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
the old gentleman thus addressed them [gentlemen]
hastily walked the room in much visible agony of mind, [vissible]
From them you will be enabled to obtain information [enable]
In them we can place the utmost confidence. [In // In at page break]
I will call at your father's [you]
He arose after a sleepless night [nights]
"Your perverseness, Melissa
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ascended in pyramidical columns to the zenith [columns the zenith]
which widening, more rapidly advanced [nore]
he betook himself to the forest for shelter [be betook]
he set out to return [he sat out]
he slowly recovered, but [recov-/ed at line break]
Omnipotent Controller of vicissitudes! [Controler]
Omniscient dispenser of destinies! [dipenser]
where every object would be shrouded in crape [he shrouded]
Neither did he enquire into Alonzo's prospects [Oeither]
now smooth as polished glass [snooth]
the woe-worn head of fortune's fugitive [woe-worm]
One day she had been with my sister at my father's
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frequently would he burst into tears [frequntly]
for mercy and forgiveness [forgivness]
he had made an opening large enough [on]
no person was therein except the gentleman and servant [therin]
he either suspected, or really discovered [on really]
All the tender powers of Alonzo's soul [Alonzon's]
informed Edgar of all that had happened [hapened]
Melissa's sudden and unaccountable removal [Melissa]
Vain and presumptuous assurance [presumptous]
perhaps you will consider it enthusiasm [peahaps]
How ready you gentlemen are, replied Melissa [gentleman]
one brother and two sisters, of which my uncle [or which]
My aunt knew you [know]
Alonzo found by this narrative that [narative]
Alonzo then gave Melissa a minute account [Mellissa]
they were not prepared to undeceive her father [undecieve]
his crops had yielded but a scanty supply [crobs had yeilded]
The sun blended its mild lustre [blendid]
the spring birds carolled in varying strains [carroled]
they put off among the Americans for live stock [American's]
thinnest scarlet tiffany [thinest]
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