Sidney Roemlee: A Tale of New EnglandBowles and Dearborn, 1827 |
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... obtain the approbation of the public , it would be folly to deny - worse than folly , it would be falsehood . But I wish to be indebted for success , not to an imitation of popular authors , or the dissemination of popular stories ; but ...
... obtain the approbation of the public , it would be folly to deny - worse than folly , it would be falsehood . But I wish to be indebted for success , not to an imitation of popular authors , or the dissemination of popular stories ; but ...
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... obtain a son of Mr. Ro- melee's , and educate him as his own , he should then transmit his immense wealth to one ... obtaining one of the little rosy - cheeked urchins , who now bounded by them , all frolic and happiness , as unconscious ...
... obtain a son of Mr. Ro- melee's , and educate him as his own , he should then transmit his immense wealth to one ... obtaining one of the little rosy - cheeked urchins , who now bounded by them , all frolic and happiness , as unconscious ...
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... obtain the child . Mrs. Brainard undertook to procure her brother's consent , while her husband was to try his rhetoric on Mrs. Romelee , from whose maternal tenderness they ap- prehended prehended the most serious opposition to their ...
... obtain the child . Mrs. Brainard undertook to procure her brother's consent , while her husband was to try his rhetoric on Mrs. Romelee , from whose maternal tenderness they ap- prehended prehended the most serious opposition to their ...
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... obtain their favour ; yet they usually contrived to spend an afternoon with her every two or three weeks , just to scold her for not returning their visits ; and when , with all the mother in her voice and countenance , she read to them ...
... obtain their favour ; yet they usually contrived to spend an afternoon with her every two or three weeks , just to scold her for not returning their visits ; and when , with all the mother in her voice and countenance , she read to them ...
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... obtain customers , or how to please them . The seasons rolled round , without bringing any pleasure to him , except they brought company ; and on that account he considered the winter as far the most agreeable part of the year . E 3 as ...
... obtain customers , or how to please them . The seasons rolled round , without bringing any pleasure to him , except they brought company ; and on that account he considered the winter as far the most agreeable part of the year . E 3 as ...
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affection ance appear Atkinson beauty blessing Brainard called character Charleston cheek child choly countenance daugh daughter Deacon Jones dear doctor Perkins door endeavour England Englishman enjoy excellent exertion eyes face fair lady fancy father favour fear feel felicity felt fortune Frankford gazed gentleman George Cranfield grief Hampshire hand happiness Harvey heard heart heaven hero honour hope husband indulgence inquired kind knew labour lady laughing letter listened look lover marriage married melan ment Merrill mind Miss Redington mother ness never Northwood perhaps pleasure portunity quired racter recollect replied Sidney rich seat seemed Sidney Romelee Sidney's Silas Skinner smile soon sorrow spirit squire Romelee squirrel hunt Stuart Susan sweet tears tell tender ther thing thought tion told uncle uncle's wife wish Yankee young Zemira
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Page 22 - And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind!
Page 47 - It's no in titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest ; It's no in making muckle mair : It's no in books ; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That makes us right or wrang.
Page 98 - ... there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
Page 54 - I came to the place of my birth, and said, ' The friends of my youth, where are they ?' and Echo answered,
Page 183 - Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled, That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 254 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Page 250 - tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears ; The rose is sweetest washed with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalmed in tears.
Page 97 - Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 23 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine...