American Notes for General CirculationD. Appleton, 1868 - 104 páginas |
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... looks ! " " How trim she is ! " are heard on every side . Even the lazy gentleman with his hat on one side and his hands in ... look that way , and nod his head , as who should say , " No mistake about that ; " and not even the sage Lord ...
... looks ! " " How trim she is ! " are heard on every side . Even the lazy gentleman with his hat on one side and his hands in ... look that way , and nod his head , as who should say , " No mistake about that ; " and not even the sage Lord ...
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... looks up at the masts , or down at the decks , or over the side , they look there too , as wondering wheth- er he sees anything wrong anywhere , and hoping that , in case he should , he will have the goodness to mention it . What have ...
... looks up at the masts , or down at the decks , or over the side , they look there too , as wondering wheth- er he sees anything wrong anywhere , and hoping that , in case he should , he will have the goodness to mention it . What have ...
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... look and use and purpose I was as well acquainted as with my own two hands . My own two hands , and feet likewise , being very cold , however , on this particular occasion , I crept below at midnight . It was not exactly com- fortable ...
... look and use and purpose I was as well acquainted as with my own two hands . My own two hands , and feet likewise , being very cold , however , on this particular occasion , I crept below at midnight . It was not exactly com- fortable ...
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... look upon . I was now comfortably established by courtesy in the ladies ' cabin , where , besides ourselves , there were only four other passengers . First , the little Scotch lady before mentioned , on her way to join her husband at ...
... look upon . I was now comfortably established by courtesy in the ladies ' cabin , where , besides ourselves , there were only four other passengers . First , the little Scotch lady before mentioned , on her way to join her husband at ...
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... look at . News ! A dozen murders on shore would lack the interest of these slight incidents at sea . Divided between our rubber and such topics as these , we were running ( as we thought ) into Halifax Harbor , on the fifteenth night ...
... look at . News ! A dozen murders on shore would lack the interest of these slight incidents at sea . Divided between our rubber and such topics as these , we were running ( as we thought ) into Halifax Harbor , on the fifteenth night ...
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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.