A winter in Washington; or, Memoirs of the Seymour family. Repr |
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... better than to play . But grown folks forget all these things , and then say How happy children are ! " " Well , " said Edward , " there is but one thing which makes me impatient to be a man . " 66 Pray what may that be , my son ...
... better than to play . But grown folks forget all these things , and then say How happy children are ! " " Well , " said Edward , " there is but one thing which makes me impatient to be a man . " 66 Pray what may that be , my son ...
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... better than city tea -don't you , sister ? " said Emily . 66 Seeing they all laughed , she continued- " I call it country tea , when we all sit round the tea - table , and have hot biscuits , and ap- ple - pies , or sweetmeats and milk ...
... better than city tea -don't you , sister ? " said Emily . 66 Seeing they all laughed , she continued- " I call it country tea , when we all sit round the tea - table , and have hot biscuits , and ap- ple - pies , or sweetmeats and milk ...
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... better , my child , come along with me , " said the thoughtless Harriet , " and look for some such city orna- ments , and put aside that most elegant ruffle you are so laboriously working on , until you go back to the country . " " I ...
... better , my child , come along with me , " said the thoughtless Harriet , " and look for some such city orna- ments , and put aside that most elegant ruffle you are so laboriously working on , until you go back to the country . " " I ...
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... better , and were just saying so when you came in . " " What , my little sparkler , are they train- ing you up too for a country parson's wife ? Come here , and let me kiss those pretty red lips , that look as if you had stained them ...
... better , and were just saying so when you came in . " " What , my little sparkler , are they train- ing you up too for a country parson's wife ? Come here , and let me kiss those pretty red lips , that look as if you had stained them ...
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... better able to settle so nice a question than a boy like myself . " Mrs. Mortimer shook her head , and gently patting him with her fan- " I see , " she cried , " I have offended - but not past for- giveness I hope ; no , no , we shall ...
... better able to settle so nice a question than a boy like myself . " Mrs. Mortimer shook her head , and gently patting him with her fan- " I see , " she cried , " I have offended - but not past for- giveness I hope ; no , no , we shall ...
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Seite 145 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Seite 32 - The idea of her life shall sweetly creep Into his study of imagination...
Seite 32 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Seite 85 - But whoso among you shall do more or less than these, are not built upon my rock, but are built upon a sandy foundation ; and when the rain descends, and the floods come, and the winds blow...
Seite 80 - One part, one little part, we dimly scan Through the dark medium of life's feverish dream ; Yet dare arraign the whole stupendous plan, If but that little part incongruous seem.
Seite 189 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Seite 203 - Sits on the horizon round a settled gloom : Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life ; but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of nature. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many-twinkling leaves Of aspen tall.
Seite 93 - Gallic spoon, contrived to scoop In ample draughts the thin, diluted soup, Performs not well in those substantial things, Whose mass adhesive to the metal clings; Where the strong labial muscles must embrace The gentle curve, and sweep the hollow space With ease to enter...
Seite 191 - Young man, you find fault with your elders, as if you knew more than they, or could manage the horse better.'—
Seite 192 - ... spur. Philip and all his court were in great distress for him at first, and a profound silence took place. But when the prince had turned him and brought him straight back, they all received him with loud acclamations, except his father, who wept for joy, and, kissing him, said, "Seek another kingdom, my son, that may be worthy of thy abilities ; for Macedonia is too small for thee.