Three Visits to AmericaD. Douglas, 1884 - 377 Seiten |
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... means , that while English people find a voyage to the United States a great under- taking , not to be entertained save for business purposes , Americans are ready to start off on the smallest possible excuse at a day's notice , and " a ...
... means , that while English people find a voyage to the United States a great under- taking , not to be entertained save for business purposes , Americans are ready to start off on the smallest possible excuse at a day's notice , and " a ...
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... remunerative employment , some a means whereby to live , others to satisfy a higher craving , alluding to those who fail to find rest for their souls CHAP . II . SOROSIS . 17 in an endless 16 CHAP . II . THREE VISITS TO AMERICA .
... remunerative employment , some a means whereby to live , others to satisfy a higher craving , alluding to those who fail to find rest for their souls CHAP . II . SOROSIS . 17 in an endless 16 CHAP . II . THREE VISITS TO AMERICA .
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... means in their power . The opposition was not only directed against the capitalist , but the girl apprentices were subjected to all kinds of annoyance . Tricks of a most unmanly nature were resorted to , their frames and stools were ...
... means in their power . The opposition was not only directed against the capitalist , but the girl apprentices were subjected to all kinds of annoyance . Tricks of a most unmanly nature were resorted to , their frames and stools were ...
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... matters . are by no means " more honoured in the breach than the observance " in the States ; and though I was often assailed about our aristocratic institutions and peerage worship , I C never went to a city in which I did not.
... matters . are by no means " more honoured in the breach than the observance " in the States ; and though I was often assailed about our aristocratic institutions and peerage worship , I C never went to a city in which I did not.
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... means , the official dispensers of favours . " It is indeed a well - known fact that the traffic in Government berths is brisk , and has been the real cause of many a scandal . But from what I gathered from informa- tion obtained at ...
... means , the official dispensers of favours . " It is indeed a well - known fact that the traffic in Government berths is brisk , and has been the real cause of many a scandal . But from what I gathered from informa- tion obtained at ...
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Seite 64 - Observe me, Sir Anthony. - I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning; I don't think so much learning becomes a young woman; for instance, I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or Algebra, or Simony, or Fluxions, or Paradoxes, or such inflammatory branches of learning...
Seite 64 - Then, sir, she should have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; and as she grew up, I would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries.
Seite 50 - We may live without poetry, music, and art ; We may live without conscience, and live without heart ; We may live without friends ; we may live without books ; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. He may live without books, — what is knowledge but grieving ? He may live without hope, — what is hope but deceiving ? He may live without love, — what is passion but pining ? But where is the man that can live without dining ? XX.
Seite 187 - I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice, and let mine handmaid Emma Smith receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me...
Seite 349 - Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that over-sprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Seite 159 - It is said that women are tied down and abused ; that they are misused, and have not the liberty they ought to have ; that many of them are CHAP.
Seite 187 - And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment, she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord...
Seite 69 - THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl.
Seite 3 - Tis as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue,— 'Tis the natural way of living: Who knows whither the clouds have fled?