Jottings of a Year's Sojourn in the South: Or, First Impressions of the Country and Its People; with a Glimpse at School-teaching in that Southern Land, and Reminiscences of Distinguished MenReview and Herald Print, 1859 - 310 páginas |
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... . While I stood gazing , and doubting which one I should choose , I asked a gentleman to point me out a first - class steamer that was going down the river to - day . He pointed up the river and said , " There 16 JOTTINGS OF A YEAR'S.
... . While I stood gazing , and doubting which one I should choose , I asked a gentleman to point me out a first - class steamer that was going down the river to - day . He pointed up the river and said , " There 16 JOTTINGS OF A YEAR'S.
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... asked , and answered , " Three bits . " Three bits ! what's that ? Mine host re- plied , " Tis tree sheeling . " Paid the old negro his three bits , was shown to my room , and - and - I'm tired and weary - good night . CHAPTER III ...
... asked , and answered , " Three bits . " Three bits ! what's that ? Mine host re- plied , " Tis tree sheeling . " Paid the old negro his three bits , was shown to my room , and - and - I'm tired and weary - good night . CHAPTER III ...
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... asked if I could get a horse and carriage for that purpose . There was but one carriage owned in town , and that could not be got . The people here traveled mostly on horseback . Could I have a horse and saddle , then ? Not one to be ...
... asked if I could get a horse and carriage for that purpose . There was but one carriage owned in town , and that could not be got . The people here traveled mostly on horseback . Could I have a horse and saddle , then ? Not one to be ...
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... asked him if he was kin to ROBERT Y. HAYNE , of South Carolina . " Yes , he was . He had the pure blood of the HAYNES in him . " And when I praised that young orator , who , like the great champion of debate whom he so ably withstood in ...
... asked him if he was kin to ROBERT Y. HAYNE , of South Carolina . " Yes , he was . He had the pure blood of the HAYNES in him . " And when I praised that young orator , who , like the great champion of debate whom he so ably withstood in ...
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... asked her if we should not , like the Greeks , before going to battle , consult the oracles . She replied that I might if I felt alarmed , consult my goddess , DIANA , but let her have the reins and she would drive through . I drove ...
... asked her if we should not , like the Greeks , before going to battle , consult the oracles . She replied that I might if I felt alarmed , consult my goddess , DIANA , but let her have the reins and she would drive through . I drove ...
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Aaron Burr asked banks Battle Creek beautiful bluffs boat Burr cabins called carriage charm chat chivalry clime Colonel McClung cotton COWLES MEAD enjoy eyes feet flowers forest gate gentleman give green ground halloo head heard homo genus horse HUGH MILLER land leaves looked Major W.'s Michigan Mike Mike Fink miles Miss Mississippi morning Nashville Military Academy negro never night North Northern Orleans overseer passed plantation plantation-house planter planter's wife pleasant porch Prentiss residence rich Ridge House riding river road rode saddle Satartia says scene school-house seated servant shade side sight sitting soon South Southern ladies Southron steamer stream teacher tell thing thought tion told town trees true valley Vicksburgh walk Willow Dale winter woods word Yankee Yazoo Yazoo City Yazoo river young lady
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Página 294 - The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose; The Moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Página 173 - As bees In spring time, when the sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters : they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubb'd with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs : so thick the aery crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder!
Página 269 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 275 - For talents mourn, untimely lost, When best employed, and wanted most ; Mourn genius high, and lore profound, And wit that loved to play, not wound ; And all the reasoning powers divine, To penetrate, resolve, combine ; And feelings keen, and fancy's glow, — They sleep with him who sleeps below...
Página 132 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown ' That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me ! " LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.
Página 55 - His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew.
Página 16 - And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 55 - It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window shutters, so that, though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out; an idea most probably borrowed by the architect, Yost Van Houten, from the mystery of an eel-pot.
Página 179 - WE knew it would rain, for all the morn A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers.
Página 16 - By its own weight made steadfast and immovable. Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold. And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart.