Atala; or, The amours of two savages in the desert. Transl |
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affection affliction afterwards aged amid anchorite ancient Apala arms Atala behold beloved beneath birds blooming bosom branches calabash cataract Chactas Christian clouds couch cried crucifix damsel dear child descended desert divine dost thou earth eternal exclaimed eyes father Aubry feet fire flames flower forest funeral Genie Genii grief grotto Grove of Death Gulf of Mexico hand happiness head heart heaven hermit Indian infant knees light lips maghan melancholy misfortunes missionary Mississippi moss mother mountain Muscogulges Natchez nature never night Outalissi passions pines placed priest prisoner prisoners of war racter religion remains René replied repose resounded river rivulet rock rose Sachems sacrifice Saint Augustine savage savannah secret sister smile solitude soon soul Spirit streams tears tempest tender thee thou art thou hast tomb torrents trees virgin virtue voice wandered warrior wild woman woods words young young savage youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 138 - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Pàgina 103 - My sixteenth year was but just begun when I lost my mother. A few hours before her death she called me to her bed-side.
Pàgina 71 - I never washed my father's feet," said Atala, " I only know that he lived with his sister at Saint Augustine, and that he has always been faithful to my mother. Philip was his name among the angels, and men called him Lopez.
Pàgina 2 - River, whpse waters flow on to seas then unknown; the river Bourbon, which runs from south to north into Hudson Bay; and the Mississippi, whose waters fall from north to south into the Gulf of Mexico. The last-named river, in its course of more than a thousand leagues, waters a delicious country called by the inhabitants of the United States the New Eden, to which the French left the pretty appellation of Louisiana. A thousand other rivers, tributaries of the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Illinois....
Pàgina 76 - Young man," answered the hermit, "have I asked thee of thy religion? Has Jesus Christ said, my blood shall wash this one, and not that? He died for the Jew and for the Gentile; and he looked upon all men as brethren, and as dependent beings.
Pàgina 1 - France formerly possessed, in North America, a vast empire, which extended from Labrador to the Floridas, and from the shores of the Atlantic to the remotest lakes of Upper Canada.
Pàgina 125 - God and about the happiness of the just. With the torch of religion in his hand, he seemed to precede Atala in the...
Pàgina xv - Jltala: the subject is not altogether of my invention ; it is certain that there was a Savage at the galleys and at the court of Louis XIV. ; it is certain that a French missionary has done things which I have related, it is certain that I found Savages in the forests of America carrying the bones of their ancestors, and a young mother exposing the body of her infant on the branches of a tree. Some other circumstances are also true ; but as they are not of general interest, I am excused from speaking...
Pàgina 111 - ... God, who soothes all the afflictions of his servants. If, as I hope, it is his will, that you shall escape this sickness, I will write to the Bishop of Quebec ; he has the authority necessary to absolve you from your vows, which are only simple vows; and you will end your days near me, with Chactas as your husband.' 'At these words of the old man, Atala was seized with a prolonged convulsion, during which every symptom evinced a frightful anguish. 'What! said she passionately clasping her hands...