Tonnewonte; Or, The Adopted Son of America: A Tale, Containing Scenes from Real LifeDaniel Steele & Son, 1825 - 275 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 23.
Страница 6
... Ephraim Marvin , the reflection of a strong mind , with great energy and persever- ance . Miss Martha Marvin was a maiden of forty . Her countenance was , at first view , rather forbidding . Her complexion was the same as her brothers ...
... Ephraim Marvin , the reflection of a strong mind , with great energy and persever- ance . Miss Martha Marvin was a maiden of forty . Her countenance was , at first view , rather forbidding . Her complexion was the same as her brothers ...
Страница 8
... Ephraim would be lame through life . This would prove a great inconvenience to a farmer . Study was then the only resource , and the lad must push his way up in life by learning . So thought his parents ; and , fortunately , Ephraim was ...
... Ephraim would be lame through life . This would prove a great inconvenience to a farmer . Study was then the only resource , and the lad must push his way up in life by learning . So thought his parents ; and , fortunately , Ephraim was ...
Страница 9
... Ephraim was now nineteen , and it was high time to choose a profession . He had acquired all the village schoolmaster could teach . The funds of his father could afford no higher means of instruction ; for on a farm of fifty acres he ...
... Ephraim was now nineteen , and it was high time to choose a profession . He had acquired all the village schoolmaster could teach . The funds of his father could afford no higher means of instruction ; for on a farm of fifty acres he ...
Страница 10
... Ephraim saved two hun- dred dollars . He had now a capital , and might re- turn to New - York . Here he established a grocery shop , on a small scale at first ; but extending his bu- siness , as his means encreased . Meanwhile , sister ...
... Ephraim saved two hun- dred dollars . He had now a capital , and might re- turn to New - York . Here he established a grocery shop , on a small scale at first ; but extending his bu- siness , as his means encreased . Meanwhile , sister ...
Страница 11
... Ephraim , offering to keep house for him , and resign her newly acquired fortune to his disposal , as an addition to his stock in trade . The brother gladly accepted her proposal , knowing how valuable her economical qualities would be ...
... Ephraim , offering to keep house for him , and resign her newly acquired fortune to his disposal , as an addition to his stock in trade . The brother gladly accepted her proposal , knowing how valuable her economical qualities would be ...
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
acquaintance America appearance arms assistance attention aunt Martha Beaumont Bleeker bosom breakfast brother brought Brutus Cato chateau cher child Cler Connecticut Count Leuchenburg countenance cried Theodore daugh daughter dear door endeavor enquired Ephraim Marvin Evelina exclaimed eyes farm father feel forest former fortune France gazed hand happy hastened hastily heart hope horse impatient Jeannette lady land Lany Lavol length Luneville Madame Mademoiselle mama Marchemain Marquis de Beaucaire Marquis des Abbayes massa William master Master Theodore mind Miss Marvin Mons Monsieur le Marquis morning mother native never New-York night nurse old gentleman passed pensively possession present Provence regiment remained retired scarcely scene seated seemed sister Martha soon stranger supper Theodore de Clermont ther thought tion Tonnewonte took Vanderhausen walked wife William Parker wish woman woodsman young youth
Популярни откъси
Страница 109 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Страница 139 - Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind, As different good, by Art or Nature given, To different nations makes their blessings even.
Страница 39 - And past those settlers' haunts the eye might roam Where earth's unliving silence all would seem ; Save where on rocks the beaver built his dome, Or buffalo remote low'd far from human home. But silent not that adverse eastern path,. Which saw Aurora's hills th...
Страница 25 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Страница 141 - And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face...
Страница 255 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Страница 53 - Heaven descends in showers; or bends the bough, When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams ; Or in the wintry glebe whatever lies Conceal'd, and fattens with the richest sap...
Страница 101 - ... that it was much better to fall into the hands of God, than into those of his enemies.