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A New Home - Who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life Caroline Matilda Kirkland Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1839 |
A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life Caroline Matilda Kirkland Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1840 |
A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life, Մաս 33 Caroline Matilda Kirkland Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1840 |
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Էջ 291 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 181 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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
Էջ 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.
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| Վերնագիր | A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life Literature Online - Early American Fiction 1789-1875 |
| Հեղինակ | Caroline Matilda Kirkland |
| Edition | 2 |
| Հրատարակիչ | C. S. Francis, 1839 |
| Original from | Նյու Յորքի Հանրային գրադարան |
| Digitized | 15 Նոյեմբեր 2006 |
| Length | 337 էջ |
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