Sketches of New England: Or, Memories of the CountryE. French, 1842 - 286 páginas |
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... NOTCH 86 MOUNT WASHINGTON 97 COUNTRY VISITINGS 115 COUNTRY DOCTORS . 150 THE VILLAGE 176 CARY ARRAN 213 COUNTRY GIRLS 244 COUNTRY BURIAL PLACES 258 COUNTRY WEDDINGS 270 SKETCHES OF NEW ENGLAND . SATURDAY EVENING . It's no.
... NOTCH 86 MOUNT WASHINGTON 97 COUNTRY VISITINGS 115 COUNTRY DOCTORS . 150 THE VILLAGE 176 CARY ARRAN 213 COUNTRY GIRLS 244 COUNTRY BURIAL PLACES 258 COUNTRY WEDDINGS 270 SKETCHES OF NEW ENGLAND . SATURDAY EVENING . It's no.
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... , awakens from the heart such tones of feeling as lull while they elevate , as soothe while they inspire . " God made the country , but man made the town ! " CARY ARRAN . What is the secret sin , -this 212 SKETCHES OF NEW ENGLAND .
... , awakens from the heart such tones of feeling as lull while they elevate , as soothe while they inspire . " God made the country , but man made the town ! " CARY ARRAN . What is the secret sin , -this 212 SKETCHES OF NEW ENGLAND .
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... seems as if the houses , which he sees scattered along the road , were crowded by the percipitous hills into scarce space enough for a miserable garden , so close and high do But to the seen to run they rampant about the 19 * CARY ARRAN.
... seems as if the houses , which he sees scattered along the road , were crowded by the percipitous hills into scarce space enough for a miserable garden , so close and high do But to the seen to run they rampant about the 19 * CARY ARRAN.
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... in a leisurely tour I was making among the highlands of the Granite State , one Saturday noon approaching the village of which I have spoken . Charmed with the beauty of the scenery , and the tidiness of the little inn CARY ARRAN . 215.
... in a leisurely tour I was making among the highlands of the Granite State , one Saturday noon approaching the village of which I have spoken . Charmed with the beauty of the scenery , and the tidiness of the little inn CARY ARRAN . 215.
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... est country folks . " He was not made , " they said , " to toil so hard ; he was born a gentleman , and ought not to work for his living ; and a thousand pities it was that he couldn't be brought up to learning . ” 19 * CARY ARRAN . 217.
... est country folks . " He was not made , " they said , " to toil so hard ; he was born a gentleman , and ought not to work for his living ; and a thousand pities it was that he couldn't be brought up to learning . ” 19 * CARY ARRAN . 217.
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Página 268 - UNVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb, Take this new treasure to thy trust ; And give these sacred relics room, To seek a slumber in the dust. 2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear Invade thy bounds : no mortal woes Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, While angels watch the soft repose. 3 So Jesus slept ; — God's dying Son...
Página 267 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some' moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; Tis Greece, but living Greece no more!
Página 266 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Página 103 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country : he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly.
Página 104 - ... and, when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case ; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy.
Página 195 - Death is the crown of life : Were death denied, poor man would live in vain : Were death denied, to live would not be life: Were death denied, e'en fools would wish to die. Death wounds to cure; we fall, we rise, we reign!
Página 267 - And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Página 260 - Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, It is well.
Página 9 - It's no in making muckle mair ; It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart aye's the part aye, That makes us right or wrang.
Página 97 - Who first beholds the Alps — that mighty chain Of Mountains, stretching on from east to west, So massive, yet so shadowy, so ethereal, As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth — But instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever...