A winter in Washington; or, Memoirs of the Seymour family. Repr |
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... side it was surveyed , was surrounded by an amphitheatre of wood - covered hills . Never had my eye rested on a landscape combining such various beauties . Here nature still reigned , though art , with hasty steps , was usurping her ...
... side it was surveyed , was surrounded by an amphitheatre of wood - covered hills . Never had my eye rested on a landscape combining such various beauties . Here nature still reigned , though art , with hasty steps , was usurping her ...
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... side glance at Louisa , whose coun- try bloom was heightened by her cousin's speech . " Indeed , cousin Harriet , " said Emily , " Louisa did not want to come to the city ; we all love the country far better , and were just saying so ...
... side glance at Louisa , whose coun- try bloom was heightened by her cousin's speech . " Indeed , cousin Harriet , " said Emily , " Louisa did not want to come to the city ; we all love the country far better , and were just saying so ...
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... side of the Atlantic . " " It is a pity she did not bring a French husband too ; for I fear , " said Mrs. Sey- mour , " that our sober natives will , after all , prefer our savage beauty and simplicity , and WINTER IN WASHINGTON . 11.
... side of the Atlantic . " " It is a pity she did not bring a French husband too ; for I fear , " said Mrs. Sey- mour , " that our sober natives will , after all , prefer our savage beauty and simplicity , and WINTER IN WASHINGTON . 11.
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... side where the Indian warriors were sitting in solemn silence , and begged Louisa to look at and admire these " sons of na- ture , " as she denominated them . 66 " I really cannot look at them , even here , without a thrill of terror ...
... side where the Indian warriors were sitting in solemn silence , and begged Louisa to look at and admire these " sons of na- ture , " as she denominated them . 66 " I really cannot look at them , even here , without a thrill of terror ...
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... side , with such a penetrating expression , as made the ladies think he might be an interpreter of looks as well as of speech . The secretaries were men of less polish , and more barbarous ap- pearance ; tall , athletic , though slender ...
... side , with such a penetrating expression , as made the ladies think he might be an interpreter of looks as well as of speech . The secretaries were men of less polish , and more barbarous ap- pearance ; tall , athletic , though slender ...
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Halaman 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.
Halaman 32 - The idea of her life shall sweetly creep Into his study of imagination...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 191 - Young man, you find fault with your elders, as if you knew more than they, or could manage the horse better.'—
Halaman 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.