Eve Effingham: Sequel to Homeward BoundG. Routledge, 1855 - 287 pagini |
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... gives the natural features , inter- nal resources , and general characteristics of a region now becoming , by the strong events daily occurring , of such intense interest ; all the various bays , straits , harbours with the most ...
... gives the natural features , inter- nal resources , and general characteristics of a region now becoming , by the strong events daily occurring , of such intense interest ; all the various bays , straits , harbours with the most ...
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... gives an accumulating energy to any active property that may happen to be in the ascendent , at the time being . - Money produces money ; know- ledge is the parent of knowledge ; and ignorance fortifies ignorance.- In a word , like ...
... gives an accumulating energy to any active property that may happen to be in the ascendent , at the time being . - Money produces money ; know- ledge is the parent of knowledge ; and ignorance fortifies ignorance.- In a word , like ...
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... gives me greater satisfaction than to answer the questions of gentlemen that travel through our country , " returned ... give the reader a better insight into a character that will fill some space in our narrative , than a more laboured ...
... gives me greater satisfaction than to answer the questions of gentlemen that travel through our country , " returned ... give the reader a better insight into a character that will fill some space in our narrative , than a more laboured ...
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... give him greater pleasure than to be able to go through the same perilous scenes as those from which they had so lately escaped , in their good company again . While this was going on , Aristabulus , notwithstanding the rebuke he had ...
... give him greater pleasure than to be able to go through the same perilous scenes as those from which they had so lately escaped , in their good company again . While this was going on , Aristabulus , notwithstanding the rebuke he had ...
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... give consideration . Sentiment is at the bottom of our nobility , and the great seal at the bottom of yours . And now , having established the fact that there are families in America , let us return whence we started , and inquire how ...
... give consideration . Sentiment is at the bottom of our nobility , and the great seal at the bottom of yours . And now , having established the fact that there are families in America , let us return whence we started , and inquire how ...
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Abbott admiration agreeable American answer appearance Aristabulus asked Assheton baronet beautiful believe better Bloomfield Bragg Bulwer's called Captain Ducie Captain Truck certainly character Cinq Mars commodore companion composite order confess cousin Jack cried dare say dear Dodge England English Eve Effingham exclaimed eyes fancy father favour feel gentleman Grace Hajji hand happy Hawker hear heard heart hope Howel Hudson Square inquired interest J. F. Cooper Jarvis John Effingham knew lake laughing look Lucius Junius Brutus M'Intosh ma'am Mademoiselle Viefville manner married matter means Miss Effingham Miss Eve Miss Ring Miss Van Cortlandt mother nation nature neighbours never observed opinion passed person render respect returned scarcely Sir George Templemore smile society sogdollager soon speak surprise SUSAN HOPLEY taste Templeton thing thought town true truth village whole party Wigwam wish woman young lady
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Pagina 239 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
Pagina 192 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Pagina 63 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd : The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings, lie intreasured.
Pagina 78 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Pagina 138 - Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped pot; shall have ten hoops and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common; and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass: and when I am king, as king I will be,— ALL God save your majesty!
Pagina 76 - The whole country is in such a constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no corner to get into, is the laughingstock of the others. Fancy that dwelling...
Pagina 73 - The fault just now is, perhaps, to consult the books too rigidly, and to trust too little to invention ; for no architecture, and especially no domestic architecture, can ever be above serious reproach, until climate, the uses of the edifice, and the situation, are respected as leading considerations. Nothing can be uglier, per se, than a Swiss cottage, or anything more beautiful under its precise circumstances.
Pagina 250 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
Pagina 88 - I know the shaggy hills about, The meadows smooth and wide, The plains, that, toward the southern sky, Fenced east and west by mountains lie. A white man, gazing on the scene, Would say a lovely spot was here, And praise the lawns...