American Notes for General CirculationD. Appleton, 1868 - 104 páginas |
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... least four months preceding ; that this could by any possi- bility be that small snug chamber of the imagina- tion which Charles Dickens , Esquire , with the spirit of prophecy strong upon him , had always foretold would contain at least ...
... least four months preceding ; that this could by any possi- bility be that small snug chamber of the imagina- tion which Charles Dickens , Esquire , with the spirit of prophecy strong upon him , had always foretold would contain at least ...
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... least useful one . God bless that stewardess for her piously fraud- ulent account of January voyages ! God bless her for her clear recollection of the companion pas- sage of last year , when nobody was ill , and every- body danced from ...
... least useful one . God bless that stewardess for her piously fraud- ulent account of January voyages ! God bless her for her clear recollection of the companion pas- sage of last year , when nobody was ill , and every- body danced from ...
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... least a quarter of an hour , without reaching them once ; and by the time I did catch them , the brandy - and - water was diminished , by constant spilling , to a teaspoonful . To complete the group , it is necessary to recog- nize in ...
... least a quarter of an hour , without reaching them once ; and by the time I did catch them , the brandy - and - water was diminished , by constant spilling , to a teaspoonful . To complete the group , it is necessary to recog- nize in ...
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... least of seeing a light , -but without any other sight or sound presenting itself , -it was deter- mined to send a boat on shore . It was amusing to observe how very kind some of the passengers were , in volunteering to go ashore in ...
... least of seeing a light , -but without any other sight or sound presenting itself , -it was deter- mined to send a boat on shore . It was amusing to observe how very kind some of the passengers were , in volunteering to go ashore in ...
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... least as many sittings were proffered us as would have accommodated a score or two of grown - up families . The number of creeds and forms of religion to which the pleasure of our com- pany was requested was in very fair proportion ...
... least as many sittings were proffered us as would have accommodated a score or two of grown - up families . The number of creeds and forms of religion to which the pleasure of our com- pany was requested was in very fair proportion ...
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America appearance beautiful BLACK DRIVER boat Boston breakfast cabin called cell character Charles Dickens cheerful Cincinnati clothes coach comfort course Cyclopædia dark David Copeland deck Doctor Crocus door dress England English eyes face gentleman going half hand head horses hour human institutions jail Johnny Cake journey kind La Porte County ladies Laura Bridgman Lebanon light lives look looking-glass LOWELL OFFERING manual alphabet ment miles mind Monk's Mound Montreal morning Morocco negro never night o'clock party passage passed passengers persons Phrenology pleasant pretty prison Public opinion QUACKENBOS'S river round Sandusky School seemed Shaker ship side slavery slaves soon steamboat street strong thing thought THURLOW WEED tion took town travelling trees turned walk wall whole wind window young
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Página 89 - Presently we came to the beginning of the village, and alighting at the door of a house where the Shaker manufactures are sold, and which is the head-quarters of the elders, requested permission to see the Shaker worship. Pending the conveyance of this request to some person in authority, we walked into a grim room, where several grim hats were hanging on grim pegs, and the time was grimly told by a grim clock...
Página 18 - The poor child had sat in mute amazement, and patiently imitated everything her teacher did; but now the truth began to flash upon her : her intellect began to work: she perceived that here was a way by which she could herself make up a sign of anything that was in her own mind, and show it to another mind...
Página 83 - It was not until I came on Table Rock and looked - great heaven, on what a fall of bright green water! - that it came upon me in its full might and majesty. Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing - the first effect, and the enduring one - instant and lasting - of the tremendous spectacle was peace - peace of mind - tranquillity - calm recollection of the dead - great thoughts of eternal rest and happiness: nothing of gloom or terror.
Página 19 - ... a twining of arms, a grasping of hands, and a swift telegraphing upon the tiny fingers ; whose rapid evolutions convey the thoughts and feelings from the outposts of one mind to those of the other. There are questions and answers, exchanges of joy or sorrow, there are kissings and partings, just as between little children with all their senses.
Página 39 - What are the fifty newspapers, which those precocious urchins are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are they but amusements? Not vapid waterish amusements, but good strong stuff; dealing in round abuse and blackguard names; pulling off the roofs of private houses, as the Halting Devil did in Spain...
Página 20 - Laura accompanied her mother to the door, clinging close to her all the way, until they arrived at the threshold, where she paused, and felt around, to ascertain who was near her.
Página 72 - At the junction of the two rivers, on ground so flat and low and marshy that at certain seasons of the year it is inundated to the house-tops, lies a breeding-place of fever, ague, and death; vaunted in England as a mine of Golden Hope, and speculated in, on the faith of monstrous representations, to many people's ruin.
Página 73 - At last there were the lights of St. Louis, and here was the wharf, and those were the steps: and the little woman, covering her face with her hands, and laughing (or seeming to laugh) more than ever, ran into her own cabin, and shut herself up. I have no doubt that, in the charming inconsistency of such excitement, she stopped her ears, lest she should hear "Him" asking for her: but I did not see her do it.
Página 101 - Is it not a very disgraceful circumstance that such a man as So-and-so should be acquiring a large property by the most infamous and odious means, and notwithstanding all the crimes of which he has been guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your Citizens? He is a public nuisance, is he not?
Página 19 - She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the left hand, looks roguish for a moment and laughs, and then with the right hand strikes the left, as if to correct it.