The Autocrat of the breakfast tableHoughton, Mifflin, 1858 - 373 páginas |
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... Path that he used to look through his old " Dollond " to see if the Shining Ones were not within range of sight ... long journey before us , ] — -and again once more up among those other hills that shut in the amber - flowing Housatonic ...
... Path that he used to look through his old " Dollond " to see if the Shining Ones were not within range of sight ... long journey before us , ] — -and again once more up among those other hills that shut in the amber - flowing Housatonic ...
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... long path , and were fond of it . I felt very weak indeed ( though of a tolerably obust habit ) as we came opposite the head of this path on that morning . I think I tried to THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST - TABLE . 822.
... long path , and were fond of it . I felt very weak indeed ( though of a tolerably obust habit ) as we came opposite the head of this path on that morning . I think I tried to THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST - TABLE . 822.
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... long path with me ? ———— Certainly , —said the schoolmis- tress — with much pleasure . Think , —I said , - before you answer if you take the long path with me now , I shall interpret it that we are to part no more ! —The schoolmistress ...
... long path with me ? ———— Certainly , —said the schoolmis- tress — with much pleasure . Think , —I said , - before you answer if you take the long path with me now , I shall interpret it that we are to part no more ! —The schoolmistress ...
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... walk down the long path of life side by side , there was , as you may suppose , no small sensation . I confess I pitied our landlady . It took her all of a sud · lin , — she said . Had not known that we was keepin 852 THE AUTOCRAT OF ...
... walk down the long path of life side by side , there was , as you may suppose , no small sensation . I confess I pitied our landlady . It took her all of a sud · lin , — she said . Had not known that we was keepin 852 THE AUTOCRAT OF ...
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... long path in peace together . The " schoolmistress " finds her skill in teaching called for again , without going abroad to seek little scholars . Those visions of mine have all come true . I hope you all love me none the less for ...
... long path in peace together . The " schoolmistress " finds her skill in teaching called for again , without going abroad to seek little scholars . Those visions of mine have all come true . I hope you all love me none the less for ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 289 - Now in building of chaises, I tell you what, There is always somewhere a weakest spot, In hub, tire, felloe, in spring or thill, In panel, or crossbar, or floor , or sill, In screw, bolt, thoroughbrace, — lurking still, Find it somewhere you must and will, Above or below, or within or without, And that's the reason, beyond a doubt, A chaise breaks down but doesn't wear out. But the Deacon swore (as Deacons do, With an "I dew vum...
Página 290 - That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke,^ That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum...
Página 104 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new...
Página 292 - What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You...
Página 289 - Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible earthquake-day That the Deacon finished the one-hoss shay.
Página 99 - I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Página 104 - THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.* This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Página 305 - I care not much for gold or land; Give me a mortgage here and there — Some good bank-stock — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend.
Página 194 - The smooth, soft air with pulse-like waves Flows murmuring through its hidden caves, Whose streams of brightening purple rush, Fired with a new and livelier blush, While all their burden of decay The ebbing current steals away, And red with Nature's flame they start From the warm fountains of the heart.
Página 104 - And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell...