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... things . And with this ; and with showing how , - by very nearly closing the door , and twining in and out like serpents , and by counting the little washing - slab as standing- room , we could manage to insinuate four people into it ...
... things . And with this ; and with showing how , - by very nearly closing the door , and twining in and out like serpents , and by counting the little washing - slab as standing- room , we could manage to insinuate four people into it ...
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... thing in the end . " Be this as it may , I know that the dinner of that day was undeniably perfect ; that it com ... things considered , were merry enough . - the morning When the morning came , and we met at breakfast , it was curious ...
... thing in the end . " Be this as it may , I know that the dinner of that day was undeniably perfect ; that it com ... things considered , were merry enough . - the morning When the morning came , and we met at breakfast , it was curious ...
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... things , the ship rights . Before one can say , " Thank Heaven ! " she wrongs again . Before one can cry she is wrong , she seems to have started forward , and to be a creature actively running of its own accord , with broken knees and ...
... things , the ship rights . Before one can say , " Thank Heaven ! " she wrongs again . Before one can cry she is wrong , she seems to have started forward , and to be a creature actively running of its own accord , with broken knees and ...
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... thing so lethargic can be dignified with the title — in the fact of my wife being too ill to talk to me . If I may be allowed to illustrate my state of mind by such an example , I should say that I was ex- actly in the condition of the ...
... thing so lethargic can be dignified with the title — in the fact of my wife being too ill to talk to me . If I may be allowed to illustrate my state of mind by such an example , I should say that I was ex- actly in the condition of the ...
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... things in general , the captain ( who never goes to bed , and is never out of humour ) turns up his coat collar for the deck again ; shakes hands all round ; and goes laughing out into the weather as merrily as to a birth - day party ...
... things in general , the captain ( who never goes to bed , and is never out of humour ) turns up his coat collar for the deck again ; shakes hands all round ; and goes laughing out into the weather as merrily as to a birth - day party ...
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Página 286 - Ran away, a negro woman and two children. A few days before she went off, I burnt her with a hot iron, on the left side of her face. I tried to make the letter M.
Página 77 - Secondly, nearly all these young ladies subscribe to circulating libraries. Thirdly, they have got up among themselves a periodical called THE LOWELL OFFERING, "a repository of original articles, written exclusively by females actively employed in the mills...
Página 41 - She never seems to repine, but has all the buoyancy and gaiety of childhood. She is fond of fun and frolic, and when playing with the rest of the children, her shrill laugh sounds loudest of the group.
Página 40 - ... 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; and at once her countenance lighted up with a human expression: it was no longer a dog, or parrot: it was an immortal spirit, eagerly seizing upon a new link of union with other spirits...
Página 243 - Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Eternal Rest and Happiness; nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart, an Image of Beauty; to remain there, changeless and indelible, until its pulses cease to beat, for ever.
Página 184 - On Sunday morning we arrived at the foot of the mountain, which is crossed by railroad. There are ten inclined planes; five ascending, and five descending ; the carriages are dragged up the former, and let slowly down the latter, by means of stationary engines; the comparatively level spaces between being traversed, sometimes by horse, and sometimes by engine power, as the case demands. Occasionally the rails are laid upon the extreme verge of a giddy precipice ; and looking from the carriage window,...
Página 149 - He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might : being at war with everybody — but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant, and his manner was remarkably unaffected, gentlemanly, and agreeable. I thought that in his whole carriage and demeanour, he became his station singularly well.
Página 71 - ... part red-hot. It is insufferably close; and you see the hot air fluttering between yourself and any other object you may happen to look at, like the ghost of smoke. In the ladies' car, there are a great many gentlemen who have ladies with them.
Página 37 - It was now observed that her sense of smell was almost entirely destroyed; and, consequently, that her taste was much blunted. It was not until four years of age that the poor child's bodily health seem restored, and she was able to enter upon her apprenticeship of life and the world.
Página 303 - In the name of wonder, then, what is his merit ? " " Well, Sir, he is a smart man.