A New Home - Who'll Follow? Or, Glimpses of Western Life?Francis, 1839 - 317 pages |
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... delicate beauty ; -and sure I am , that if I had suc- ceeded in inspiring my companion with one spark of my own floral enthusiasm , one hundred miles of travel would have occupied a week's time . The wild flowers of Michigan deserve a ...
... delicate beauty ; -and sure I am , that if I had suc- ceeded in inspiring my companion with one spark of my own floral enthusiasm , one hundred miles of travel would have occupied a week's time . The wild flowers of Michigan deserve a ...
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... delicate japanned tables were set out upon the uneven floor . I tried to explain to her the various convenient uses to which they were applicable ; but she looked very scornfully after all and said " I guess they ' ll do better for ...
... delicate japanned tables were set out upon the uneven floor . I tried to explain to her the various convenient uses to which they were applicable ; but she looked very scornfully after all and said " I guess they ' ll do better for ...
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... delicate forbearance of the least encroachment upon the rights or the enjoyments of others , which is the essence of true elegance of manner , have only to be seen and understood to be ad- mired and imitated ; and I would fain persuade ...
... delicate forbearance of the least encroachment upon the rights or the enjoyments of others , which is the essence of true elegance of manner , have only to be seen and understood to be ad- mired and imitated ; and I would fain persuade ...
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... delicate habits , and that they were delicate and lady - like , no one can doubt who had ever seen her , and laboured with all her little strength for the comfort of her family . She had brought up five children on little else beside ...
... delicate habits , and that they were delicate and lady - like , no one can doubt who had ever seen her , and laboured with all her little strength for the comfort of her family . She had brought up five children on little else beside ...
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... delicate cauliflower , and the golden pumpkin , larger than Cinderella's grandmother ever saw in her dreams . Enrich it properly , and you need lack nothing that will grow north of Charleston . Melons , which attain a delicious ...
... delicate cauliflower , and the golden pumpkin , larger than Cinderella's grandmother ever saw in her dreams . Enrich it properly , and you need lack nothing that will grow north of Charleston . Melons , which attain a delicious ...
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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.