Lem, a New England Village Boy: His Adventures and His MishapsCharles Scribner's Sons, 1901 - 301 páginas |
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... was an active man in politics ; he was a Whig , and the other party in the village were Democrats . After the self - lighting matches were invented , Democrats were called Locofocos ; and this HIS FAMILY AND HIS HOME 23.
... was an active man in politics ; he was a Whig , and the other party in the village were Democrats . After the self - lighting matches were invented , Democrats were called Locofocos ; and this HIS FAMILY AND HIS HOME 23.
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... Whig , and that very day , as he was coming home from school , happening to see Old Man Leighton , safely at a distance , Lem , dodging into a clump of willows , shouted , " Locofoco ! " at the top of his small voice . Old Man Leighton ...
... Whig , and that very day , as he was coming home from school , happening to see Old Man Leighton , safely at a distance , Lem , dodging into a clump of willows , shouted , " Locofoco ! " at the top of his small voice . Old Man Leighton ...
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... Whigs . " This did not clear up Lem's mind , but he asked no more questions about the relations of the sheriff and Aaron . Parson Mason preached in the white meeting- house on the side of the Common opposite the court - house . The ...
... Whigs . " This did not clear up Lem's mind , but he asked no more questions about the relations of the sheriff and Aaron . Parson Mason preached in the white meeting- house on the side of the Common opposite the court - house . The ...
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... Whig and Locofoco , and how the Locofocos got their name by their burn- ing locofoco matches once upon a time . soon ... Whigs and Locofocos . The greater number of the voters of the village were Whigs . - That year , 1840 , let us say ...
... Whig and Locofoco , and how the Locofocos got their name by their burn- ing locofoco matches once upon a time . soon ... Whigs and Locofocos . The greater number of the voters of the village were Whigs . - That year , 1840 , let us say ...
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... Whig 99 candidate for Vice - President of the United States at that time was John Tyler ; and the war - cry of the Whigs was " Tippecanoe and Tyler too ! " Lem and his playmates caught the political fever from their elders , and they ...
... Whig 99 candidate for Vice - President of the United States at that time was John Tyler ; and the war - cry of the Whigs was " Tippecanoe and Tyler too ! " Lem and his playmates caught the political fever from their elders , and they ...
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Lem, a New England Village Boy: His Adventures and His Mishaps (Classic Reprint) Noah Brooks Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Aaron Alice Almira asked Aunt Stover Back Cove ball Boston bougars British brother cabin called Canova Captain clams cold door doughnuts Fairport boys fence fight fire floor front George George Bridges Gulf Stream Hafiz Hal's hand happened head heard Island knew laughed Lem felt Lem thought Lem's father Lemmie Lemuel Locofoco looked Madam Parker Master Parker Master Pingree Master's school mates Miss Lavinia mother Murch Ned Martin never night Old Man Leighton once Otis Stevens Parker family Parker house Pat Adams Penobscot Bay Persian boy queer Riverport rock sail salamander Sam Perkins scared schoolhouse schooner ship shipyard shore shouted side sight skating skipper small boy snow stones stood story strange street tell things told Twyford Uncle Eben village Whig wind window wonder wood wreck
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Página 144 - That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, "- %.? That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 144 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn...
Página 157 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February has twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one ; Excepting leap year, that's the time When February's days are twenty-nine.
Página 144 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 141 - And you'll see on a time, if you follow my ditty, How he took a short walk up to Washington City.
Página 142 - Our country through, It is the ball that's rolling on, For Tippecanoe and Tyler too...