A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western LifeC. S. Francis, 1839 - 337 páginas |
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... favoured spot . “ The madness of the people " in those days of golden dreams 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 cer ...
... favoured spot . “ The madness of the people " in those days of golden dreams 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 cer ...
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... favour , I take it as a favour ; and , this point once conceded , all goes well . Perhaps I have been peculiarly fortunate ; but certainly with one or two exceptions , I have little or nothing to com- plain of on this essential point of ...
... favour , I take it as a favour ; and , this point once conceded , all goes well . Perhaps I have been peculiarly fortunate ; but certainly with one or two exceptions , I have little or nothing to com- plain of on this essential point of ...
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... favoured spot ; but I have since learned that a plane , a chisel , and two dollars a day make a carpenter in Michigan . Mill - wrights too are remarkably abundant ; but I have never been able to discover any essential differ- ence ...
... favoured spot ; but I have since learned that a plane , a chisel , and two dollars a day make a carpenter in Michigan . Mill - wrights too are remarkably abundant ; but I have never been able to discover any essential differ- ence ...
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... favoured land . I can at this moment call to mind , several among our ten - mile neighbours , who can boast University honours , either European or American , and who are reading men , even now . Yet one might pass any one of these ...
... favoured land . I can at this moment call to mind , several among our ten - mile neighbours , who can boast University honours , either European or American , and who are reading men , even now . Yet one might pass any one of these ...
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... favour of this wild life . " She smiled faintly , and tried not to look miserable , but I saw plainly that she was sadly depressed , and I could not feel surprised that she should be so . Mr. Rivers spoke very kindly to her , and filled ...
... favour of this wild life . " She smiled faintly , and tried not to look miserable , but I saw plainly that she was sadly depressed , and I could not feel surprised that she should be so . Mr. Rivers spoke very kindly to her , and filled ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Agnes ague Almanzor asked baby beautiful Beckworth began bread Brent called Cathcart CHAPTER charming Clavers comfort Cora course Danforth delicate door Doubleday dress Eloise Everard eyes fair favour feel felt fire floor Flyter fortunate friends gingham girl green green tea habits hand heard Henry honour hour husband Ianthe Jenkins Jennings Jephson jist knew least live log-house long Sam looked looking-glass marsh Mazard Michigan miles Miss Fidler Montacute Montacute House morning mother neighbours never New-York Newland night Nippers occasion once PALMYRA passed Philo poor pretty ready Rivers scarcely seemed settlers Shafton side smile soon sort spirit stood sure talk tell thing thought Tinkerville tion Titmouse told took usual village walk wife wild wild cat window Wolverine woman woods word young lady
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Página 291 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Página 78 - Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years: this we call education, which is, in effect, but an early custom.
Página 152 - 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...
Página 107 - 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...
Página 89 - 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.
Página 250 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Página 181 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where...
Página 133 - 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.
Página 116 - The pen, and ink, and a sheet o' paper, and a wafer,' is no unusual request ; and when the pen is returned, you are generally informed, that you sent ' an awful bad pen.' " I have been frequently reminded of one of Johnson's humorous sketches. A man returning a broken wheel-barrow to a Quaker, with ' Here, I 've broke your rotten wheel-barrow, usin
Página 116 - I wish you'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want to borrow it again this afternoon." The Quaker is made to reply, "Friend, it shall be done:" and I wish I possessed more of his spirit.