A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life, Teil 33C. S. Francis, 1840 - 337 Seiten |
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... passed through the formidable gulf were proof positive that it might be forded . I in- sisted with all a woman's obstinacy that I could not and would not make the attempt , and alighted accordingly , and tried to find a path on one side ...
... passed through the formidable gulf were proof positive that it might be forded . I in- sisted with all a woman's obstinacy that I could not and would not make the attempt , and alighted accordingly , and tried to find a path on one side ...
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... passed in a wretched inn , deep in the " timbered land " as all woods are called in Michigan - was not without its terrors , owing to the horrible drunkenness of the master of the house , whose wife and children were in constant fear of ...
... passed in a wretched inn , deep in the " timbered land " as all woods are called in Michigan - was not without its terrors , owing to the horrible drunkenness of the master of the house , whose wife and children were in constant fear of ...
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... passed in viewing and reviewing the village site and the " Mill privilege , " under the condescending guidance of a regular land spec- ulator , into whose clutches - but I anticipate . The public square , the water lots , the value per ...
... passed in viewing and reviewing the village site and the " Mill privilege , " under the condescending guidance of a regular land spec- ulator , into whose clutches - but I anticipate . The public square , the water lots , the value per ...
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... passed another night at the log hut which had first received them , and leaving with the poor couple who inhabited it , what cheered their lonely dwelling for many a day , they re- turned to Detroit . Our friends considered the offers ...
... passed another night at the log hut which had first received them , and leaving with the poor couple who inhabited it , what cheered their lonely dwelling for many a day , they re- turned to Detroit . Our friends considered the offers ...
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... better , so con- stantly proved his words by passing the most frightful inequalities ( Michiganicé " sidlings " ) in safety , that we soon became more confident , and ventured to think of something else besides the ruts 64 A NEW HOME ,
... better , so con- stantly proved his words by passing the most frightful inequalities ( Michiganicé " sidlings " ) in safety , that we soon became more confident , and ventured to think of something else besides the ruts 64 A NEW HOME ,
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Agnes ague Almanzor asked baby beautiful Beckworth began bread Brent Bugard called Cathcart CHAPTER charming Clavers comfort Cora course Danforth delicate dinner door Doubleday dress Everard eyes fair feel felt floor Flyter fortunate French French Grammar French Language friends girl green green tea hand heard Henry honor horse hour husband Ianthe Jenkins Jennings jist knew least length live log-house long Sam looked looking-glass marsh Mazard Metastasio Michigan miles Miss Fidler Montacute Montacute House morning mother Muggles neighbors never night Nippers numbers occasion once Philo poor Practical Translator pretty Rivers scarcely seemed settlers Shafton side soon sort spirit stood sure talk tell thing thought Tinkerville tion Titmouse told took turned uncon village walk wife wild window woman woods word young lady
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Seite 309 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Seite 163 - 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 260 - Are not the mountains, waves, and skies, a part Of me and of my soul, as I of them ? Is not the love of these deep in my heart With a pure passion?
Seite 98 - 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 117 - 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 193 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where...
Seite 143 - 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 9 - Wave not less proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. Oh, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the flight of untold centuries, The freshness of her far beginning lies, And yet shall lie.
Seite 157 - Nature ! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life ? And dwells in day-light truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may...
Seite 124 - 'cause you've got plenty," is conclusive as to sharing with your neighbors. Whoever comes into Michigan with nothing, will be sure to better his condition; but woe to him that brings with him any thing like an appearance of abundance, whether of money or mere household conveniences. To have them, and not be willing to share them in some sort with the whole community, is an unpardonable crime. You must lend your best horse to qui que ce...