Sketches of American CharacterFreeman Hunt, 1831 - 287 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 179
... Emily Woodworth made her debut at Saratoga . She came ac- companied by her guardian , Mr. Chapman , and his wife . Mrs. Chapman was a dyspeptic , ner- vous and very particular lady . In her youth she had been a celebrated beauty , and ...
... Emily Woodworth made her debut at Saratoga . She came ac- companied by her guardian , Mr. Chapman , and his wife . Mrs. Chapman was a dyspeptic , ner- vous and very particular lady . In her youth she had been a celebrated beauty , and ...
Σελίδα 180
... occasion for a good joke occurred , sufficient- ly testified . Emily Woodworth - but I will not introduce her formally , by telling her height , or describ- ing her features , or noting the color of her 180 AMERICAN SKETCHES .
... occasion for a good joke occurred , sufficient- ly testified . Emily Woodworth - but I will not introduce her formally , by telling her height , or describ- ing her features , or noting the color of her 180 AMERICAN SKETCHES .
Σελίδα 181
... Emily as handsome as your beau ideal of fe- male loveliness , or I shall in future draw my own heroine's . And yet it is a task in which few succeed . The artist , proud of being com- plimented with possessing the skill of a Van- dike ...
... Emily as handsome as your beau ideal of fe- male loveliness , or I shall in future draw my own heroine's . And yet it is a task in which few succeed . The artist , proud of being com- plimented with possessing the skill of a Van- dike ...
Σελίδα 183
... Emily so much resembled as Ellen Douglas ; especially in that scene where Fitz James so gallantly volunteered to row her fairy bark , when ' The maid with smile , suppressed and sly , The task unwonted saw him try . ' But Emily ...
... Emily so much resembled as Ellen Douglas ; especially in that scene where Fitz James so gallantly volunteered to row her fairy bark , when ' The maid with smile , suppressed and sly , The task unwonted saw him try . ' But Emily ...
Σελίδα 184
... Emily the fashions , and I think that Union house there , will be just the thing for our accommodation . Congress Hall I should like , only it looks as if it would draw a little too largely on my purse . ' Do you know what kind of ...
... Emily the fashions , and I think that Union house there , will be just the thing for our accommodation . Congress Hall I should like , only it looks as if it would draw a little too largely on my purse . ' Do you know what kind of ...
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acquainted admiration affection aunt Jemima aunt Judy beautiful Catharine Chapman character Charles Charles Grant charms child Clarinda Clark Colvin Connecticut consent considered countenance daugh daughter dear displayed doubtless duty dwelling Edward Paine Eliza Elizabeth Elizabeth Brooks Emily engaged exertion expected eyes fancy Fanny father favor fear feel felt friends gentlemen George Torrey girl Green Mountains happiness heard heart honor hope husband inquired intended Isaiah James Murray kind knew labor Lawton learned lived look lover Lucretia Lucy marriage married ment mind Miss Ashton Miss Brooks mother ness never Obed opinion parents passed passion person pleasure poor prejudices proud Ranson reason replied rich Robert Simonds seemed Silsby sisters smile soon sorrow spirit talents taste tears thing Thompson thought tion told usually Vermont village Walter Walter Wilson wife William Forbes wish woman Yankee young ladies
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Σελίδα 182 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Σελίδα 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Σελίδα 274 - Convince a man against his will, he's of the same opinion still ; ' is that it ? Well, I like your spirit.
Σελίδα 2 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Σελίδα 70 - Hence, the declaration, that all things shall work together for good to them who love God...
Σελίδα 182 - Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shows : Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Σελίδα 2 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim...
Σελίδα 89 - Deny it to a king?' which may remind us of a saying of a greater and wiser king than either : ' The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Σελίδα 56 - ... thing at variance with the purest chastity. Whatever, in other respects, may be the fascinations of a book, if it be impure or lascivious, let it be eschewed. Whatever be the accomplishments of an acquaintance, if he or she be licentious in conversation or action let him or her be shunned. No man can take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned.
Σελίδα 104 - ... arbiter of decorum for three generations of Americans from 1828 to 1877. Throughout her magazine articles and fictional works, Hale continuously champions a more abundant and better education for women, countering the tendency of male writers like Dew to encourage woman, as her sole purpose in life, "to heighten and set off her personal attractions by dress and accomplishments, that she may thus secure the constant devotion of some gallant...