American Humor: Beecher, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, EtcPutnam, 1886 - 287 oldal |
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xiii. oldal
... soon after began his public lecturing . In 1865 , was reporter on a San Francisco newspaper . The origin of his pseudonym " Mark Twain , " is said to be a recollection of his experience as a Mississippi pilot . In taking soundings ...
... soon after began his public lecturing . In 1865 , was reporter on a San Francisco newspaper . The origin of his pseudonym " Mark Twain , " is said to be a recollection of his experience as a Mississippi pilot . In taking soundings ...
xxi. oldal
... . Graduate of Bowdoin College in 1825 , and was soon after appointed Professor of Modern Languages and Literature in that College . In 1835 was appointed to the same chair at Harvard . He spent many years BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . xxi.
... . Graduate of Bowdoin College in 1825 , and was soon after appointed Professor of Modern Languages and Literature in that College . In 1835 was appointed to the same chair at Harvard . He spent many years BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . xxi.
xxii. oldal
... soon devoted himself wholly to literature . He was appointed to the chair of Modern Languages and Belles - Lettres at Har- vard , in 1855 ; was editor of the Atlantic Monthly , 1857-1862 , and assistant editor of the North American ...
... soon devoted himself wholly to literature . He was appointed to the chair of Modern Languages and Belles - Lettres at Har- vard , in 1855 ; was editor of the Atlantic Monthly , 1857-1862 , and assistant editor of the North American ...
xxiii. oldal
... soon devoted himself to literature . Contributor to Putnam's Maga- zine . Studied law . Was connected with the New York World and the Commercial Advertiser , 1860-1861 . Was dramatic , art , and musical critic of The Evening Post for a ...
... soon devoted himself to literature . Contributor to Putnam's Maga- zine . Studied law . Was connected with the New York World and the Commercial Advertiser , 1860-1861 . Was dramatic , art , and musical critic of The Evening Post for a ...
13. oldal
... soon abounded with proofs of his ingenuity : patent smoke - jacks that re- quired a horse to work them ; Dutch ovens that roasted meat without fire ; carts that went be- fore the horses ; weather - cocks that turned against the wind ...
... soon abounded with proofs of his ingenuity : patent smoke - jacks that re- quired a horse to work them ; Dutch ovens that roasted meat without fire ; carts that went be- fore the horses ; weather - cocks that turned against the wind ...
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194. oldal - An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.
5. oldal - ... a beer barrel on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by those lines and angles which disfigure the human countenance with what is termed expression. Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusty red, like a spitzenberg apple.
195. oldal - An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched back from Concord busted. The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm from floor to ceilin', An' she looked full ez rosy agin Ez the apples she was peelin'.
226. oldal - Applause followed, which turned Dennis's head. He rose, fluttered, and tried No. 3 : "There has been so much said, and, on the whole, so well said, that I will not longer occupy the time!
194. oldal - There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiest, bless her, An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An...
216. oldal - But Dr. Wigan does not go into these niceties of this subject, and I failed. It was then, that, on my wife's suggestion, I resolved to look out for a Double. I was, at first, singularly successful. We happened to be recreating at Stafford Springs that summer. We rode out one day, for one of the relaxations of that watering-place, to the great Monson Poor-House.
232. oldal - Very well, thank you. And you?" This for an answer to casual salutations. 2. "I am very glad you liked it." 3. "There has been so much said, and, on the whole, so well said, that I will not occupy the time.
92. oldal - And is there nothing yet unsaid Before the change appears ? Remember, all their gifts have fled With those dissolving years ! " Why, yes ; for memory would recall My fond paternal joys ; I could not bear to leave them all ; I'll take — my — girl — and — boys...
40. oldal - Dance with me, Clara," cried Colonel Killigrew. " No, no ! I will be her partner," shouted Mr. Gascoigne. " She promised me her hand fifty years ago," exclaimed Mr. Medbourne. They all gathered round her. One caught both her hands in his passionate grasp, another threw his arm about her waist, the third buried his hand among the glossy curls that clustered beneath the widow's cap. Blushing, panting, struggling, chiding, laughing, her warm breath fanning each of their faces by turns, she strove to...
26. oldal - ... little better than a mendicant. Colonel Killigrew had wasted his best years, and his health and substance, in the pursuit of sinful pleasures, which had given birth to a brood of pains, such as the gout, and divers other torments of soul and body. Mr. Gascoigne was a ruined politician, a man of evil fame, or at least had been so till time had buried him from the knowledge of the present generation, and made him obscure instead of infamous.