A New Home - Who'll Follow? Or, Glimpses of Western Life?Francis, 1839 - 317 pages |
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... Cora Mansfield who used to be my daughter at Mrs. -'s ; at least the dozenth old acquaintance I have met acci- dentally since we came to the new world . Mutual introductions of our honoured spouses were now duly performed , and we of ...
... Cora Mansfield who used to be my daughter at Mrs. -'s ; at least the dozenth old acquaintance I have met acci- dentally since we came to the new world . Mutual introductions of our honoured spouses were now duly performed , and we of ...
Page 256
... Cora and her Thalaba of a husband looked just fit to enjoy it . The contrast was amusing enough when I recalled where I had last seen Cora . It was at a fancy ball at Mrs. L's , when she was a little , dimpled , pink- and - silver maid ...
... Cora and her Thalaba of a husband looked just fit to enjoy it . The contrast was amusing enough when I recalled where I had last seen Cora . It was at a fancy ball at Mrs. L's , when she was a little , dimpled , pink- and - silver maid ...
Page 257
... Cora's many talks , touching a wild prank of hers ? She said I might , and I will , with the reader's good leave . CHAPTER XXXVIII . Love sat on a Lotus - leaf 22 * WHO'LL FOLLOW ? 257 with promises of reunion, which have since been ...
... Cora's many talks , touching a wild prank of hers ? She said I might , and I will , with the reader's good leave . CHAPTER XXXVIII . Love sat on a Lotus - leaf 22 * WHO'LL FOLLOW ? 257 with promises of reunion, which have since been ...
Page 258
... Cora Mansfield was just the bewitching little beauty for such a hero to fall shockingly in love with . To be freed from college restraints and to be deeply in love , were both so delight- ful , that Everard " argued sair " to persuade ...
... Cora Mansfield was just the bewitching little beauty for such a hero to fall shockingly in love with . To be freed from college restraints and to be deeply in love , were both so delight- ful , that Everard " argued sair " to persuade ...
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... Cora and I were engaged to make a bridal call with Mrs. L. Carriage called for me at the office . Dined at uncle Phil's and went to the theatre with aunt Charlotte and the girls . Cora grows prettier . Henry Tracy says she is handsomer ...
... Cora and I were engaged to make a bridal call with Mrs. L. Carriage called for me at the office . Dined at uncle Phil's and went to the theatre with aunt Charlotte and the girls . Cora grows prettier . Henry Tracy says she is handsomer ...
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Page 291 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 181 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where...
Page 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.
Page 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
Page 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.