Henry D. ThoreauHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 324 páginas |
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... Soon after Father's arrival in Boston , prob- ably , he open'd a store on Long Wharf , as docu- ments addressed to ' John Thoreau , merchant , ' appear to signify , and one subsequently pur- chased on King Street , afterward called ...
... Soon after Father's arrival in Boston , prob- ably , he open'd a store on Long Wharf , as docu- ments addressed to ' John Thoreau , merchant , ' appear to signify , and one subsequently pur- chased on King Street , afterward called ...
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... soon after fal- len under the sway of a more fascinating school - teacher , Miss Grace Fletcher , of Hop- kinton , N. H. , whom he first saw at the door of her little school - house in Salisbury , not far from his own birthplace . A Con ...
... soon after fal- len under the sway of a more fascinating school - teacher , Miss Grace Fletcher , of Hop- kinton , N. H. , whom he first saw at the door of her little school - house in Salisbury , not far from his own birthplace . A Con ...
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... soon after joined the church , of which she continued through life a devout member . Her friendship for Mr. Webster also continued , and in his visits to Concord , which were frequent from 1843 to 1849 , he generally called on her , or ...
... soon after joined the church , of which she continued through life a devout member . Her friendship for Mr. Webster also continued , and in his visits to Concord , which were frequent from 1843 to 1849 , he generally called on her , or ...
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... one authority says , " soon threw him into the profession of the law , which he honor- ably pursued for a few years at Keene . " Whether he went at once to Keene on leav ing Salem in 1779 does not appear , but he 20 HENRY D. THOREAU .
... one authority says , " soon threw him into the profession of the law , which he honor- ably pursued for a few years at Keene . " Whether he went at once to Keene on leav ing Salem in 1779 does not appear , but he 20 HENRY D. THOREAU .
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... soon returned to Concord , where he gave up trade and engaged in pencil- making , as already mentioned . From that time , about 1823 , till his death in 1859 , John Thoreau led a plod- ding , unambitious , and respectable life in ...
... soon returned to Concord , where he gave up trade and engaged in pencil- making , as already mentioned . From that time , about 1823 , till his death in 1859 , John Thoreau led a plod- ding , unambitious , and respectable life in ...
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Página 316 - Flattered to tears this aged man and poor; But no - already had his deathbell rung: The joys of all his life were said and sung: His was harsh penance on St Agnes
Página 269 - But now he's gone aloft. Tom never from his word departed, His virtues were so rare; His friends were many and true-hearted, His Poll was kind and fair: And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly; Ah, many's the time and oft! But mirth is turned to melancholy, For Tom is gone aloft.
Página 146 - This is a good man ; here is nothing for me;" but when his master came to the prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner...
Página 213 - My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to live cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles...
Página 128 - She will sometimes go about from place to place, singing sweetly; and seems to be always full of joy and pleasure; and no one knows for what. She loves to be alone, walking in the fields and groves, and seems to have some one invisible always conversing with her.
Página 181 - Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn...
Página 203 - Dives inaccessos ubi Solis filia lucos Assiduo resonat cantu, tectisque superbis Urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum, Arguto tenues percurrens pectine telas.
Página 246 - He saw beneath dim aisles, in odorous beds, The slight Linnaea hang its twin-born heads, And blessed the monument of the man of flowers, Which breathes his sweet fame through the northern bowers. He heard, when in the grove, at intervals, With sudden roar the aged pine-tree falls, — One crash, the death-hymn of the perfect tree, Declares the close of its green century.
Página 208 - ... and the dilapidated fences, which put such an interval between me and the last occupant; the hollow and lichencovered apple trees, gnawed by rabbits, showing what kind of neighbors I should have; but above all, the recollection I had of it from my earliest voyages up the river, when the house was concealed behind a dense grove of red maples, through which I heard the house-dog bark.
Página 205 - God wills us free, Man wills us slaves, I will as God wills : God's will be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years.