Rob of the Bowl: A Legend of St. Inigoe's. Vol. 1 (of 2)

No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But choked with sedges, works its weedy way; Along thy glades a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst th...

At the extremity of the cape or headland which formed the lower or more seaward point of the crescent-shaped harbour, was erected the Fort of St. Mary's, where it threatened equ...

"Of all seasons of the year, autumn is the most voluptuous, and October the loveliest of months. Then may a man sit at his door--in the sun if he choose, for he will not find it...

The day was drawing near to a close, and the Proprietary thoughtfully paced the hall. The wainscoted walls around him were hung with costly paintings, mingled, not untastefully,...

A small fire blazed on the hearth of the study and mingled its light with that of a silver cresset, which hung from the ceiling above a table furnished with writing materials an...

If we should wait till you, in solemn council With due deliberation had selected The smallest out of four and twenty evils, 'I faith we should wait long. Dash and through with i...

Anthony Warden had resided in Maryland for forty years before the period of this story. During the greater portion of this time he performed the duties of the Collector of the P...

The silk well could she twist and twine, And make the fine march-pine, And with the needle work: And she could help the priest to say His matins on a holiday And sing a psalm in...

Towards noon of the day on which the council held their session, a troop of maidens was seen issuing from the chapel. Their number might have been eight or ten. The orderly step...

The Crow and Archer presented a busy scene on the evening of the day referred to in the last chapter. A report had been lately spread through the country that the brig Olive Bra...

Pale lights on Cadez' rocks were seen, And midnight voices heard to moan, 'Twas even said the blasted oak, Convulsive heaved a hollow groan. And to this day the peasant still, W...

The shore of the Chesapeake between Cape St. Michael--as the northern headland at the mouth of Potomac was denominated by the early settlers--and the Patuxent, is generally flat...

Bell, my wife, she loves not strife, Yet she will lead me if she can; And oft, to live a quiet life, I'm forced to yield, though I'm goodman. It's not for a man a woman to threa...

The birth-day festival at the Rose Croft might be said appropriately to belong to the eminent dominion of the Lady Maria. It therefore lacked nothing of her zealous supervision....

Friend to the sea, and foeman sworn To all that on her waves are borne, When falls a mate in battle broil His comrade heirs his portioned spoil-- Chalice and plate from churches...

"Who be these, sir?" "Fellows to mount a bank. Did your instructer In the dear tongues never discourse to you Of the Italian mountebanks?" "Yes, sir." "Why here you shall see on...

The Skipper's necessary affairs in the port engaged him all the day succeeding that of his interview with father Pierre, and therefore prevented him from making his intended vis...

Chapter--Slick's Letter--1. The Trotting Horse--2. The Clockmaker--3. The Silent Girls--4. Conversations at the River Philip--5. Justice Pettifog--6. Anecdotes--7. Go Ahead--8....

Credit in England--4. Of Credit in the United States--5. Insecurity of Property and its Effects: England, France, United States--6. Friction: England, France, Scotland, United S...