Forest Life, Band 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 484 Seiten |
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... desire to pick a quarrel , which Seymour was determined to avoid if possible , though his Western blood had been stirred not a little , by the Newyorker's impertinent air . Before he reached Mr. Hay's , however , Avenard was again at ...
... desire to pick a quarrel , which Seymour was determined to avoid if possible , though his Western blood had been stirred not a little , by the Newyorker's impertinent air . Before he reached Mr. Hay's , however , Avenard was again at ...
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... desire as a companion in business . Now , if thou wilt go with us to town , I will make thee such proposals as cannot but prove very advanta- geous to thy worldly interests , and such as will probably fix thee in the city permanently ...
... desire as a companion in business . Now , if thou wilt go with us to town , I will make thee such proposals as cannot but prove very advanta- geous to thy worldly interests , and such as will probably fix thee in the city permanently ...
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... desire to have thee with me . " Seymour gratefully acknowledged Mr. Thurs- ton's generous kindness , and , Mr. Hay coming in at the moment , the proposition was submitted for his judgment . " You would probably live and die a richer man ...
... desire to have thee with me . " Seymour gratefully acknowledged Mr. Thurs- ton's generous kindness , and , Mr. Hay coming in at the moment , the proposition was submitted for his judgment . " You would probably live and die a richer man ...
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... desire I feel to have an opportunity of advancing the interest of my friends and neighbors in the legislature would in- duce me to submit to it . " Somebody groaned , " Oh , Tim , that's tough ! " " Yes , gentlemen ! as you observe , it ...
... desire I feel to have an opportunity of advancing the interest of my friends and neighbors in the legislature would in- duce me to submit to it . " Somebody groaned , " Oh , Tim , that's tough ! " " Yes , gentlemen ! as you observe , it ...
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... desire to mingle again with my fellow - men ; to seek in company the solace which my own fire- side now denied me . I found my friends kindly anxious to aid my return to cheerfulness and hope , but a new difficulty soon presented itself ...
... desire to mingle again with my fellow - men ; to seek in company the solace which my own fire- side now denied me . I found my friends kindly anxious to aid my return to cheerfulness and hope , but a new difficulty soon presented itself ...
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ague amusement Aunty Parshalls Avenard B. F. Bugard body called Candace Caroline Charlotte charms comfort declared dish-kettle dress Edinburgh Review effort Ellingham's engravings eyes Fairy fancy father favor fear feel felt fire Florella French Grammar French Language French Practical girl give griddles habits hand happy Hay's heart horse Keery kind labor lady laugh least letters Lewis Arden little Alfred lived look mind Miss Duncan Miss Hay Mons morning mother nature neighbor neighborhood never Newton Grange obliged one's PALMYRA perhaps person pleasure poor Practical Translator quiet quilt round rustic scarcely seemed Seymour shades Sibthorpe Sibthorpe's SIR WALTER SCOTT sleighing spirits sugar sure sympathy tee-totallers tell thing thought Thurston Tim Rice tion turn uncle volume WAVERLEY NOVELS wife wild William Beamer wish woman woods word young
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Seite 226 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Seite 183 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Seite 114 - I've all sorts o' notions — powder and shot, (but I s'pose you do all your shootin' at home), but may be your old man goes a gunnin' — I shan't offer you lucifers, for ladies with sich eyes never buys matches, — but you can't ask me for any thing I haven't got, I guess." While I was considering my wants, one of the men must try a fall with this professed wit. "Any goose-yokes, mister?" said he. "I'm afraid I've sold the last, sir; there is so many wanted in this section of the country. But...
Seite 22 - THE ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM. HERE are old trees, tall oaks and gnarled pines, That stream with gray-green mosses ; here the ground Was never trenched by spade, and flowers spring up Unsown, and die ungathered. It is sweet To linger here, among the flitting birds And leaping squirrels, wandering brooks, and winds That shake the leaves, and scatter, as they pass, A fragrance from the cedars, thickly set With pale blue berries.
Seite 115 - Fit you like a whistle, sir," said the pedlar, fumbling among his wares, and at length drawing forth a pair of candle moulds, much to the amusement of the bystanders. The rain which had begun to fall now cut short our conference. I bought a few trifles, and the pedlar received his pay with a bow which was almost a salaam. Mounting his blue hearse, he drove off in triumph, not minding the rain, from which he was completely sheltered by a screen of boughs fitted in the sides of his wagon, and meeting...
Seite 35 - I DID but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes, and dogs...