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William Gilmore Simms. Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
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CHAPTER I. — THE SCENE
CHAPTER II. — THE TRAVELLERS
CHAPTER III. — THE STRONG-MINDED WOMAN
CHAPTER IV. — SIMPLICITY AND THE SERPENT
CHAPTER V. — THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN
CHAPTER VI. — THE TOAD ON THE ALTAR
CHAPTER VII. — THE GOOD YOUNG MAN IN MEDITATION
CHAPTER VIII. — PAROCHIAL PERFORMANCES
CHAPTER IX. — HOW THE TOAD GRINS UPON THE ALTAR
CHAPTER X. — THE MOTHER'S GRIEFS
CHAPTER XI. — WRESTLING
CHAPTER XII. — THE MASTER AND HIS PUPILS
CHAPTER XIII. — THE HISTORY OF A FAILURE
CHAPTER XIV. — THE ENTHUSIAST
CHAPTER XV. — A CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER XVI. — SOUSING A GURNET
CHAPTER XVII. — PHILOSOPHY OP FIGHTING
CHAPTER XVIII. — TRAILING THE FOX. —
CHAPTER XIX. — THE DOOM
CHAPTER XX. — BLOWS—A CRISIS
CHAPTER XXI. — CHALLENGE
CHAPTER XXII. — FOOT TO FOOT
CHAPTER XXIII. — UNEXPECTED ISSUES
CHAPTER XXIV. — EXILE
CHAPTER XXV. — CONQUEST
CHAPTER XXVI. — FALL
CHAPTER XXVII. — THE BIRTH OF THE AGONY
CHAPTER XXVIII. — STRENGTH AFTER FALL
CHAPTER XXIX. — BULL-PUPS IN TRAINING
CHAPTER XXX. — THE FOX IN THE TRAP
CHAPTER XXXI. — “ABSQUATULATING.”
CHAPTER XXXII. — THE REVELATION
CHAPTER XXXIII. — STORM AND CONVULSION
CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE FATES FIND THE DAGGER AND THE BOWL
CHAPTER XXXV. — FOLDING THE ROBES ABOUT HER
CHAPTER XXXVI. — SUSPENSE AND AGONY
CHAPTER XXXVII. — SHAME AND DEATH—THE OATH
CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE PALL UPON THE COFFIN
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William Gilmore Simms
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I doubt that also,” was the reply. “See you not, uncle, that to nine or ten women there are but three lads? Where the disproportion is so great among the sexes, and where it is so unfavorable to the weaker, women never can be happy. Their whole lives will be lives of turmoil, jealousy, and pulling of caps. Nay, eyes shall not be secure under such circumstances; and Nan's fingers shall be in Doll's hair, and Doll's claws in Nanny's cheeks, whenever it shall so happen, that Tom Jenkins shall incline to Nan, or John Dobbins to Doll. Such a disparity between the sexes is one of the most fruitful causes of domestic war.”
“Warham, where do you think to go when you die?”
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