Hair breadth escapes vivid tale from frontier Virginia
An aged narrator recalls a 1805 Virginia frontier ordeal. A lone settler houses his wife, days of threat with Indians, a decoy bell, one shot that kills five attackers, pursuit to the river, and a final life saved by a lone powder charge. The account also mentions uncanny apparitions and other tales of survival and fate.
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Virginia
Falls
Kanawah
Thad
Crem
Leonlt
Miscellaneous Prose Tidbits and Quips from an Old Gazette
A scattered compilation of travel quips, social maxims, odd questions, and aphorisms. It includes observations on Africa travel, dialect humor, weathered wisdom about aging and love, and assorted snippets on health, food, manners, and language.
Fragmented reminiscence on General Jackson amid ladies and slaves
A garbled reminiscence recalls General Jackson being seated between two ladies and feeling like a slave in a hogshead of molasses, surrounded by hoops, describing a discomforting comparison from a past event.
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Jackson
Notorious Marchioness Brinvillers Faces Confession Omission
While ascending the scaffold the Marchioness de Brinvillers told a friend she feared omitting a confession that she had poisoned her father. She considered it a trifling omission she wished to rectify.
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Marchioness de Brinvillers
Bad Pen Sparks Witty Exchange On Honor
A friend quotes a phrase about an "honest man" on a man Jerrold knows. Jerrold retorts that if the pen wrote such a face, it must be a very bad pen. The exchange reflects sharp wit and skepticism about outward honesty.
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Jerrold
Jerrolt
Lovers Find Moonlit Marriage Is Not Enough
A fragment notes that lovers soon learn marriage cannot sustain their romance when longing for endless moonlit walks fades. The text hints at shifting desires and the practical limits of passion in long-term relationships.
Fragmentary obituary note on a grandmother’s death
A damaged fragment shows a narrator reacting to the death of a grandmother. The terse lines describe shock and tremor in the reader’s nature as the venerable elder dies amid nature's damp, mortal struggle.
Fragmentary reminiscence evokes a troubled voyage
A hazy recollection links Stolier and a sailor in dire straits as a figure clings to memory. A mother’s whispered name and pious lessons surface amid the roving life, hinting at devotion and duty in a strained narrative.
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Stolier
Moster
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Pat
Ike
Mike
Judge R
Wall Street
Shure
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Mr. P
Judson
Madame Judson
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Wrentown
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Wilkins
Thompson
Atlanta
Hoss
Fromm
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Ueville
Tenn
City of
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Iig
Milton
Beott
Byron
Mina
Bibbs
Buggins
Partington
Yoniarle
Isaac
Beecher
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