The Mayflower, Or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the PilgrimsHarper & Brothers, 1843 - 324 páginas |
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... tell of its fatal power . ' The lassitude of spirits and vis inertiæ of intellect that often result from over - ex- citement of the imagination - the distaste for solid mental nutriment thus induced- the waste of time and energies - the ...
... tell of its fatal power . ' The lassitude of spirits and vis inertiæ of intellect that often result from over - ex- citement of the imagination - the distaste for solid mental nutriment thus induced- the waste of time and energies - the ...
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... tell what they might be left to . " Some incidents in his life will show more clearly these traits . A certain shrewd land- holder , by the name of Jones , who was not well reported of in the matter of honesty , sold to Deacon Enos a ...
... tell what they might be left to . " Some incidents in his life will show more clearly these traits . A certain shrewd land- holder , by the name of Jones , who was not well reported of in the matter of honesty , sold to Deacon Enos a ...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe. redress . " I kinder hate to tell of it , " said he ; " but , Squire Abel , you know Mr. Jones was- was what he was , even if he is dead and gone ! " This was the nearest approach the old gentle- man could make to ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe. redress . " I kinder hate to tell of it , " said he ; " but , Squire Abel , you know Mr. Jones was- was what he was , even if he is dead and gone ! " This was the nearest approach the old gentle- man could make to ...
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... tell'd him's and he tell'd me's , which do either accompany or flow therefrom . Moreover , he had such a marvellous facility of finding out matters to quarrel about , and of letting every one else know where they , too , could muster a ...
... tell'd him's and he tell'd me's , which do either accompany or flow therefrom . Moreover , he had such a marvellous facility of finding out matters to quarrel about , and of letting every one else know where they , too , could muster a ...
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... telling old Granny Clark that she could get the law of Seth Scran about that pasture lot , " or else " how he had told Ziah Bacon's widow that she had a right to shut up Bill Scranton's pig every time she caught him in front of her ...
... telling old Granny Clark that she could get the law of Seth Scran about that pasture lot , " or else " how he had told Ziah Bacon's widow that she had a right to shut up Bill Scranton's pig every time she caught him in front of her ...
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Página 204 - Let — not — your — heart — be — troubled. In — my — Father's — house — are — many — mansions.
Página 251 - Let us not therefore judge one another any more : but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Página 251 - It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or is made weak.
Página 296 - They know not of the scanty meal With small pale faces round ; No fire upon the cold, damp hearth, When snow is on the ground. They never by their window sit, And see the gay pass by ; Yet take their weary work again, Though with a mournful eye.
Página 134 - She stopped, and seemed struggling with herself ; but at last, borne down by a tide of agony, she leaned her head on her hands ; the tears streamed through her fingers, and her whole frame shook with convulsive sobs.
Página 128 - So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil, be thou my good : by thee at least Divided empire with heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long and this new world shall know.
Página 324 - Father," said the youthful minister, " I suppose you are ready to say with old Simeon, ' Now, Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for my eyes have seen thy salvation.
Página 107 - I am so sick!" he gasped, feebly. His father raised him in his arms; he breathed easier, and looked up with a grateful smile. Just then his old playmate, the cat, crossed the room. "There goes pussy,
Página 103 - There, too, was aunt Betsey, who never looked any older, because she always looked as old as she could ; who always dried her catnip and wormwood the last of September, and began to clean house the first of May. In short, this was the land of continuance. Old Tune never took it into his head to practise either addition, or subtraction, or multiplication, on its sum total.
Página 296 - Few, save the poor, feel for the poor ; The rich know not how hard It is to be of needful food And needful rest debarred. Their paths are paths of plenteousness ; They sleep on silk and down ; They never think how wearily The weary head lies down. They never by the window sit, And see the gay pass by, Yet take their weary work again, And with a mournful eye.