I Will be a Gentleman: A Book for BoysWm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1845 - 152 páginas |
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... letter home will give an account of his journey . It was as follows : DEAR MOTHER : You told me to write to you as soon I could . I only arrived yesterday . I met with a little bit of an accident on the road . There was a big fellow on ...
... letter home will give an account of his journey . It was as follows : DEAR MOTHER : You told me to write to you as soon I could . I only arrived yesterday . I met with a little bit of an accident on the road . There was a big fellow on ...
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... letter . 66 66 I would not send him a fourpence , " said Su- san . Extravagant fellow ! and so foolish , too , to give five dollars to a pedler to show him he was a gentleman ! Mother , let him go without money a while , till he knows ...
... letter . 66 66 I would not send him a fourpence , " said Su- san . Extravagant fellow ! and so foolish , too , to give five dollars to a pedler to show him he was a gentleman ! Mother , let him go without money a while , till he knows ...
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... LETTER . MY DEAR JOSEPH : It is with deep regret that I am compelled to blame you , yet much to blame you certainly are . Let me tell you , in the first place , that I had no money to send you ; the inclosed is the gift of dear little ...
... LETTER . MY DEAR JOSEPH : It is with deep regret that I am compelled to blame you , yet much to blame you certainly are . Let me tell you , in the first place , that I had no money to send you ; the inclosed is the gift of dear little ...
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... letter that I can only add my fervent wishes for your success at school . Be obedient and studious . How much of my comfort during the remain- der of my pilgrimage depends upon you , Joseph . " When I am feeble , old and gray , Your ...
... letter that I can only add my fervent wishes for your success at school . Be obedient and studious . How much of my comfort during the remain- der of my pilgrimage depends upon you , Joseph . " When I am feeble , old and gray , Your ...
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... letter ? He glanced his eye hastily over it , took out the money , and exclaimed , " Only two dollars - how mean ! " then threw the letter into his trunk , and tried to stifle the reproaches of conscience . Alas ! too well did he ...
... letter ? He glanced his eye hastily over it , took out the money , and exclaimed , " Only two dollars - how mean ! " then threw the letter into his trunk , and tried to stifle the reproaches of conscience . Alas ! too well did he ...
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Página 114 - Fayal, and on the 5th and succeeding days, from twelve to fifteen small volcanos broke out in the fields we had traversed on the 3d, from the chasms before described, and threw out a quantity of lava, which travelled on slowly towards Vellas. The fire of those small craters subsided, and the lava ceased running...
Página 135 - The daughter of the farmer in whose field this tree stood, and with whom I became acquainted, married, and settled in this city about forty years ago. In our occasional interviews, we now and then spoke of the innocent haunts and rural pleasures of our youth, and among other things of the eagle's nest in her father's field. A few years ago I was called to visit this woman when she was in the lowest stage of a typhus fever.
Página 136 - She seized my hand, without being able to speak, and discovered strong emotions of pleasure in her countenance, probably from a sudden association of all her early domestic connexions...
Página 113 - After taking some refreshment, we visited the second crater, the sulphureous smoke of which, driven southerly, rendered it impracticable to attempt approaching the large one. When we came within a mile of the crater, we found the earth rent in every direction, and, as we approached nearer, some of the chasms were six feet wide; by leaping over some of these chasms, and making windings to avoid the larger ones, we at length arrived within two hundred yards of the spot ; and saw it, in the middle of...
Página 112 - PM walking in the balcony of my house at St. Antonio, I heard noises like the report of heavy cannon at a distance, and concluded there was some sea engagement in the vicinity of the island. But soon after, casting my eyes towards the island of St. George, I perceived a dense column of smoke rising to an immense height.
Página 114 - ... bellowings were occasionally heard from the bowels of the earth, and earthquakes were frequent. After remaining here about ten minutes, we returned to town, the inhabitants had mostly quitted their houses, and remained in the open air, or under tents. We passed the night at Vellas, and the next morning went by water to Ursulina, a small seaport town two leagues south of Vellas, and viewed that part of the country covered with the cinders before mentioned, and which have turned the most valuable...
Página 116 - ... but their flesh. About sixty persons were thus miserably scalded, some of whom died on the spot, or in a few days after. Numbers of cattle shared the same fate. The judge and principal inhabitants left the island very early.
Página 2 - Christian Examiner. THE YOUNG MAIDEN. Seventh Edition. By Rev. AB MDZZEY, Author of "The Young Man's Friend," "Sunday School Guide," etc., etc. 16mo. pp. 264. Price, 62J cents. CONTENTS. — The Capacities of Woman ; Female Influence ; Female Education ; Home ; Society ; Love ; Single Life ; Reasons for Marriage ; Conditions of True Marriage; Society of Young Men; First Love; Conduct during Engagement ; Trials of Woman and her Solace ; Encouragements. " The sentiments and principles enforced in this...
Página 116 - Fayal to their relief, and large boats to bring away the inhabitants who had lost their dwellings. In short, the island, heretofore rich in cattle, corn, and wine, is nearly ruined ; and a scene of greater desolation and distress had seldom been witnessed in any country.
Página 113 - We learned that th« fire of the first of May had broken out in a ditch, in the midst of fertile pastures, three leagues SE of Vellas, and had immediately formed a crater, in size about twenty-four acres. In two days it had thrown out cinders or...