A New Home - Who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western LifeC. S. Francis, 1839 - 317 ページ |
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... land on the banks of this to - be - celebrated stream , and drew with a piece of chalk on the bar - room table at Danforth's the plan of a village , I little thought I was destined to make myself famous by handing down to posterity a ...
... land on the banks of this to - be - celebrated stream , and drew with a piece of chalk on the bar - room table at Danforth's the plan of a village , I little thought I was destined to make myself famous by handing down to posterity a ...
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... land ” . as all woods are called in Michigan - was not without its terrors , owing to the horrible drunkenness of the master of the house , whose wife and children were in constant fear of their lives , from his insane fury . 2 WHO'LL ...
... land ” . as all woods are called in Michigan - was not without its terrors , owing to the horrible drunkenness of the master of the house , whose wife and children were in constant fear of their lives , from his insane fury . 2 WHO'LL ...
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... land speculator , into whose clutches - but I anticipate , The public square , the water lots , the value per foot of this undulating surface , clothed as it then was with ‣ burr - oaks , and haunted by the red deer ; these were almost ...
... land speculator , into whose clutches - but I anticipate , The public square , the water lots , the value per foot of this undulating surface , clothed as it then was with ‣ burr - oaks , and haunted by the red deer ; these were almost ...
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... land was already im . proved ; and all this , although sure to cost Mr. Clavers an immense sum , he , from his experience of the coun- try , his large dealings with saw - mills , & c . , would be able to accomplish at a very moderate ...
... land was already im . proved ; and all this , although sure to cost Mr. Clavers an immense sum , he , from his experience of the coun- try , his large dealings with saw - mills , & c . , would be able to accomplish at a very moderate ...
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... land as we ever should have owned in York - State . " I have since had occasion to observe that this forms a prominent and frequent theme of self - gratulation among the settlers in Michigan . The possession of a large number of acres ...
... land as we ever should have owned in York - State . " I have since had occasion to observe that this forms a prominent and frequent theme of self - gratulation among the settlers in Michigan . The possession of a large number of acres ...
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Agnes ague asked baby beautiful Beckworth began bread Brent called Cathcart CHAPTER charming circassian Clavers comfort Cora cottage course dead silence delicate door Doubleday dress Everard eyes favour feel felt fire Flyter fortunate friends gingerbread gingham girl green green tea hand heard Henry honour hour husband Ianthe Jenkins Jennings jist knew least length live log-house long Sam looked looking-glass marsh Mazard Michigan miles Miss Clinch Miss Fidler Montacute Montacute House morning mother Muggles n't know neighbours never New-York Newland night Nippers occasion once PALMYRA periphrasis poor pretty quinine pills returned Rivers scarcely seemed settlers Shafton side Skinner smile society soon sort spirit stood sure talk tell thing thought Tinkerville tion Titmouse told took usual village walk whispered wife wild window woman woods word
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150 ページ - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
226 ページ - Are not the mountains, waves, and skies, a part Of me and of my soul, as I of them ? Is not the love of these deep in my heart With a pure passion?
90 ページ - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man! and his fins like arms! Warm, o
179 ページ - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where...
114 ページ - I wish you'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want to borrow it again this afternoon." The Quaker is made to reply, "Friend, it shall be done:" and I wish I possessed more of his spirit.
131 ページ - I COME, I come ! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountains with light and song, Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By the winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose stars in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves opening as I pass.
114 ページ - The pen, and ink, and a sheet o' paper, and a wafer,' is no unusual request ; and when the pen is returned, you are generally informed, that you sent ' an awful bad pen.' " I have been frequently reminded of one of Johnson's humorous sketches. A man returning a broken wheel-barrow to a Quaker, with ' Here, I 've broke your rotten wheel-barrow, usin