Autumn Hours and Fireside ReadingCharles Scribner, 1854 - 311 páginas |
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... wise people reproach us with all this ; they say , what we cannot deny , that we should have been much more comfortable at home ; that our own houses are more comfortable than hotels , our own beds than steamboat berths , our own ...
... wise people reproach us with all this ; they say , what we cannot deny , that we should have been much more comfortable at home ; that our own houses are more comfortable than hotels , our own beds than steamboat berths , our own ...
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... wise shake their heads , and congratulate them- selves upon being comfortable at home . The money that is expended in this summer change , is a prominent objection with most of those who condemn it . They speak as if they , or any of us ...
... wise shake their heads , and congratulate them- selves upon being comfortable at home . The money that is expended in this summer change , is a prominent objection with most of those who condemn it . They speak as if they , or any of us ...
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... wise , here ; and entertain virtuous and highly commendable sentiments at small cost , since our temptations are few . Suppose we give the world the advantage of these by the aid of our friend's pen . " Miss Berry would not own that she ...
... wise , here ; and entertain virtuous and highly commendable sentiments at small cost , since our temptations are few . Suppose we give the world the advantage of these by the aid of our friend's pen . " Miss Berry would not own that she ...
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... wise as they think ; as many need a fillip to their vanity , as there are that would be the bet- ter for an extinguisher on their conceit . The standard of writing would be instantly raised , if the stores of wit and wis- dom , love and ...
... wise as they think ; as many need a fillip to their vanity , as there are that would be the bet- ter for an extinguisher on their conceit . The standard of writing would be instantly raised , if the stores of wit and wis- dom , love and ...
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... wise housewifely expedients ! Time flew faster than ever , and such sharp appetites were earned , that Mr. Ingoldsby ob- served he feared it would prove but a poor speculation for Mrs. Torbet , after all . THE ISLAND . a ; The first day ...
... wise housewifely expedients ! Time flew faster than ever , and such sharp appetites were earned , that Mr. Ingoldsby ob- served he feared it would prove but a poor speculation for Mrs. Torbet , after all . THE ISLAND . a ; The first day ...
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admiration Aldis Amos Lawrence amusement Ashmore Aunt Susan Austin beauty body brought called chapter character charm comfortable dare dear delicate delight Dibble dinner dress Dudley duties dyspepsia Egeria elegant Ellis's Enfield excitement eyes face fancy fashionable father fear feel felt friends gave George Fountain girl give grace habits happy heart Henry Ellis honor hope human husband imagination indulgence John Katherine Katherine's kind knew ladies light live look marriage Marston Mary mind Miss Berry Miss Grove Miss Ingoldsby morning mother nature never object Ode to Duty once ourselves party perhaps Piercefield Piers Ploughman pleasure poor quiet racter scene seemed Sir Henry Clinton sister soon soul spirit summer sure sweet sympathy taste tender thing thought tion Titmouse truth uncon Whipple whole wife wife's wise woman women wonder young
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Página 144 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth: Glad hearts! without reproach or blot, Who do thy work, and know it not: Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail, thy saving arms, dread Power!
Página 43 - Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities Where most may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home...
Página 230 - All the sweetness of beauty, all the loveliness of innocence, all the tenderness of a wife and all the fondness of a mother showed themselves in her appearance and conduct.
Página 160 - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Página 222 - ... with gore from a dreadful wound across the temple. I put my hand on the bloody face; 'twas warm; and an unknown voice begged for water. A small camp-kettle was lying near, and a stream of water was close by.
Página 144 - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
Página 228 - The Marquis De Chastellux, who was in Philadelphia while these efforts were in progress, was delighted with the event. In describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, " We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work, lately finished by the ladies of Philadelphia. This work consisted neither...
Página 79 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Página 222 - how came you here ?' "'Oh, I thought, 'replied I, 'you would need nurses as well as soldiers.
Página 223 - I believe you,' said Frank. Just then I looked up, and my husband, as bloody as a butcher, and as muddy as a ditcher,* stood before me. " ' Why, Mary ! ' he exclaimed, ' "What are you doing there ? Hugging Frank Cogdell, the greatest reprobate in the army?' " 'I dont care,' I cried. ' Frank is a brave fellow, a good soldier, and a true friend to Congress.