The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

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to somne of thie o0st A:)orious of its a,;tt5is, alnd
thlcere is Muct reah., rmsoin to believe thiat it is tlhe one
tllunpardotnatble it) ntred in the 0holy) gosttels."
(I 1tw not n ltat you thave authorit'ty foir( believitg it to be the heavy 0enormit tlhat you melntion,
C(oloincl Ioward,' said Miss i)unseoinbel, anticip)atingl t}et s:Mitirited reply of loKathettrine, and t i litt
to avert itt she h}esitatet d at instant, and t}he.1., drawin"g a heavy, shiverinr si-i, shie contituedl in a
voice that grew1s softetr as she spoke "r.'tifs indeed
ta ctrintet of' magnitudte., and one that thlrox\s 5tihe
onltmonl lackslidings otf oour tlives, speaki: ('..omp)arisoln, into the sunshline of his havour. AtMany
there't are, wh'o sever tlle de.are.st ties of this li:fei
ty inadlr irttshinll into its sinfult vorte. x; ftt' lI fain
think tie heart grows hiard with the sighlt of lhl:.n-I mu-, calamity, -and becomes callous to the miseries
its In nlt' inflicts; especially whlirec wte tact thil
wttso}gst' on 0tIu' own hkith and kin, tre:artdless -ho
-o)r -how mattny that are (lear to us suflia' by our evil
(ce(eIs,. It is: besides, Colonel I.lowart, a ({angei'onl.s ten-ptation, to one little practised in t{he
gi-cat A\orld, to filltd hiselft sd1ttenl(ty ttevated into
the seat oia f I po'er; and if' it do not letad to the
t': emiission of' great crimes, it surely preptare- s tlhe
9va.' t{o it, by htardening the he art.'"." J tear you patiently, Ml iss Alice,)' said Kat hetine, (dancing: hert little fbot, in) alfecte( ctootness,
fi yo,t ne.iti tl k ntow off whom nor to who)0-l xtou
sptcA. litt Colonel Itowa-ird,has ntot that apol:ogy.
Pea)ce, (Cecilia, fIbr I must speak! Believe them
iot, dearI, girl thlere i1s not a \wet Iatir on their
heads. t(ot yot, t Cot lonel Itoward, who must recollect that tihe sister's soin otf tile. lothels of both
yourt niece a-nd myself is on hioarid that frtiiate
there is arn alpp(earance of cruclty in usingt suclt l:ttpligC