Henry D. ThoreauHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 324 oldal "When in 1879, 1 was asked by my friend Charles Dudley Warner to write the biography of Thoreau which follows, I was by no means unprepared. I had known this man of genius for the last seven years of his too short life; had lived in his family, and in the house of his neighbor across the way, Ellery Channing, his most intimate friend outside of that family; and had assisted Channing in the preparation and publication of his Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist, the first full biography which appeared. I received from Mr. Blake ... the correspondence of Thoreau and his college essays, with some other papers of Henry s and his own ... I perceived that the character and genius of Thoreau could not be well understood unless some knowledge was had of the Concord farmers, scholars, and citizens, among whom he had spent his days, and who have furnished a background for that scene of authorship which the small town of Concord has presented for now more than seventy years. Therefore ... I sketched therefrom the character of our interesting community, which gave color and tone to the outlines of this thoughtful scholar s career. ... Much misconception of his character and the facts of his life still prevails; and singular statements have been made in text-books, as to his origin and training. One authority described Thoreau as descended from farmer folk in Connecticut, who were recent immigrants from France. So far as I know, not a single ancestor of his ever dwelt in Connecticut; they were all merchants; and though his Thoreau ancestors spoke French, or a patois of it, in Jersey, there is no evidence that any of them had lived in France for more than five centuries. This initial authentic biography, with its few errors corrected, now comes forth in a new edition, which will long be found useful, in the manner indicated, and I hope, may be received as the earlier edition has been, with all the favor which its modest aim deserves."--From the preface. |
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... In his journal for April 21 , 1855 , he makes this entry : - " Aunt Maria has put into my hands to - day for safe - keeping three letters from Peter Thoreau ( her uncle ) , directed to ' Miss Elizabeth 2 HENRY D. THOREAU .
... In his journal for April 21 , 1855 , he makes this entry : - " Aunt Maria has put into my hands to - day for safe - keeping three letters from Peter Thoreau ( her uncle ) , directed to ' Miss Elizabeth 2 HENRY D. THOREAU .
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... our native town . ' " The second of these letters is sent by the hand of Captain John Harvey , of Boston , then at Guernsey . On the 4th of February , 1804 , he had sent aunt Elizabeth a copy of the last letter BIRTH AND FAMILY . 3.
... our native town . ' " The second of these letters is sent by the hand of Captain John Harvey , of Boston , then at Guernsey . On the 4th of February , 1804 , he had sent aunt Elizabeth a copy of the last letter BIRTH AND FAMILY . 3.
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... hands by Brother , then the only heir , was lost . " It has been said I inherit more of the traits of my foreign ancestry than any of my family , — which pleases me . Probably the vivacity of the French and the superstition of the ...
... hands by Brother , then the only heir , was lost . " It has been said I inherit more of the traits of my foreign ancestry than any of my family , — which pleases me . Probably the vivacity of the French and the superstition of the ...
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... hand , with her sister Louisa and her sisters- in - law , Sarah , Maria , and Jane Thoreau , took their share in the village bickerings . In 1826 , when Dr. Lyman Beecher , then of Boston , Dr. John Todd , then of Groton , BIRTH AND ...
... hand , with her sister Louisa and her sisters- in - law , Sarah , Maria , and Jane Thoreau , took their share in the village bickerings . In 1826 , when Dr. Lyman Beecher , then of Boston , Dr. John Todd , then of Groton , BIRTH AND ...
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... great . Smile , and we smile , the lords of many lands ; Frown , and we smile , the lords of our own hands , — For man is man , and master of his fate . " CHAPTER II . CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH . CONCORD , the BIRTH AND FAMILY . 31.
... great . Smile , and we smile , the lords of many lands ; Frown , and we smile , the lords of our own hands , — For man is man , and master of his fate . " CHAPTER II . CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH . CONCORD , the BIRTH AND FAMILY . 31.
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316. oldal - Flattered to tears this aged man and poor; But no - already had his deathbell rung: The joys of all his life were said and sung: His was harsh penance on St Agnes
269. oldal - But now he's gone aloft. Tom never from his word departed, His virtues were so rare; His friends were many and true-hearted, His Poll was kind and fair: And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly; Ah, many's the time and oft! But mirth is turned to melancholy, For Tom is gone aloft.
146. oldal - This is a good man ; here is nothing for me;" but when his master came to the prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner...
213. oldal - My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to live cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles...
128. oldal - She will sometimes go about from place to place, singing sweetly; and seems to be always full of joy and pleasure; and no one knows for what. She loves to be alone, walking in the fields and groves, and seems to have some one invisible always conversing with her.
181. oldal - Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn...
203. oldal - Dives inaccessos ubi Solis filia lucos Assiduo resonat cantu, tectisque superbis Urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum, Arguto tenues percurrens pectine telas.
246. oldal - He saw beneath dim aisles, in odorous beds, The slight Linnaea hang its twin-born heads, And blessed the monument of the man of flowers, Which breathes his sweet fame through the northern bowers. He heard, when in the grove, at intervals, With sudden roar the aged pine-tree falls, — One crash, the death-hymn of the perfect tree, Declares the close of its green century.
208. oldal - ... and the dilapidated fences, which put such an interval between me and the last occupant; the hollow and lichencovered apple trees, gnawed by rabbits, showing what kind of neighbors I should have; but above all, the recollection I had of it from my earliest voyages up the river, when the house was concealed behind a dense grove of red maples, through which I heard the house-dog bark.
205. oldal - God wills us free, Man wills us slaves, I will as God wills : God's will be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years.