Homes of American Authors: Comprising Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches, by Various Writers ...G. P. Putnam and Company, 1853 - 366 pàgines |
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Pàgina iii
... the publication to be delayed nearly a year , if an attempt had been made to put them all between the same pair of covers . It was determined , therefore , to divide our Valhalla into two compartments , and to avoid the appearance.
... the publication to be delayed nearly a year , if an attempt had been made to put them all between the same pair of covers . It was determined , therefore , to divide our Valhalla into two compartments , and to avoid the appearance.
Pàgina iv
... appearance of partiality , and give equal value to both , some of the greater names have been reserv- ed for our second volume , which it is intended to publish the succeeding year . Although there are no Abbotsfords , which have been ...
... appearance of partiality , and give equal value to both , some of the greater names have been reserv- ed for our second volume , which it is intended to publish the succeeding year . Although there are no Abbotsfords , which have been ...
Pàgina 5
... appearance . He was a tall , thin man , with a high arched and serene forehead , and a bright penetrating gray eye ; his white locks fell in clusters upon his shoulders , but were the only signs of age , for his form was erect , and his ...
... appearance . He was a tall , thin man , with a high arched and serene forehead , and a bright penetrating gray eye ; his white locks fell in clusters upon his shoulders , but were the only signs of age , for his form was erect , and his ...
Pàgina 21
... ever proceeded from the brain and heart of a patriot . It is half a century since he made his first appearance in print , and at seventy - five he. 10 those critics , at home and abroad , who deny that there. JAMES K PAULDING,......
... ever proceeded from the brain and heart of a patriot . It is half a century since he made his first appearance in print , and at seventy - five he. 10 those critics , at home and abroad , who deny that there. JAMES K PAULDING,......
Pàgina 22
... appearance in print , and at seventy - five he continues to write with the vivacity , good sense , and earnest love of country , for which he has been distinguished from the beginning . Before proceeding with a description of the ...
... appearance in print , and at seventy - five he continues to write with the vivacity , good sense , and earnest love of country , for which he has been distinguished from the beginning . Before proceeding with a description of the ...
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Homes of American Authors: Comprising Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive ... Visualització completa - 1853 |
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Pàgina 337 - THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl.
Pàgina 102 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Pàgina 227 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.
Pàgina 228 - Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Pàgina 273 - Halfway up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs, alas ' With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Pàgina 338 - The snow that husheth all, Darling, the merciful Father Alone can make it fall ! " Then, with eyes that saw not, I kissed her; And she, kissing back, could not know That my kiss was given to her sister, Folded close under deepening snow.
Pàgina 302 - They rowed her in across the rolling foam, The cruel, crawling foam, The cruel, hungry foam, To her grave beside the sea ; But still the boatmen hear her call the cattle home Across the...
Pàgina 45 - simmer it well : Sweeten jusv, to your own private liking, then strain, That only the finest and clearest remain : Let it stand out of doors till a soul it receives From the warm lazy sun loitering down through green leaves: And you'll find a choice nature, not wholly deserving A name either English or Yankee — just Irving.
Pàgina 254 - Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these echoing stairs, Heavy with the weight of cares, Sounded his majestic tread ; Yes, within this very room Sat he in those hours of gloom, Weary both in heart and head.
Pàgina 346 - A-raspin' on the scraper, — All ways to once her feelins flew Like sparks in burnt-up paper. He kin' o' 1'itered on the mat Some doubtfle o' the sekle, His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity Zekle.