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1  Then he described the nature and position of the mount whither he had led such captives as had fallen into their hands.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 24
2  Hawkeye spoke to him in Delaware, when the young chief took his position with singular caution and undisturbed coolness.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 7
3  The scout seemed willing to comply; but, in the hurry of the moment, and in the change of position, he had lost the direction.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14
4  "A Mingo is a Mingo, and God having made him so, neither the Mohawks nor any other tribe can alter him," he said, when he had regained his former position.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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5  Hawkeye threw his rifle across an arm and complied, but with an air so unmoved and calm, as to prove how much he counted on the security of their position.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
6  Placing it in a favorable position, he joined the females, who now found themselves alone with him for the first time since they had left the friendly ramparts of Fort Edward.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
7  The position of the latter brought the fire between them; and when Hawkeye had seated himself on end, near a minute elapsed, during which the two remained regarding each other without speaking.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 26
8  The most positive mandate from him who seemed the acknowledged leader, was liable to be violated at each moment by any rash hand that might choose to sacrifice a victim to the manes of some dead friend or relative.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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9  While the regular and trained hirelings of the king marched with haughtiness to the right of the line, the less pretending colonists took their humbler position on its left, with a docility that long practice had rendered easy.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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10  The Hurons, who would have deemed such a misfortune the heaviest calamity that could befall them, fell back in a body, taking a position where they were out of earshot, though at the same time they could command a view of the entrance to the lodge.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 26
11  The head of Chingachgook was resting on a hand, as he sat musing by himself but the moment he had heard the warning of the animal whose name he bore, he arose to an upright position, and his dark eyes glanced swiftly and keenly on every side of him.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
12  A ragged oak grew on the right bank of the river, nearly opposite to their position, which, seeking the freedom of the open space, had inclined so far forward that its upper branches overhung that arm of the stream which flowed nearest to its own shore.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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13  Cunningly resuming his former position, though with a change of hands, as if the movement had been made merely to relieve the limb, the native awaited the result with a calmness and fortitude that none but an Indian warrior would have known how to exercise.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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14  Within half an hour they gained the margin of another opening that bore all the signs of having been also made by the beavers, and which those sagacious animals had probably been induced, by some accident, to abandon, for the more eligible position they now occupied.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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15  "The Hurons, if they come, may not gain our position so easily as they think," he slowly muttered; and propping his head back against the rock, he seemed to await the result in patience, though his gaze was unceasingly bent on the open avenue to their place of retreat.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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16  He described the cataract of Glenn's; the impregnable position of its rocky island, with its caverns and its numerous rapids and whirlpools; he named the name of "La Longue Carabine," and paused until the forest beneath them had sent up the last echo of a loud and long yell, with which the hated appellation was received.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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17  Whenever the eyes of the wearied travelers rose from the decayed leaves over which they trod, his dark form was to be seen glancing among the stems of the trees in front, his head immovably fastened in a forward position, with the light plume on his crest fluttering in a current of air, made solely by the swiftness of his own motion.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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