Eve Effingham: Or, Home, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1838 |
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... Commodore in America , whether it be on the ocean or on the Otsego , whatever may be his merits or his services . A charming day , Commodore . I rejoice to see you still afloat , in your glory . " The Commodore , a tall , thin ...
... Commodore in America , whether it be on the ocean or on the Otsego , whatever may be his merits or his services . A charming day , Commodore . I rejoice to see you still afloat , in your glory . " The Commodore , a tall , thin ...
Page 99
... Commodore , that the water near the village is less limpid than common , and that even up here we see so many specks floating on its surface ? " " What a question for Mr. John Effingham to ask on his native water ! So much for ...
... Commodore , that the water near the village is less limpid than common , and that even up here we see so many specks floating on its surface ? " " What a question for Mr. John Effingham to ask on his native water ! So much for ...
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Or, Home James Fenimore Cooper. Here the Commodore turned round , and raising an open hand in an oratorical man- ner , he added , - " You must know , ladies and gentlemen , that the lake is in blow . " " In blow , Commodore ! I did not ...
Or, Home James Fenimore Cooper. Here the Commodore turned round , and raising an open hand in an oratorical man- ner , he added , - " You must know , ladies and gentlemen , that the lake is in blow . " " In blow , Commodore ! I did not ...
Page 101
... commodore . Now , ladies and gentle- men , I should not like to tell you all I know about the patriarch of this lake , for you would scarcely believe me ; but if he would not weigh a hundred when cleaned , there is not an ox in the ...
... commodore . Now , ladies and gentle- men , I should not like to tell you all I know about the patriarch of this lake , for you would scarcely believe me ; but if he would not weigh a hundred when cleaned , there is not an ox in the ...
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... Commodore laughing , and again flourish- ing his hand in his own peculiar manner . " The women all love to hear these echoes , for they are not often satisfied with what they have once said , but like to have it over again . I never ...
... Commodore laughing , and again flourish- ing his hand in his own peculiar manner . " The women all love to hear these echoes , for they are not often satisfied with what they have once said , but like to have it over again . I never ...
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Page 149 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
Page 137 - There shall be, in England, seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny ; the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; l and I will make it felony, to drink small beer ; all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Page 200 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd ; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 28 - Now it is that we see the struggles for place, the heart-burnings and jealousies of contending families, and the influence of mere money. Circumstances have probably established the local superiority of a few beyond all question, and the condition of these serves as a goal for the rest to aim at. The learned professions, the ministry included, or what, by courtesy, are so called, take precedence, as a matter of course, next to wealth, however, when wealth is at all supported by appearances.
Page 34 - I think you are mistaken, Miss Effingham, for the public sentiment just now runs almost exclusively and popularly into the Grecian school. We build little besides temples for our churches, our banks, our taverns, our court-houses, and our dwellings. A friend of mine has just built a brewery on the model of the Temple of the Winds.
Page 246 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Page 164 - Her breast was a brave palace, a broad street, Where all heroic ample thoughts did meet, Where nature such a tenement had ta'en That other souls, to hers, dwelt in a lane.
Page 277 - I know the shaggy hills about, The meadows smooth and wide, The plains, that, toward the southern sky, Fenced east and west by mountains lie. A white man, gazing on the scene, Would say a lovely spot was here, And praise the lawns...
Page 239 - A dozen years, Ned ! You name an age. Speak of three or four, if you wish to find anything in America where you left it ! The whole country is in such a constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no corner to get into, is the laughingstock of the others. Fancy that dwelling...