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As if vegetation were not satisfied with a triumph so complete, the trees overhung the lake itself, shooting out towards the light; and there were miles along its eastern shore, where a boat might have pulled beneath the branches of dark Rembrandt-looking hemlocks, "quivering aspens," and melancholy pines.†
Chpt 2

melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
"Our Indians!" exclaimed the girl, laughing with a sort of melancholy merriment.†
Chpt 5 *
As if she gathered courage with the theme, her powers appeared to increase as she proceeded; and though nothing vulgar or noisy mingled in her melody, its strength and melancholy tenderness grew on the ear, until the air was filled with this simple homage of a soul that seemed almost spotless.†
Chpt 5
Deerslayer had hardly come to this determination, when the profound stillness of night and solitude was broken by a cry so startling, as to drive all recollection of the more melancholy call of the loon from the listener's mind.†
Chpt 6
The canoes were slowly drifting northward, the thoughtful stars were glimmering in their mild glory over his head, and the forest-bound sheet of water lay embedded between its mountains, as calm and melancholy as if never troubled by the winds, or brightened by a noonday sun.†
Chpt 6
By this time the piece was reloaded, and Deerslayer, after tossing the tomahawk into the canoe, advanced to his victim, and stood over him, leaning on his rifle, in melancholy attention.†
Chpt 7
Deerslayer read his thoughts; and he found a melancholy satisfaction in relieving the apprehensions of the helpless savage.†
Chpt 7
"His spirit has fled!" said Deerslayer, in a suppressed, melancholy voice.†
Chpt 7
When this duty was performed, the young man stood gazing at the grim countenance of his fallen foe, in a sort of melancholy abstraction.†
Chpt 7
To the surprise of Deerslayer, Judith seemed the most distressed, Hetty listening eagerly, but appearing to brood over the facts in melancholy silence, rather than betraying any outward signs of feeling.†
Chpt 8
As soon as her simple queries were answered—and answered they all were, in the fullest and kindest manner—she withdrew to her scat, and continued to work on a coarse garment that she was making for her father, sometimes humming a low melancholy air, and frequently sighing.†
Chpt 8
After a short and melancholy discussion, therefore, the sail was again set, and the Ark pursued its course towards its habitual moorings, Deerslayer silently felicitating himself on the recovery of the canoe, and brooding over his plans for the morrow.†
Chpt 10
Her face was oval, with delicate features, the teeth were even and white, while the mouth expressed a melancholy tenderness, as if it wore this peculiar meaning in intuitive perception of the fate of a being who was doomed from birth to endure a woman's sufferings, relieved by a woman's affections.†
Chpt 10
The conclusion of the treaty, therefore, left him melancholy and full of regret.†
Chpt 14
When the feelin' begins, the young woman is thoughtful, and has no eyes or ears onless for the warrior that has taken her fancy; then follows melancholy and sighing, and such sort of actions; after which, especially if matters don't come to plain discourse, she often flies round to back biting and fault finding, blaming the youth for the very things she likes best in him.†
Chpt 17
She then gazed near a minute at the sleeping captive, and moved slowly away in a sad and melancholy manner.†
Chpt 18
Then all the torches but one were extinguished—a measure of prudence; and the melancholy train that bore the body to the camp was just to be distinguished by the glimmering light that remained.†
Chpt 18
At that instant, the lake had not even a single ripple on its glassy surface, and the broad panorama of woods seemed to look down on the holy tranquillity of the hour and ceremony in melancholy stillness.†
Chpt 21
"Welcome—welcome, Deerslayer!" exclaimed the girl, as the canoes floated at each other's side; "we have had a melancholy—a frightful day—but your return is, at least, one misfortune the less!†
Chpt 22
If it was then glorious in the bright light of a summer's noon-tide, it was now sad and melancholy under the shadows of night.†
Chpt 23
By adopting this expedient, one to which all who are eager to arrive at results without encumbering themselves with details are so apt to resort, Judith made a rapid progress in these melancholy revelations of her mother's failing and punishment.†
Chpt 24
This gallant speech was rewarded with a sweet, though a melancholy smile; and then the girl again desired her companion to finish the examination of the chest.†
Chpt 24
"Which of these opinions is most pleasing to you, Deerslayer?" asked the girl, willing to indulge his melancholy mood, and far from being free from its influence herself.†
Chpt 25
The girl carried the Bible under her arm, and her face, over which a shadow of gentle melancholy was usually thrown, now seemed sad and downcast.†
Chpt 28
He now fully expected the end of his career, and experienced a sort of melancholy pleasure in the idea that he was to fall by a weapon as much beloved as the rifle.†
Chpt 29
The day that followed proved to be melancholy, though one of much activity.†
Chpt 32
Hour dragged on after hour until evening arrived, and then came the last melancholy offices in honor of poor Hetty Hutter.†
Chpt 32
Chingachgook and his friend left the spot with melancholy feelings.†
Chpt 32

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(1) (melancholy)
a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad
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