The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 39
... asking in case of company , or sickness . If one who gives a dinner is scant of provisions , he makes no scruple to borrow a joint of meat , and ( what is frequently less convenient to the lender. DESCRIPTION OF NANTUCKET . 39.
... asking in case of company , or sickness . If one who gives a dinner is scant of provisions , he makes no scruple to borrow a joint of meat , and ( what is frequently less convenient to the lender. DESCRIPTION OF NANTUCKET . 39.
Page 40
... give way to the riders in chairs , on their afternoon excursions to Quayes , and Palpus , and Pocomo , and Squam , lone houses of the same sober gray with the heath which surrounds them , unshelter- ed by a single tree of native growth ...
... give way to the riders in chairs , on their afternoon excursions to Quayes , and Palpus , and Pocomo , and Squam , lone houses of the same sober gray with the heath which surrounds them , unshelter- ed by a single tree of native growth ...
Page 42
... gives them a right to pasture one cow , or eight sheep ; a horse being reckoned equivalent to two cows . A council of proprietors prevents encroachments , and decides , every season , on what part of the island the great corn field ...
... gives them a right to pasture one cow , or eight sheep ; a horse being reckoned equivalent to two cows . A council of proprietors prevents encroachments , and decides , every season , on what part of the island the great corn field ...
Page 43
... give place to that emulation , and reserve , which prevail in more cul- tivated societies ; and , in another century , the people of Nantucket would be no longer remarkable for an attachment to their native place , which is now one of ...
... give place to that emulation , and reserve , which prevail in more cul- tivated societies ; and , in another century , the people of Nantucket would be no longer remarkable for an attachment to their native place , which is now one of ...
Page 48
... give trouble to you . Our youth , like a rainbow , soon loses its charms , And , with it , Life's flattering colours are gone ; Soft Sleep , Love , and Pleasure , are scar'd from our arms As Age , on his crutches , comes tottering on ...
... give trouble to you . Our youth , like a rainbow , soon loses its charms , And , with it , Life's flattering colours are gone ; Soft Sleep , Love , and Pleasure , are scar'd from our arms As Age , on his crutches , comes tottering on ...
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