Alonzo and Melissa; Or, The Unfeeling Father: An American TaleMitchell, I. (Isaac)
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Alonzo and Melissa; Or, The Unfeeling Father: An American Tale
Mitchell, I. (Isaac)
Gothic fiction; Love stories; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction
1811ff It appeared to be of equal force and dimensions
the ship went down and was for ever buried
1870 the ship went down and was buried
as there existed no parental or other impediments to our union
1811ff as there were no ...
the friend and intimate of my angel in my absence. They were now
almost every day together, so that I had frequently opportunities
1811ff the friend and inmate ...
1851/70 ... frequent opportunities
promised to obey her injunctions
1811ff proceeded
1870 injunction
No, it was not this that caused you to perjure your plighted vows
1811ff No, it was not that which ...
I had worked up my feelings almost to the frenzy of distraction
1870 I worked up my feelings ...
gently pressed in the hand of the stranger
1870 ... in the hands of the stranger
a little arbour, at a few yards distant from where I was
1811ff a little arbour, a few ...
1851/70 ... where I sat
"I forgive you, Henry," she said, "I forgive your mistake,"
1851 "I forgive you," Henry, she said, "forgive your mistake"
I made no defence; was condemned to death
1851/70 defence; and was
frequently enter the prison to console and comfort him
[here alone, the 1804 form is "console" rather than "consolate"]
But the grief that preyed at his heart had wasted him to a skeleton
1851/70 ... to a mere skeleton
trusting in the mercy of his Creator through the merits of a Redeemer
1811ff ... the sufferings of a Redeemer
were loose and could easily be removed
1851/70 were loose and could be easily removed
every article of which he cut into narrow strips
1811 ... narrow slips
a piece of long timber
1811ff a long piece of timber
as useless encumbrances without his clothes
1811ff as a useless encumbrance ...
You must have experienced a severe gale indeed
1870 You have experienced ...
The sailor mused a few minutes
1870 The sailor mused for a few minutes
Alonzo entered it to see how the sick and disabled American prisoners
were treated
1811ff ... and disabled prisoners were treated
[FOOTNOTE]
were treated with much more humanity than those who were imprisoned
in America
1870 ... imprisoned at Halifax and other places in America
he now found that he had lost his leg
1870 he now discovered ...
it is possible I have been undesigningly accessory
1811ff ... undesignedly accessory
to render him more comfortable. Beauman replied that he was not: "For
the comforts of life," said he
1870 to make him more
1811ff the comforts of this life
1811 replied he
he would fall into incoherent mutterings
1851/70 ... muttering
a natural stone was placed at its head
1870 ... at his head
bearing a large trunk on his shoulder, and directing Alonzo
1811ff ... and directed Alonzo
not with a view to returning to America; he had yet no relish for
revisiting
1811ff of returning
1870 ...
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