Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years SinceOliver D. Cooke & Sons., 1824 - 278 páginas |
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... that their friends did not wish to be pressed on the subject , they resigned their researches , and considered the stranger as a denizen , and a friend . The Indian possesses in such respects a native polite- ness 56 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
... that their friends did not wish to be pressed on the subject , they resigned their researches , and considered the stranger as a denizen , and a friend . The Indian possesses in such respects a native polite- ness 56 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
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... partially concealed a face , where health and an expression of cheerful contentment reigned . " I have brought home Ma'am , " she said “ the rest of the yarn which you wish- ed to have spun . If you have any more 72 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
... partially concealed a face , where health and an expression of cheerful contentment reigned . " I have brought home Ma'am , " she said “ the rest of the yarn which you wish- ed to have spun . If you have any more 72 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
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... wish you would relate to my brother , what you have told me , respecting your husband . ” " He was a man , " she answered , " of better edu- cation , than people in his station always enjoy . I mar- ried him , when I was sixteen , and ...
... wish you would relate to my brother , what you have told me , respecting your husband . ” " He was a man , " she answered , " of better edu- cation , than people in his station always enjoy . I mar- ried him , when I was sixteen , and ...
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... wish their lives below , Had been as pure as thine . " His home , which was comfortable , and comprised two stories , more spacious than usually fall to the lot of Afri- cans in this country , was provided for him by the family whom he ...
... wish their lives below , Had been as pure as thine . " His home , which was comfortable , and comprised two stories , more spacious than usually fall to the lot of Afri- cans in this country , was provided for him by the family whom he ...
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... wishes you a happy New- Year . " " I thank them for their kind recollections . Molly , I think , is the plump girl with such rosy cheeks . " Why , as for that matter , they're all in the same situa- tion , as plump as patridges , and ...
... wishes you a happy New- Year . " " I thank them for their kind recollections . Molly , I think , is the plump girl with such rosy cheeks . " Why , as for that matter , they're all in the same situa- tion , as plump as patridges , and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 255 - ... THEY sin who tell us Love can die ; With life all other passions fly — All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth.
Página 15 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant...
Página 24 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Página 177 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Página 234 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 153 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 274 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Página 105 - Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust
Página 236 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
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Breaking Boundaries: New Perspectives on Women's Regional Writing Sherrie A. Inness,Diana Royer Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |