Sidney Roemlee: A Tale of New EnglandBowles and Dearborn, 1827 |
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... who tilled their own farms with their own hands , labouring actively six days in the week , and on the se- venth , offering to that Being who alone could could crown their labours with success , the unfeigned homage 4 SIDNEY ROMELEE .
... who tilled their own farms with their own hands , labouring actively six days in the week , and on the se- venth , offering to that Being who alone could could crown their labours with success , the unfeigned homage 4 SIDNEY ROMELEE .
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... advice was offered in the belief that Brainard's addresses were only prompted by gallantry - that he had no serious intention of marrying her - and that , that , if the breach between her and Reuben could 22 SIDNEY ROMELEE .
... advice was offered in the belief that Brainard's addresses were only prompted by gallantry - that he had no serious intention of marrying her - and that , that , if the breach between her and Reuben could 22 SIDNEY ROMELEE .
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... offered to step in . But mercy ! here the negroes are as thick as bees ; the streets are full of ' em . I am sure I did not imagine there were so many in the universe . When our carriage drove up to the gate , out bolted a great black ...
... offered to step in . But mercy ! here the negroes are as thick as bees ; the streets are full of ' em . I am sure I did not imagine there were so many in the universe . When our carriage drove up to the gate , out bolted a great black ...
Page 51
... or outrages against propriety , offered by either ; but there was a constant clashing of sentiments ; a perpetual disagreement in tastes and opinions ; D 2 opinions ; a kind of querulousness on the part of SIDNEY ROMELEE . 51.
... or outrages against propriety , offered by either ; but there was a constant clashing of sentiments ; a perpetual disagreement in tastes and opinions ; D 2 opinions ; a kind of querulousness on the part of SIDNEY ROMELEE . 51.
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... offered money , I am not able to say , but it seems the means they employed were successful . The corpulent landlord was soon seen puffing and bustling about , exerting himself to clean and repair his old waggon for an expedition . Zeb ...
... offered money , I am not able to say , but it seems the means they employed were successful . The corpulent landlord was soon seen puffing and bustling about , exerting himself to clean and repair his old waggon for an expedition . Zeb ...
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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...