Eve Effingham: Sequel to Homeward BoundG. Routledge, 1855 - 287页 |
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... American character . The whole nation struck him as being destitute of salient points , and as characterized by a respectable mediocrity , that , however useful it might be in its way , was utterly without poetry , humour , or interest ...
... American character . The whole nation struck him as being destitute of salient points , and as characterized by a respectable mediocrity , that , however useful it might be in its way , was utterly without poetry , humour , or interest ...
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... America is provincialism ; a misfortune that is perhaps inseparable from her situation . Without a social capital ... American nation is a great nation , in some particulars the greatest the world ever saw , we hold to be true , and ...
... America is provincialism ; a misfortune that is perhaps inseparable from her situation . Without a social capital ... American nation is a great nation , in some particulars the greatest the world ever saw , we hold to be true , and ...
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... American town , within an hour after she had landed from the ship . Fortunately for her , however , her father was too just to consider a wife , or a daughter , a mere upper servant , and he rightly judged that a liberal portion of his ...
... American town , within an hour after she had landed from the ship . Fortunately for her , however , her father was too just to consider a wife , or a daughter , a mere upper servant , and he rightly judged that a liberal portion of his ...
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... American manner , during the week she had been at home , and Grace was so sensitive on the subject of the opinion of one who had seen so much of Europe , that there was great danger , at that critical moment , the meeting would ...
... American manner , during the week she had been at home , and Grace was so sensitive on the subject of the opinion of one who had seen so much of Europe , that there was great danger , at that critical moment , the meeting would ...
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... American society presents to every stranger , and to every native of the country too , on his return from a residence among other people . Of its taste , wisdom , and safety we shall not now speak , but content ourselves with merely ...
... American society presents to every stranger , and to every native of the country too , on his return from a residence among other people . Of its taste , wisdom , and safety we shall not now speak , but content ourselves with merely ...
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Abbott admiration agreeable American answer appearance Aristabulus asked Assheton baronet beautiful believe better Bloomfield Bragg Bulwer's called Captain Ducie Captain Truck certainly character Cinq Mars commodore companion composite order confess cousin Jack cried dare say dear Dodge England English Eve Effingham exclaimed eyes fancy father favour feel gentleman Grace Hajji hand happy Hawker hear heard heart hope Howel Hudson Square inquired interest J. F. Cooper Jarvis John Effingham knew lake laughing look Lucius Junius Brutus M'Intosh ma'am Mademoiselle Viefville manner married matter means Miss Effingham Miss Eve Miss Ring Miss Van Cortlandt mother nation nature neighbours never observed opinion passed person render respect returned scarcely Sir George Templemore smile society sogdollager soon speak surprise SUSAN HOPLEY taste Templeton thing thought town true truth village whole party Wigwam wish woman young lady
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第239页 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
第192页 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
第63页 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd : The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings, lie intreasured.
第78页 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
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第76页 - The whole country is in such a constant state of mutation, that I can only liken it to the game of children, in which, as one quits his corner, another runs into it, and he that finds no corner to get into, is the laughingstock of the others. Fancy that dwelling...
第73页 - The fault just now is, perhaps, to consult the books too rigidly, and to trust too little to invention ; for no architecture, and especially no domestic architecture, can ever be above serious reproach, until climate, the uses of the edifice, and the situation, are respected as leading considerations. Nothing can be uglier, per se, than a Swiss cottage, or anything more beautiful under its precise circumstances.
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第88页 - I know the shaggy hills about, The meadows smooth and wide, The plains, that, toward the southern sky, Fenced east and west by mountains lie. A white man, gazing on the scene, Would say a lovely spot was here, And praise the lawns...