Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 páginas |
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... clock - maker , has constituted himself the Addison of this obscure and distant portion of the British Dominions . British America begins to have some preten- sions . Three volumes called " Colonial Literature , " by G. E. Young ...
... clock - maker , has constituted himself the Addison of this obscure and distant portion of the British Dominions . British America begins to have some preten- sions . Three volumes called " Colonial Literature , " by G. E. Young ...
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... I do not trust those ladies so virtuous , always so stiff , who dread a crease in their dresses , and fear to read Moliére at the age of forty . CHAPTER VIII . SAMUEL SLICK , THE CLOCKMAKER . PRIVATE LITERATURE AND ELOQUENCE . 221.
... I do not trust those ladies so virtuous , always so stiff , who dread a crease in their dresses , and fear to read Moliére at the age of forty . CHAPTER VIII . SAMUEL SLICK , THE CLOCKMAKER . PRIVATE LITERATURE AND ELOQUENCE . 221.
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Philarète Chasles. CHAPTER VIII . SAMUEL SLICK , THE CLOCKMAKER . PRIVATE MANNERS OF NORTH AMERICA . Ir is a piquant curiosity , a book and an excellent book , composed , printed , and published in one of the most unknown . cities of the ...
Philarète Chasles. CHAPTER VIII . SAMUEL SLICK , THE CLOCKMAKER . PRIVATE MANNERS OF NORTH AMERICA . Ir is a piquant curiosity , a book and an excellent book , composed , printed , and published in one of the most unknown . cities of the ...
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... Clockmaker , " gives at a glance all the American elegancies . I have said , it is a remarkably good book . It is not a romance , history , drama , philosophic treatise , voyage , story , or declamation ; this patois - book , written by ...
... Clockmaker , " gives at a glance all the American elegancies . I have said , it is a remarkably good book . It is not a romance , history , drama , philosophic treatise , voyage , story , or declamation ; this patois - book , written by ...
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... , Mr. Haliburton supposes an Englishman travelling in British America , to meet a clockmaker , Sam Slick of Slicksville in Connecticut ; and they journey together . Sometimes in a light wagon , 226 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
... , Mr. Haliburton supposes an Englishman travelling in British America , to meet a clockmaker , Sam Slick of Slicksville in Connecticut ; and they journey together . Sometimes in a light wagon , 226 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
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Página 207 - ... THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
Página 193 - Thou, in sunny solitudes, Rover of the underwoods, The green silence dost displace With thy mellow, breezy bass.
Página 190 - Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race...
Página 186 - Come when the rains Have glazed the snow, and clothed the trees with ice, While the slant sun of February pours Into the bowers a flood of light.
Página 80 - I turned, cocked my gun-locks silently, touched my faithful companion, and lay ready to start up and shoot the first who might attempt my life. The moment was fast approaching, and that night might have been my last in this world, had not Providence made preparations for my rescue. All was ready. The infernal hag was advancing slowly, probably contemplating the best way of despatching mo, whilst her sons should be engaged with the Indian.
Página 206 - Still stands the forest primeval; but under the shade of its branches Dwells another race, with other customs and language. Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom.
Página 189 - There stood the Indian hamlet, there the lake Spread its blue sheet that flashed with many an oar, Where the brown otter plunged him from the brake, And the deer drank : as the light gale flew o'er, The twinkling maize-field rustled on the shore , And while that spot, so wild, and...
Página 74 - I observed a yellowish oval spot, the appearance of which was quite new to me. Little time was left me for consideration, as the next moment a smart breeze began to agitate the taller trees.
Página 189 - Indian hamlet, there the lake Spread its blue sheet that flashed with many an oar, Where the brown otter plunged him from the brake, And the deer drank : as the light gale flew o'er, The twinkling maize-field rustled on the shore ; And while that spot, so wild, and lone, and fair, A look of glad and guiltless beauty wore, And peace was on the earth and in the air, The warrior lit the pile, and bound his captive there.
Página 75 - The principal force of the hurricane was now over, although millions of twigs and small branches, that had been brought from a great distance, were seen following the blast, as if drawn onwards by some mysterious power. They even floated in the air for some hours after, as if supported by the thick mass of dust that rose high above the ground.