Autumn Hours and Fireside ReadingCharles Scribner, 1854 - 311 oldal |
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37. oldal
... Miss Ingoldsby , because her image rises first to our thoughts . She was one of those women who are more lovely at ... lady's face , that made one forget to notice the rich SEARCH AFTER PLEASURE . 37.
... Miss Ingoldsby , because her image rises first to our thoughts . She was one of those women who are more lovely at ... lady's face , that made one forget to notice the rich SEARCH AFTER PLEASURE . 37.
39. oldal
... Miss Ingoldsby was as generally liked as so admirable a woman could be , and the love of her friends was a kind of quiet enthusiasm , which did not flow out into the praise which stimulates envy . When the summer - flitting was planned ...
... Miss Ingoldsby was as generally liked as so admirable a woman could be , and the love of her friends was a kind of quiet enthusiasm , which did not flow out into the praise which stimulates envy . When the summer - flitting was planned ...
40. oldal
... missed any body more , always excepting Miss Ingoldsby . Will any body be kind enough to inform us what is the origin of the expression - a grass - widow ? In vain have we sought a plausible etymology for this strange phrase , which yet ...
... missed any body more , always excepting Miss Ingoldsby . Will any body be kind enough to inform us what is the origin of the expression - a grass - widow ? In vain have we sought a plausible etymology for this strange phrase , which yet ...
44. oldal
... Miss Ingoldsby amused herself with feeding the poultry , until she could not stir abroad without a train of screaming , hopping , fluttering creatures , following her and peck- ing at her slippers . Mr. Berry put on a gravely knowing ...
... Miss Ingoldsby amused herself with feeding the poultry , until she could not stir abroad without a train of screaming , hopping , fluttering creatures , following her and peck- ing at her slippers . Mr. Berry put on a gravely knowing ...
45. oldal
Caroline Matilda Kirkland. ter's legislature . As for Mr. Ingoldsby , being rather portly in ... lady should , making up her mind that it was very natural for society to be more occupied with younger claimants upon attention . Mr. and Miss ...
Caroline Matilda Kirkland. ter's legislature . As for Mr. Ingoldsby , being rather portly in ... lady should , making up her mind that it was very natural for society to be more occupied with younger claimants upon attention . Mr. and Miss ...
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Autumn Hours, and Fireside Reading (Classic Reprint) Mrs. C. M. Kirkland Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
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144. oldal - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth: Glad hearts! without reproach or blot, Who do thy work, and know it not: Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail, thy saving arms, dread Power!
43. oldal - Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities Where most may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home...
230. oldal - All the sweetness of beauty, all the loveliness of innocence, all the tenderness of a wife and all the fondness of a mother showed themselves in her appearance and conduct.
160. oldal - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
222. oldal - ... with gore from a dreadful wound across the temple. I put my hand on the bloody face; 'twas warm; and an unknown voice begged for water. A small camp-kettle was lying near, and a stream of water was close by.
144. oldal - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
228. oldal - The Marquis De Chastellux, who was in Philadelphia while these efforts were in progress, was delighted with the event. In describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, " We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work, lately finished by the ladies of Philadelphia. This work consisted neither...
79. oldal - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
222. oldal - how came you here ?' "'Oh, I thought, 'replied I, 'you would need nurses as well as soldiers.
223. oldal - I believe you,' said Frank. Just then I looked up, and my husband, as bloody as a butcher, and as muddy as a ditcher,* stood before me. " ' Why, Mary ! ' he exclaimed, ' "What are you doing there ? Hugging Frank Cogdell, the greatest reprobate in the army?' " 'I dont care,' I cried. ' Frank is a brave fellow, a good soldier, and a true friend to Congress.