Chronicles of Wolfert's Roost and Other PapersBernhard Tauchnitz, 1855 - 386 páginas |
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... light far over the Tappan Sea . The invaders then pounced upon the blooming Laney Van Tassel , the beauty of the Roost , and endeavoured to bear her off to the boat . But here was the real tug of war . The mother , the aunt , and the ...
... light far over the Tappan Sea . The invaders then pounced upon the blooming Laney Van Tassel , the beauty of the Roost , and endeavoured to bear her off to the boat . But here was the real tug of war . The mother , the aunt , and the ...
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... light - hearted laughter . As the steamboat paused a short time at the village , I took occasion to stroll about the place . Most of the houses were in the French taste , with casements and rickety verandas , but most of them in flimsy ...
... light - hearted laughter . As the steamboat paused a short time at the village , I took occasion to stroll about the place . Most of the houses were in the French taste , with casements and rickety verandas , but most of them in flimsy ...
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... light of day as nectar , and my soul seemed to bathe with ecstasy in the deep blue of a summer sky . In these wanderings , nothing occurred to jar my feelings , or bring me back to the realities of life . There is a repose in our mighty ...
... light of day as nectar , and my soul seemed to bathe with ecstasy in the deep blue of a summer sky . In these wanderings , nothing occurred to jar my feelings , or bring me back to the realities of life . There is a repose in our mighty ...
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... lights and shadows of the distant mountain . By degrees , a returning serenity stole over my feelings ; and a sigh now ... light and elegant proportions , and the taste with which it was fitted up . The benches were covered with cushions ...
... lights and shadows of the distant mountain . By degrees , a returning serenity stole over my feelings ; and a sigh now ... light and elegant proportions , and the taste with which it was fitted up . The benches were covered with cushions ...
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... light sail , and pushed from shore . As if breathed by some presiding power , a light breeze at that moment sprang up , swelled out the sail , and dallied with the silken streamer . For a time I glided along under steep umbrageous banks ...
... light sail , and pushed from shore . As if breathed by some presiding power , a light breeze at that moment sprang up , swelled out the sail , and dallied with the silken streamer . For a time I glided along under steep umbrageous banks ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abencerrage Adalantado alcayde ancient arms bank beautiful became Bermudas birds bosom caravel castle cavalier Chronicles of Wolfert's commander Communipaw Count of Angoulême court cried daughter delighted Don Fernando Don Manuel door duchess Duke Duke of Orleans everything eyes fairy fancy father favourite felt forest fortune France French gave Glencoe hand heard heart honour horse Indians inhabitants island Julia kind king ladies land length livres looked Louis XIV louis-d'ors mansion Marquis de Créqui mind morning never night noble once palace Palais Royal Paris passed Phantom Island Pluto Prince Prince de Ligne Regent river round royal sachem seated seemed Serafina Seven Cities shore sister Sleepy Hollow Somers Somerville song soon spirit story thought tion took trees turned Vanderscamp village warriors whole wife Wild Goose Wolfert Acker Wolfert's Roost Xarisa young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 106 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Página 106 - All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Página 342 - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
Página 94 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 334 - And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 27 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Página 29 - The rice swamps of the south invite him. He gorges himself among them almost to bursting; he can scarcely fly for corpulency. He has once more changed his name, and is now the famous rice-bird of the Carolinas. Last stage of his career: behold him spitted, with dozens of his corpulent companions, and served up, a vaunted dish, on the table of some southern gastronome.
Página 46 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Página 30 - In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages...
Página 26 - Nature is in all her freshness and fragrance: "the rains are over and gone, the flowers appear upon the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land.