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Redwood; by the Author of 'a New England Tale' Catharine Maria Sedgwick Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2020 |
Redwood; by the Author of 'A New England Tale' Catharine Maria Sedgwick Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
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Seite iii - Whilst the infidel mocks at the superstitions of the vulgar, insults over their credulous fears, their childish errors, or fantastic rites, it does not occur to him to observe, that the most preposterous device by which the weakest devotee ever believed he was securing the happiness of a future life, is more rational than unconcern about it. Upon this subject, nothing is so absurd as indifference ; — no folly so contemptible, as thoughtlessness and levity.
Seite xiii - As such we would describe it—but as no Arcadia, for we have found none. We have indeed little sympathy with that narrow-minded patriotism which claims honors that are not yet merited.
Seite 96 - Dans toutes les classes, en France, on sent le besoin de causer ; la parole n'y est pas seulement, comme ailleurs, un moyen de se communiquer ses idées, ses sentiments et ses affaires ; mais c'est un instrument dont on aime à jouer et qui ranime les esprits, comme la musique chez quelques peuples, et les liqueurs fortes chez quelques autres.
Seite 75 - No; it is not given to the human mind to behold these truths in the full day of perfect evidence: but why should the man of sensibility repine at not being able to demonstrate what he feels to be true? In the silence of the closet, and the dryness of discussion, I can agree with the atheist or the materialist, as to the insolubility of certain questions. But when in the country...
Seite 230 - Ellen to pass half her time at the mansionhouse. In this arrangement there was a system of checks and balances that produced that singular and felicitous union of diversity of qualities which constituted the rare perfection of Ellen's character. Mrs. Harrison communicated her taste and skill in drawing, her knowledge of French and Italian, and all those arts of female handicraft that were the fashion of her day.
Seite 75 - ... but why should the man of sensibility repine at not being able to demonstrate what he feels to be true? In the silence of the closet, and the dryness of discussion, I can agree with the atheist or the materialist, as to the insolubility of certain questions. But when in the country, and contemplating nature, my soul, full of emotion, soars aloft to the vivifying principle that animates them, to the almighty intellect that pervades them, and the goodness that makes the scene so delightful to my...
Seite xii - Our anxiety, is only for the great truths of our common religion, not for any of its subdivisions. The sketch which has been introduced of the society of Shakers was drawn from personal observation. It would have been withheld if we could have supposed that it would wound the feelings even of a single individual of that obscure sect.
Seite 134 - Debby had characterised as the " master devil," entered. He seemed to have arrived at that age, which the poet has characterised as the period of self-indulgence ; and certainly he bore no marks of having disobeyed the instincts of nature by any mortifications of the flesh. He was of a middling stature, inclining to corpulency; with a sanguine complexion, a low forehead, deeply shaded with bushy black hair, that absolutely refused to conform to the sleekness of his order ; a keen grey eye, which...
Seite 131 - Susan had an habitual influence over Emily ; she felt that she commanded the springs that governed the mind of her timid disciple. Emily felt it too, and was glad to be saved from the effort of self-dependence. She approached Susan, who had seated herself by the bedside, when her grandmother took her by the hand, and drawing her towards her, she said in a voice scarcely audible, for sorrow, infirmity, and despair almost deprived her of utterance ; " Oh, Emily, my child, my only...
Seite 32 - Mr. Lenox, as master of the family, was entitled to precedence in our description ; but in this instance, as in many others, a prominent character has controlled the arrangement of accidental circumstances. He belonged to the mass of New-England farmers, was industrious and frugal, sober and temperate, and enjoyed the reward of those staple virtues, good health and a competency.