A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life, Teil 33 |
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... my rude attempt . I dare not flatter myself that any one will be led to accuse me
of further imitation of a deservedly popular writer . And with such brief salvo , I
make my humble curtsey . M. C. A NEW HOME . CHAPTER I. * * * * vi PRE FACE
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... my rude attempt . I dare not flatter myself that any one will be led to accuse me
of further imitation of a deservedly popular writer . And with such brief salvo , I
make my humble curtsey . M. C. A NEW HOME . CHAPTER I. * * * * vi PRE FACE
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... circumference all possible varieties of “ Muirs , and mosses , slaps and styles " .
I had just indulged in something like a yawn , and wished that I could see our
hotel . At the word , my com . panion's face assumed rather a comical expression
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... circumference all possible varieties of “ Muirs , and mosses , slaps and styles " .
I had just indulged in something like a yawn , and wished that I could see our
hotel . At the word , my com . panion's face assumed rather a comical expression
...
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panion's face assumed rather a comical expression , and I was preparing to
inquire somewhat testily what there was so laughable - I was getting tired and
cross , reader - when down came our good horse to the very chin in a bog - hole ,
green ...
panion's face assumed rather a comical expression , and I was preparing to
inquire somewhat testily what there was so laughable - I was getting tired and
cross , reader - when down came our good horse to the very chin in a bog - hole ,
green ...
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If I had not known it before , I should have been certain then , for his face was as
white as the wall and he trembled when he spoke in spite of his impudence . But I
could have bit off my own tongue when I tho't how imprudent I had been , and ...
If I had not known it before , I should have been certain then , for his face was as
white as the wall and he trembled when he spoke in spite of his impudence . But I
could have bit off my own tongue when I tho't how imprudent I had been , and ...
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There was every thing in his face at once . He seemed as if he would pitch head -
foremost out of the door when he started to go home - for Henry was his only
child . “ When he was gone , and my husband had got warm and recovered
himself ...
There was every thing in his face at once . He seemed as if he would pitch head -
foremost out of the door when he started to go home - for Henry was his only
child . “ When he was gone , and my husband had got warm and recovered
himself ...
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Seite 291 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Seite 78 - Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years: this we call education, which is, in effect, but an early custom.
Seite 152 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Seite 107 - It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived...
Seite 89 - Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a good life; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vile life. Now in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth me well; but in respect it is not in the court, it is tedious.
Seite 250 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Seite 181 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where...
Seite 133 - I COME, I come ! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountains with light and song, Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By the winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose stars in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves opening as I pass.
Seite 116 - The pen, and ink, and a sheet o' paper, and a wafer,' is no unusual request ; and when the pen is returned, you are generally informed, that you sent ' an awful bad pen.' " I have been frequently reminded of one of Johnson's humorous sketches. A man returning a broken wheel-barrow to a Quaker, with ' Here, I 've broke your rotten wheel-barrow, usin
Seite 116 - I wish you'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want to borrow it again this afternoon." The Quaker is made to reply, "Friend, it shall be done:" and I wish I possessed more of his spirit.