Vassall Morton: A NovelPhillips, Sampson, 1856 - 414 Seiten |
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... called , and knew as much of ladies as of mermaids . But having an ardent tempera- ment and a Quixotic imagination ; being addicted , moreover , to Froissart and kindred writers ; and , indeed , visited with a glimmering of that antique ...
... called , and knew as much of ladies as of mermaids . But having an ardent tempera- ment and a Quixotic imagination ; being addicted , moreover , to Froissart and kindred writers ; and , indeed , visited with a glimmering of that antique ...
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... called Paddy O'Flinn , was ringing the evening prayer bell from the cupola of Harvard Hall , -its tone was dull and muffled , some graceless sophomore having lately painted it white , ir side and out , and the students were mustering at ...
... called Paddy O'Flinn , was ringing the evening prayer bell from the cupola of Harvard Hall , -its tone was dull and muffled , some graceless sophomore having lately painted it white , ir side and out , and the students were mustering at ...
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... called the general sense of the community , which , as he assured his auditor , demands that every one should have some fixed and stated calling , by which he may be recognized as a worthy and useful member of so- ciety . Sometimes he ...
... called the general sense of the community , which , as he assured his auditor , demands that every one should have some fixed and stated calling , by which he may be recognized as a worthy and useful member of so- ciety . Sometimes he ...
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... called forth a protest from the poet's ad- mirer . “ May I ask , " said Morton to his cousin , " who are your literary favorites ? " " Not the latter - day poets- the Tennysonian school ; their puling mannerism is an insult to the Saxon ...
... called forth a protest from the poet's ad- mirer . “ May I ask , " said Morton to his cousin , " who are your literary favorites ? " " Not the latter - day poets- the Tennysonian school ; their puling mannerism is an insult to the Saxon ...
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... called on Miss Leslie . An old woman , an ancient dependant of the family , raised , as she would have phrased it , in the backwoods of Matherton , opened the door . " Is Miss Leslie at home ? " " No ; she was took sick yesterday , very ...
... called on Miss Leslie . An old woman , an ancient dependant of the family , raised , as she would have phrased it , in the backwoods of Matherton , opened the door . " Is Miss Leslie at home ? " " No ; she was took sick yesterday , very ...
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acquaintance afternoon Ashland asked battle of Wagram began better Boston Buckland CHAPTER character Charles Augustus Murray clouds companion Cymbeline death door earnest Edith Leslie escape face fancy Fanny Euston father feeling followed gave glance grown backward half hand head hear heard heart Henry Speyer hope Horace Vinal horse hour journey knew lady Lake of Como learned leave Leslie's lips live Matherton mean Meredith mind Miss Euston Miss Leslie morning Morton looked Morton turned mountains muslin nature never night octavo pace pain pale passed person Price Primrose prison Prosper Merimée replied rest returned Richards rocks rose Rosny seated seemed seen servant side smile soon speak spirit stood Stubb tell thing THOMAS CARLYLE thought took Vassall Morton volume walked window wish women word young
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Seite 61 - Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Seite 61 - I'll smiling mock at thy neglect, And never love thee more. But if no faithless action stain Thy love and constant word, I'll make thee famous by my pen, And glorious by my sword...
Seite 170 - Those travel'd youths whom tender mothers wean, And send abroad to see and to be seen; With whom, lest they should fornicate, or worse, A tutor's sent by way of a dry nurse; Each of whom just enough of spirit bears To...
Seite 163 - ... perfectly concealed what lay beneath. "I'm not very keen to tackle that," Mather muttered, halting at the edge of the tangle. "Too tough to smash through, and not quite tough enough to walk on — I've tried ground cane before." He looked back at the pitch he had just descended and shook his head. "About six of one and half a dozen of the other, I guess. Damned if I'll shin up that ridge again. Can't work around the edge of this bamboo, either — those cliffs block me off. Well, here goes for...
Seite 37 - This first gave him an impulse 39 towards ethnological inquiries. He soon began to find an absorbing interest in tracing the distinctions, moral, intellectual, and physical, of different races, as shown in their history, their mythologies, their languages, their legends, their primitive art, literature, and way of life. The idea grew upon him of devoting his life to such studies.
Seite 273 - Some years ago, I entered upon certain plans, which have not yet been accomplished. I have been interrupted, balked, kicked and cuffed by fortune, till I am more than half disgusted with the world. But I mean still to take up the broken thread where I left it, and carry it forward as before.
Seite 189 - ... chivalry in listed plain on joust and tourney spent ; — I hear of many a battle, in which thy spear is red, But help from thee comes none to me where I am ill bested.
Seite 135 - What ! we have many goodly days to see : The liquid drops of tears that you have shed, Shall eome again, transform'd to orient pearl ; Advantaging their loan, with interest Oftentimes double gain of happiness. Shaks. Riehard III. All the good we have rests...
Seite 37 - Norman Conquest' had fallen into his hands soon after he entered College. The whole delighted him; but he read and re-read the opening chapters, which exhibit the movements of the various races in their occupancy of the west of Europe. This first gave him an impulse 39 towards ethnological inquiries.
Seite 112 - Here in America," declares Vassall, "we ought to make the most of this feeling for nature; for we have very little else . . . savageness and solitude have a character of their own; and so has the polished landscape with associations of art, poetry, legend and history."7 The polished landscape of Europe held little enchantment for Parkman. Rather he turned to the mountains and the virgin forests for...