Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford, Volums 1-2The Author, 1844 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... thought is still obvious to the reflecting , giving rise to a double set of social opinions ; one of which bears all the characteristics of its New England and puritanical origin , while the other may be said to come of the usages and ...
... thought is still obvious to the reflecting , giving rise to a double set of social opinions ; one of which bears all the characteristics of its New England and puritanical origin , while the other may be said to come of the usages and ...
Pàgina 17
... thought no sin , in that day , for the clergyman to work by means of two male slaves , whom , with as many females , he had inherited as part of the chattels of his mother . I had a dozen slaves also ; negroes who , as a race , had been ...
... thought no sin , in that day , for the clergyman to work by means of two male slaves , whom , with as many females , he had inherited as part of the chattels of his mother . I had a dozen slaves also ; negroes who , as a race , had been ...
Pàgina 19
... thought Grace , in a slight degree , too fragile , though her limbs would have been delicate models for the study of a sculptor . Lucy , too , had certainly great perfection , particularly in figure ; though in the crowd of beauty that ...
... thought Grace , in a slight degree , too fragile , though her limbs would have been delicate models for the study of a sculptor . Lucy , too , had certainly great perfection , particularly in figure ; though in the crowd of beauty that ...
Pàgina 20
... thought on the subject , unless as it related to others , down to the period of which I am now writing . I knew , and saw , and felt that my sister was far more beautiful than any of the young girls of her age and condi- tion that I had ...
... thought on the subject , unless as it related to others , down to the period of which I am now writing . I knew , and saw , and felt that my sister was far more beautiful than any of the young girls of her age and condi- tion that I had ...
Pàgina 23
... thought probable enough , and I parted from my friend with a promise of conversing further with him on the subject at an early opportunity . I am almost ashamed to confess that Rupert's artful sophism nearly blinded my eyes to the true ...
... thought probable enough , and I parted from my friend with a promise of conversing further with him on the subject at an early opportunity . I am almost ashamed to confess that Rupert's artful sophism nearly blinded my eyes to the true ...
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Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford: Vol. 1-4 James Fenimore Cooper Visualització completa - 1851 |
Afloat and Ashore, Or The Adventures of Miles Wallingford James Fenimore Cooper Visualització completa - 1850 |
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Pàgina 53 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Pàgina 250 - And with them the Being Beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.