A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life, Teil 33C. S. Francis, 1840 - 337 Seiten |
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... talk for all day . The old gentlemen were much pleased with certain sta- tistical accounts furnished them by the trader , whom they decided on the whole to be a very sensible fellow and when they reached once more the chosen spot , they ...
... talk for all day . The old gentlemen were much pleased with certain sta- tistical accounts furnished them by the trader , whom they decided on the whole to be a very sensible fellow and when they reached once more the chosen spot , they ...
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... talk with such cheering observations as he could muster . He had found lodgings , he said , in a farm- house , not far from us , and his son's house would , ere long , be completed , when we should be quite near neighbors . I saw tears ...
... talk with such cheering observations as he could muster . He had found lodgings , he said , in a farm- house , not far from us , and his son's house would , ere long , be completed , when we should be quite near neighbors . I saw tears ...
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... talk followed the refreshments . I re- turned home highly delighted , and tried to per- suade my companion to look on the rational side of the thing , which she scarcely seemed dis- posed to do , so outré did the whole appear to her . I ...
... talk followed the refreshments . I re- turned home highly delighted , and tried to per- suade my companion to look on the rational side of the thing , which she scarcely seemed dis- posed to do , so outré did the whole appear to her . I ...
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... talk over road business , for Philo is much sought when " the public " has any work to do , or school - business , for that being very troublesome , and quite de- void of profit , is often conferred upon Philo , Mrs. Doubleday makes ...
... talk over road business , for Philo is much sought when " the public " has any work to do , or school - business , for that being very troublesome , and quite de- void of profit , is often conferred upon Philo , Mrs. Doubleday makes ...
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... talk echoed through the trees , and presently out came a young lady in a demi - suisse costume ; her dark hair closely braided and tied with ribbons , and the pockets of her rustic apron full of mosses and wild flowers . With the air ...
... talk echoed through the trees , and presently out came a young lady in a demi - suisse costume ; her dark hair closely braided and tied with ribbons , and the pockets of her rustic apron full of mosses and wild flowers . With the air ...
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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...