I Will be a Lady: A Book for GirlsCrosby and Nichols, 1845 - 167 Seiten |
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... seen in the city , —a glorious sunrise . The first civility offered her on descending to the " sitting - room " was a glass of bitters . 66 No , no ; Cousin Joab , do not offer me any thing of the kind ; I never drank ardent spirits in ...
... seen in the city , —a glorious sunrise . The first civility offered her on descending to the " sitting - room " was a glass of bitters . 66 No , no ; Cousin Joab , do not offer me any thing of the kind ; I never drank ardent spirits in ...
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... seen a great many people . If there were more of them like Mrs. Whately , it would not be such a comical world as it is . " Give my compliments to the green carriage and the black horses ; they ought , after , or before , the owner , to ...
... seen a great many people . If there were more of them like Mrs. Whately , it would not be such a comical world as it is . " Give my compliments to the green carriage and the black horses ; they ought , after , or before , the owner , to ...
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... me , since I have seen no other excepting the neighbouring town of Perkinsville , " answered Beulah , with per- fect coolness . The strawberries were nearly all eaten . " Where can Zephina be all this time , " FREE AND EASY . 39.
... me , since I have seen no other excepting the neighbouring town of Perkinsville , " answered Beulah , with per- fect coolness . The strawberries were nearly all eaten . " Where can Zephina be all this time , " FREE AND EASY . 39.
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... seen the grand flourish at the end of it , I verily believe I should have forgotten myself , and boxed your ears soundly . " " I hope I shall never see the girl again , " whimpered out Harriet Ann . " I hope in all conscience you never ...
... seen the grand flourish at the end of it , I verily believe I should have forgotten myself , and boxed your ears soundly . " " I hope I shall never see the girl again , " whimpered out Harriet Ann . " I hope in all conscience you never ...
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... school . I used to wonder , by the way , whose school that was . " At the tea - table , which was furnished with the richest silver and the most beautiful china that I had ever seen , I found the biscuits quite to 5 * THE BOWER . 53.
... school . I used to wonder , by the way , whose school that was . " At the tea - table , which was furnished with the richest silver and the most beautiful china that I had ever seen , I found the biscuits quite to 5 * THE BOWER . 53.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance amused apron asked Zephina awkward Azariah basket Baxter beautiful Beulah Morris blush bonnet Boston bower Caleb Prium carriage CHAPTER child coach comfort cousin Whately curls dear Beulah dear Zephina door dress exclaimed Harriet Ann exclaimed Zephina eyes Fanshaw farm-house father Finey flowers folks glad gone hair hand Harriet Ann Gunn Harriet Martineau heard heart inquired invalid JOAB kind lady-like laugh letter lived look mamma manners Markham Medad Miss Gunn Miss Harriet Ann Miss Morris morning mother Nancy neighbour never nice Perkinsville pitcher pretty queer replied Beulah replied Zephina roses rude seat smile soon Soul Squire Morris stagecoach street sweet tableaux TABLEAUX VIVANTS tell thee thing thought told took voice vulgar walk Weasenby Whately's wife Winthrop Whately wish Yankee girl young friend young gentleman young lady
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 130 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Seite 86 - They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why ; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne. And think it kindness to his majesty : A stubborn race, fearing and flattering none.
Seite 2 - GOD might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all.
Seite 133 - We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears , Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept And sleeping when she died.
Seite 133 - ... of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.
Seite 137 - ... her hair Half hid Matilda's forehead fair, Half hid and half revealed to view Her full dark eye of hazel hue. The rose, with faint and feeble streak, So lightly tinged the maiden's cheek, That you had said her hue was pale: But if she faced the summer gale, Or spoke, or sung, or quicker moved, Or heard the praise of those she loved, The mantling blood in ready play Rivalled the blush of rising day. But Walter Scott was a young man, and in his great big heart there was still room for love. If...