The Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley ..., Band 2Harper & brothers, 1889 |
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Seite 78 - I have no more doubt than I have of my existence that it was yourself who made that uproar with the girl at the tavern where we lodged, though I could not but give you credit for your presence of mind in throwing it upon the clergyman. But whether the matter lies with you or him is of no consequence. You can take it upon you and lay up treasure in heaven.
Seite 167 - It wanted three chief elements to be successful. It wasn't thoroughly, that is, thick and thinly, loyal, it wasn't lively, and it had no particular opinions on any particular subject.
Seite 340 - I had a long walk in the woods, he talking all the time in the simplest and funniest and most interesting manner about all sorts of things that had happened in these tremendous years, but talking of them exactly as every-day people talk of every-day matters — without any affectation. The truth is, he is so entirely simple, so full of laissez-aller, that one is obliged to be saying to one's self all the time, This is the great Bismarck, the greatest living man, and one of the greatest historical...
Seite 271 - Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.