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 Men ...Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1859 - 324 páginas |
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Página 259 - 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 a like nature, that conduce very much to a right understanding of
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Página 284 - look upon your lord, And lay your hand upon your sword, ) I tell thee, thou'rt defied! And if thou saidst I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here— Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied !
Página 122 - 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 smiled so sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee,
Página 265 - 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. • And if thou mourn'st they could not save From error, him who owns this grave, Be every harsher thought suppressed, And sacred be the last long rest.
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