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1  Yes, yes, I have heard that a young gentleman of vast riches, from one of the provinces far south, has got the place.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4
2  At length she spoke, though her tones had lost their rich and calm fullness, in an expression of tenderness that seemed maternal.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 11
3  Her complexion was not brown, but it rather appeared charged with the color of the rich blood, that seemed ready to burst its bounds.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1
4  Seizing Cora by the rich tresses which fell in confusion about her form, he tore her from her frantic hold, and bowed her down with brutal violence to her knees.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
5  The maiden drew back in lofty womanly reserve, and her dark eye kindled, while the rich blood shot, like the passing brightness of the sun, into her very temples, at the indignity.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 30
6  They felt it might be a being partially benighted in the vale of ignorance, but it could not be one who would willingly devote his rich natural gifts to the purposes of wanton treachery.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
7  The open sympathy of the listeners stirred the spirit of the votary of music, whose voice regained its richness and volume, without losing that touching softness which proved its secret charm.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9
8  Since the period of our tale the active spirit of the country has surrounded it with a belt of rich and thriving settlements, though none but the hunter or the savage is ever known even now to penetrate its wild recesses.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 21
9  At times it rose to the fullest compass of the rich voices of the females, who hung over their little book in holy excitement, and again it sank so low, that the rushing of the waters ran through their melody, like a hollow accompaniment.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
10  His full rich voice was not found to suffer by a comparison with the soft tones of the girls; and his more modulated strains possessed, at least for the ears of those to whom they were peculiarly addressed, the additional power of intelligence.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 33
11  That while he tendered to Alice the gourd of sweet water, and the venison in a trencher, neatly carved from the knot of the pepperidge, with sufficient courtesy, in performing the same offices to her sister, his dark eye lingered on her rich, speaking countenance.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 6
12  The young soldier made a desperate but fruitless effort to spring to the side of Alice, when he saw the dark hand of a savage twisted in the rich tresses which were flowing in volumes over her shoulders, while a knife was passed around the head from which they fell, as if to denote the horrid manner in which it was about to be robbed of its beautiful ornament.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10
13  The rich ornaments of his military attire had indeed been repeatedly handled by different individuals of the tribes with eyes expressing a savage longing to possess the baubles; but before the customary violence could be resorted to, a mandate in the authoritative voice of the large warrior, already mentioned, stayed the uplifted hand, and convinced Heyward that they were to be reserved for some object of particular moment.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 10