WOODS in Classic Quotes

1  We drove the Maquas into the woods with the bears.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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2  The vast canopy of woods spread itself to the margin of the river, overhanging the water, and shadowing its dark current with a deeper hue.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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3  A young man, in the dress of an officer, conducted to their steeds two females, who, as it was apparent by their dresses, were prepared to encounter the fatigues of a journey in the woods.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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4  The young man smiled to himself, for he believed he had mistaken some shining berry of the woods for the glistening eyeballs of a prowling savage, and he rode forward, continuing the conversation which had been interrupted by the passing thought.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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5  While one of these loiterers showed the red skin and wild accouterments of a native of the woods, the other exhibited, through the mask of his rude and nearly savage equipments, the brighter, though sun-burned and long-faced complexion of one who might claim descent from a European parentage.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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6  According to the orders of the preceding night, the heavy sleep of the army was broken by the rolling of the warning drums, whose rattling echoes were heard issuing, on the damp morning air, out of every vista of the woods, just as day began to draw the shaggy outlines of some tall pines of the vicinity, on the opening brightness of a soft and cloudless eastern sky.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
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