Three Visits to AmericaD. Douglas, 1884 - 377 Seiten |
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... seemed to have cast their mantle , together with every brilliant hue ever seen in bird or flower . And how glad I was to find myself once more upon the solid land ! " A life on the ocean wave , A home on the rolling deep , " may be a ...
... seemed to have cast their mantle , together with every brilliant hue ever seen in bird or flower . And how glad I was to find myself once more upon the solid land ! " A life on the ocean wave , A home on the rolling deep , " may be a ...
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... seemed no reason to regret the earnest work and patient waiting , for at last the co - operation of the general public had been obtained , and this is a most important step towards the true solution of this difficult and delicate ...
... seemed no reason to regret the earnest work and patient waiting , for at last the co - operation of the general public had been obtained , and this is a most important step towards the true solution of this difficult and delicate ...
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... unlived romance in her heart . It appeared marvellous that such perfect discipline should be maintained . The whole thing seemed to go like clockwork , though it is not easy to understand how all those throbbing heart - strings are kept.
... unlived romance in her heart . It appeared marvellous that such perfect discipline should be maintained . The whole thing seemed to go like clockwork , though it is not easy to understand how all those throbbing heart - strings are kept.
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... seemed quite strange to see so many familiar English faces dotted about the hotel dining- room , and the eager interchange of English newspapers was quite a feature of a " trip " in the elevator , in which some member of the English ...
... seemed quite strange to see so many familiar English faces dotted about the hotel dining- room , and the eager interchange of English newspapers was quite a feature of a " trip " in the elevator , in which some member of the English ...
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... seemed quite close to the base of these mountains , I learned that we were more than forty miles away ! Denver was chiefly generous to me in the matter of rain . Taking advantage , however , of the first fine day , I drove with Mrs ...
... seemed quite close to the base of these mountains , I learned that we were more than forty miles away ! Denver was chiefly generous to me in the matter of rain . Taking advantage , however , of the first fine day , I drove with Mrs ...
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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?