt as to his person in the mind of the observant spectator.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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9  He observed by the vacant expression of the Indian's countenance, that his eye, accustomed to the open air had not yet been able to penetrate the dusky light which pervaded the depth of the cavern.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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10  But so soon as they were observed the whole of the juvenile pack raised, by common consent, a shrill and warning whoop; and then sank, as it were, by magic, from before the sight of their visitors.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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11  "Il est necessaire d'etre vigilant, mon enfant," the other observed, dropping a fold of his cloak, and looking the soldier close in the face as he passed him, still continuing his way toward the British fortification.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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12  So soon as their visitor had passed, the observant warriors fell back from the entrance, and arranging themselves about him, they seemed patiently to await the moment when it might comport with the dignity of the stranger to speak.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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13  While in view of their admiring comrades, the same proud front and ordered array was observed, until the notes of their fifes growing fainter in distance, the forest at length appeared to swallow up the living mass which had slowly entered its bosom.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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14  Notwithstanding the position of the Huron, he passed the observant and silent Magua without notice, and leaning on his two venerable supporters proceeded to the high place of the multitude, where he seated himself in the center of his nation, with the dignity of a monarch and the air of a father.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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15  The sullen soldiers shouldered their empty tubes and fell into their places, like men whose blood had been heated by the past contest, and who only desired the opportunity to revenge an indignity which was still wounding to their pride, concealed as it was under the observances of military etiquette.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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16  An order very similar to that adopted in the preceding interview was observed; the aged and superior chiefs occupying the area of the spacious apartment, within the powerful light of a glaring torch, while their juniors and inferiors were arranged in the background, presenting a dark outline of swarthy and marked visages.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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17  This sign, intended for those that might follow, was observed by one of her conductors, who restored the glove, broke the remaining branches of the bush in such a manner that it appeared to proceed from the struggling of some beast in its branches, and then laid his hand on his tomahawk, with a look so significant, that it put an effectual end to these stolen memorials of their passage.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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