A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life, Teil 33C. S. Francis, 1840 - 337 Seiten |
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... took more commonly the form of city - building ; but there were a few who contented themselves with planning villages , on the banks of streams which certainly never could be expected to bear navies , but which might yet be turned to ...
... took more commonly the form of city - building ; but there were a few who contented themselves with planning villages , on the banks of streams which certainly never could be expected to bear navies , but which might yet be turned to ...
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... took himself off by the way he came , declining any compensation with a most polite " rien , rien ! " This instance of true and genuine and generous politeness I record for the benefit of all bearskin caps , leath- ern jerkins and ...
... took himself off by the way he came , declining any compensation with a most polite " rien , rien ! " This instance of true and genuine and generous politeness I record for the benefit of all bearskin caps , leath- ern jerkins and ...
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... took the comb and went through the same exercise , and both scattered the loose hairs on the floor with a coolness that made me shudder when I thought of my dinner , which had become , by means of the morning's ramble , a 28 A NEW HOME ,
... took the comb and went through the same exercise , and both scattered the loose hairs on the floor with a coolness that made me shudder when I thought of my dinner , which had become , by means of the morning's ramble , a 28 A NEW HOME ,
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... took their appropriate stations , and a dish of cold fried pork was brought out from some recess , heated and re - dished , when Miss Irene proceeded to blow the horn . The sound seemed almost as magical in its effects as the whistle of ...
... took their appropriate stations , and a dish of cold fried pork was brought out from some recess , heated and re - dished , when Miss Irene proceeded to blow the horn . The sound seemed almost as magical in its effects as the whistle of ...
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... took me and did for me as if I had been his own ; sent me to school and all . His wife was a real mother to me . She was a weakly woman , hardly ever able to sit up all day . I don't believe she ever spun a hank of yarn in her life ...
... took me and did for me as if I had been his own ; sent me to school and all . His wife was a real mother to me . She was a weakly woman , hardly ever able to sit up all day . I don't believe she ever spun a hank of yarn in her life ...
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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...