The Century: 1899, Band 58Century Company, 1899 |
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... wife was the same charming young woman I had known . But there was nothing surpris- ing in this . People generally do not change very much in four months ; and yet , in talk- ing to Mr. Crowder , I could not prevent myself from ...
... wife was the same charming young woman I had known . But there was nothing surpris- ing in this . People generally do not change very much in four months ; and yet , in talk- ing to Mr. Crowder , I could not prevent myself from ...
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... wife was greatly interested in the strange things and people she met . Some- times we traveled by water , sometimes on horses and asses , and very often we walked . During the last part of the journey we joined a caravan which went ...
... wife was greatly interested in the strange things and people she met . Some- times we traveled by water , sometimes on horses and asses , and very often we walked . During the last part of the journey we joined a caravan which went ...
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... wife to appear before her at the palace . We were received with much favor , for we could do her no possible harm , and she was very eager for knowledge . My wife was an object of great curiosity to her , as she was so different from ...
... wife to appear before her at the palace . We were received with much favor , for we could do her no possible harm , and she was very eager for knowledge . My wife was an object of great curiosity to her , as she was so different from ...
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... wife do ? " anything on earth . " ( To be continued . ) 66 ' HERE THE. " We talked and talked and talked , " said Mr. Crowder , " and at last I persuaded her to live ; that is to say , not to make herself an obstacle to the wishes of the ...
... wife do ? " anything on earth . " ( To be continued . ) 66 ' HERE THE. " We talked and talked and talked , " said Mr. Crowder , " and at last I persuaded her to live ; that is to say , not to make herself an obstacle to the wishes of the ...
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1899. wife with me , and eventually reached Ara- bia . There we stayed for a long time , for I found it impossible to prosecute my journey- ing . Eventually , however , we reached the island of Malta , where my wife lived to be over ...
1899. wife with me , and eventually reached Ara- bia . There we stayed for a long time , for I found it impossible to prosecute my journey- ing . Eventually , however , we reached the island of Malta , where my wife lived to be over ...
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Seite 286 - I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...
Seite 286 - Tragedy, and contained an account of the drowning of Captain Worthilake, with his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pirate.
Seite 618 - Boston then lay out, at their discretion, one hundred thousand pounds in public works, which may be judged of most general utility to the inhabitants; such as fortifications, bridges, aqueducts, public buildings, baths, pavements, or whatever may make living in the town more convenient to its people, and render it more agreeable to strangers resorting thither for health or a temporary residence.
Seite 750 - I declined it from a principle which has ever weighed with me on such occasions; viz., that as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.
Seite 286 - Worthilake, with his two daughters: the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub-street-ballad style; and when they were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity; but my father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances, and telling me versemakers were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet, most probably...
Seite 616 - I am to proceed to Niagara; and, having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time, and I suppose it will; for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days ; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.
Seite 618 - I should desire is, that you would always be equally ready to serve any other person that may need your assistance, and so let good offices go round; for mankind are all of a family.
Seite 618 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the enemy...
Seite 409 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Seite 363 - I believe to be, in a deeper or less deep degree, the universal one ; and that every student and reader of History, who strives earnestly to conceive for himself what manner of Fact and Man this or the other vague Historical Name can have been, will, as the first and directest indication of all, search eagerly for a Portrait, for all the reasonable Portraits there are ; and never rest till he have made out, if possible, what the man's natural face was like. Often I have found a Portrait superior...