Vassall Morton: A NovelPhillips, Sampson, 1856 - 414 Seiten |
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... person , - Margaret Vassall , this boy's mother . " " What , one of the old Vassall race ? " " Exactly ; and , I suppose , the last survivor . I used to know her . She was a handsome woman , and , bating her family pride , altogether a ...
... person , - Margaret Vassall , this boy's mother . " " What , one of the old Vassall race ? " " Exactly ; and , I suppose , the last survivor . I used to know her . She was a handsome woman , and , bating her family pride , altogether a ...
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... person , to whom his face was well known , that other guests , from Boston , like himself , were seated at the tea table . Accordingly , descending thither , he saw four persons . The first was a quiet - looking man , with the air of a ...
... person , to whom his face was well known , that other guests , from Boston , like himself , were seated at the tea table . Accordingly , descending thither , he saw four persons . The first was a quiet - looking man , with the air of a ...
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A Novel Francis Parkman. Their small persons were terminated at one end by morocco shoes of somewhat infantile pattern ... person of a young lady , a year or two his junior . He longed for a pretext to address her , but found none ; when ...
A Novel Francis Parkman. Their small persons were terminated at one end by morocco shoes of somewhat infantile pattern ... person of a young lady , a year or two his junior . He longed for a pretext to address her , but found none ; when ...
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... in their private carriage . I nodded to Ben , and touched my hat to Mrs. S. You should have seen their faces . They thought there must be something out of joint in the mechanism of the universe , when a person VASSALL MORTON . 19.
... in their private carriage . I nodded to Ben , and touched my hat to Mrs. S. You should have seen their faces . They thought there must be something out of joint in the mechanism of the universe , when a person VASSALL MORTON . 19.
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A Novel Francis Parkman. in the mechanism of the universe , when a person of their acquaintance could be seen smoking a pipe at a tavern door , like a bog - trotting Irishman . " " You should have asked Ben to go with us . " " It would ...
A Novel Francis Parkman. in the mechanism of the universe , when a person of their acquaintance could be seen smoking a pipe at a tavern door , like a bog - trotting Irishman . " " You should have asked Ben to go with us . " " It would ...
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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...