LIFE IN THE WEST: BACK-WOOD LEAVES AND PRAIRIE FLOWERS: Rough Sketches on the Borders OF THE PICTURESQUE, THE SUBLIME, AND RIDICULOUS. EXTRACTS FROM THE NOTE BOOK OF MORLEIGH IN SEARCH OF AN ESTATE. "The ancient proverb's come to pass: The priest, as he performs the mass, He knoweth not his estate."-OLD BALLAD. "Gratum opus agricolis."-VIRGIL. "And when pleasure begins to grow dull in the east, We may order our wings, and fly off to the west."-T. MOORE. "And deem the woods will be our home at last."-BYRON. LONDON: SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET. |