Mosses from an Old Manse, Volume 1Wiley and Putnam, 1846 - 208 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... never has a vivacious aspect , except when a northwestern breeze is vexing its surface , on a sunshiny day . From the incurable indolence of its nature , the stream is happily incapable of becom- ing the slave of human ingenuity , as is ...
... never has a vivacious aspect , except when a northwestern breeze is vexing its surface , on a sunshiny day . From the incurable indolence of its nature , the stream is happily incapable of becom- ing the slave of human ingenuity , as is ...
Pagina 8
... never found my imagination much excited by this , or any other scene of historic celebrity ; nor would the placid margin of the river have lost any of its charm for me , had men never fought and died there . There is a wilder interest ...
... never found my imagination much excited by this , or any other scene of historic celebrity ; nor would the placid margin of the river have lost any of its charm for me , had men never fought and died there . There is a wilder interest ...
Pagina 11
... never found in those of the market - gardener . Childless men , if they would know something of the bliss of pa- ternity , should plant a seed - be it squash , bean , Indian - corn , or perhaps a mere flower , or worthless weed - should ...
... never found in those of the market - gardener . Childless men , if they would know something of the bliss of pa- ternity , should plant a seed - be it squash , bean , Indian - corn , or perhaps a mere flower , or worthless weed - should ...
Pagina 12
... never invented anything more graceful . A hundred squashes in the garden were worthy - in my eyes , at least — of being rendered indestructible in marble . If ever Providence ( but I know it never will ) should assign me a superfluity ...
... never invented anything more graceful . A hundred squashes in the garden were worthy - in my eyes , at least — of being rendered indestructible in marble . If ever Providence ( but I know it never will ) should assign me a superfluity ...
Pagina 13
... never grew quite acquainted with my habitation till a long spell of sulky rain had confined me beneath its roof . There could not be a more sombre aspect of external nature than as seen from the windows of my study . The great willow ...
... never grew quite acquainted with my habitation till a long spell of sulky rain had confined me beneath its roof . There could not be a more sombre aspect of external nature than as seen from the windows of my study . The great willow ...
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