Uncle Sam and His Country, Or, Sketches of America, in 1854-55-56Simpkin, Marshall, & Company, 1857 - 346 sidor |
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... means of beguiling the tedium of a passing hour . This being my first essay in the literary world , as such I leave it to a lenient Public , who , I have no doubt , will receive it with its manifold imperfections . TABLE OF CONTENTS ...
... means of beguiling the tedium of a passing hour . This being my first essay in the literary world , as such I leave it to a lenient Public , who , I have no doubt , will receive it with its manifold imperfections . TABLE OF CONTENTS ...
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... means , are too often treated with a sort of contemptuous pity , quite disgusting to men of sense and good feeling . saying this , we have no wish to cast a slur on those who travel luxuriously ; but the contempt of the rich sea ...
... means , are too often treated with a sort of contemptuous pity , quite disgusting to men of sense and good feeling . saying this , we have no wish to cast a slur on those who travel luxuriously ; but the contempt of the rich sea ...
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... means disinclined to a little gen- teel slandering of their neighbours . In fine weather , too , when the deck can be promenaded , most are out walking on the poop , or playing at shuffleboard , a game in which a flat piece of wood is ...
... means disinclined to a little gen- teel slandering of their neighbours . In fine weather , too , when the deck can be promenaded , most are out walking on the poop , or playing at shuffleboard , a game in which a flat piece of wood is ...
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... means may be , their imagination is that if they travel as poor persons , they will be treated as such . No landsman , who has only seen a ship lying quietly at anchor , can imagine how the sea could possi- bly raise a large vessel of ...
... means may be , their imagination is that if they travel as poor persons , they will be treated as such . No landsman , who has only seen a ship lying quietly at anchor , can imagine how the sea could possi- bly raise a large vessel of ...
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... means so clean and well kept , as might be expected in so great and wealthy a city ; and with respect to parks , squares , and airing grounds , there are very few indeed . The Battery , looking on the harbour , covers about a dozen ...
... means so clean and well kept , as might be expected in so great and wealthy a city ; and with respect to parks , squares , and airing grounds , there are very few indeed . The Battery , looking on the harbour , covers about a dozen ...
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Uncle Sam and His Country, Or, Sketches of America, in 1854-55-56 Alfred J. Pairpoint Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1857 |
Uncle Sam and His Country, Or, Sketches of America, in 1854-55-56 Alfred J. Pairpoint Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1857 |
Uncle Sam and His Country, Or, Sketches of America, in 1854-55-56 Alfred J. Pairpoint Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1857 |
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Sida 252 - He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice.
Sida 169 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.
Sida 149 - Of envied life ; though only few possess Patrician treasures or imperial state ; Yet Nature's care, to all her children just, With richer treasures and an ampler state, Endows at large whatever happy man Will deign to use them.
Sida 14 - How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone ; When warring winds have died away, And clouds, beneath the glancing ray, Melt off, and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity...
Sida 323 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly...
Sida 263 - And I shall be glad to go ; For the world at best is a weary place, And my pulse is getting low ; But the grave is dark, and the heart will fail In treading its gloomy way ; And it wiles my heart from its dreariness To see the young so gay.
Sida 318 - And plays about the gilded barges' sides; The ladies, angling in the crystal lake, Feast on the waters with the prey they take ; At once victorious with their lines, and eyes, They make the fishes, and the men, their prize.
Sida 188 - The blackbird amid leafy trees, The lark above the hill, Let loose their carols when they please, Are quiet when they will. With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife ; they see A happy youth, and their old age Is beautiful and free...
Sida 210 - bide my time: " But my heart will leap at a scene like this, And I half renew my prime. Play on, play on ; I am with you there, In the midst of your merry ring: I can feel the thrill of the daring jump, And the rush of the breathless swing.
Sida 56 - Their rein-deer form their riches. These their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their homely wealth Supply, their wholesome fare, and cheerful cups. Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse Of marbled snow, as far as eye can sweep With a blue crust of ice unbounded glazed.
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