A New Home - Who'll Follow? Or, Glimpses of Western Life?Francis, 1839 - 317 pages |
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... stood beside us , rifle in hand , as wild and rough a specimen of humanity as one would wish to encounter in a strange and lonely road , just at the shadowy dusk of the evening . I did not scream , though I own I was prodigiously ...
... stood beside us , rifle in hand , as wild and rough a specimen of humanity as one would wish to encounter in a strange and lonely road , just at the shadowy dusk of the evening . I did not scream , though I own I was prodigiously ...
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Caroline Matilda Kirkland. and carried it out to a bench which stood under the eaves , where I performed my very limited ablutions al fresco , not at all pleased with this part of country habits . I bethought me of a story I had heard ...
Caroline Matilda Kirkland. and carried it out to a bench which stood under the eaves , where I performed my very limited ablutions al fresco , not at all pleased with this part of country habits . I bethought me of a story I had heard ...
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... stood a chest , and over the chest hung the Sun- day wardrobe of the family ; the go - to - meeting hats and bonnets , frocks and pantaloons of a goodly number of all sizes . The great open hearth was at the opposite end of the house ...
... stood a chest , and over the chest hung the Sun- day wardrobe of the family ; the go - to - meeting hats and bonnets , frocks and pantaloons of a goodly number of all sizes . The great open hearth was at the opposite end of the house ...
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... stood in a corner of the chimney place , rinsing each piece in a pan of clean water , and then setting it to " dreen " on a chair . I watched the process with no increasing admiration of Michigan economics - thought wofully of dinner ...
... stood in a corner of the chimney place , rinsing each piece in a pan of clean water , and then setting it to " dreen " on a chair . I watched the process with no increasing admiration of Michigan economics - thought wofully of dinner ...
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... stood jist as they did , he advised George to buy a farm of his that was for sale on the edge of the village , and he would credit him for as much as the house and lot would have been worth , and he could pay the rest by his labour in ...
... stood jist as they did , he advised George to buy a farm of his that was for sale on the edge of the village , and he would credit him for as much as the house and lot would have been worth , and he could pay the rest by his labour in ...
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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.