Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volumen19 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 3 - The stately homes of England ! How beautiful they stand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees. O'er all the pleasant land ! The deer across their greensward bound. Through shade and sunny gleam ; And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Página 9 - The bad potatoes were a sore grievance, even as respected home consumption. Before the introduction of the plant, the inhabitants of the canton had subsisted to a great extent on wild apples and pears, and many were afraid they should have to return to this primitive kind of food. In the course of years the potato had so far degenerated, that fields which had formerly yielded from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty bushels, now furnished only between thirty and fifty bushels ; these...
Página 4 - Through glowing orchards forth they peep, Each from its nook of leaves, And fearless there the lowly sleep, As the bird beneath their eaves. The free, fair Homes of England! Long, long, in hut and hall, May hearts of native proof be rear'd To guard each hallow'd wall ! And green for ever be the groves, And bright the flowery sod, Where first the child's glad spirit loves Its country and its God!
Página 4 - Solemn, yet sweet, the church-bell's chime Floats through their woods at morn ; All other sounds, in that still time, Of breeze and leaf are born. The cottage homes of England ! By thousands on her plains, They are smiling o'er the silvery brooks, And round the hamlet fanes. Through glowing orchards forth they peep, Each from its nook of leaves ; And fearless there the lowly sleep, As the bird beneath their eaves.
Página 4 - twixt them two : Th' one arm'd with metal, th' other with wood, This fit for bruise, and that for blood. With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab-tree and old iron rang ; While none that saw them could divine...
Página 19 - Yesterday, I found him encircled by four or five families who had been burnt out of their houses ; he was dividing amongst them articles of clothing, meat, assignats, books, knives, thimbles, and coloured pictures for the children, whom he placed in a row according to their ages, and then left them to take what they preferred. The most perfect equality reigns in his house ; — children, servants, boarders, — are all...
Página 7 - I am acquainted with your design. You have wished to chastise me, because you consider me culpable. If I have indeed violated the rules which I have laid down for you, punish me for it. It is better that I should deliver myself into your hands, than that you should be guilty of the meanness of an ambuscade.
Página 29 - It was computed that, within two months after the revolt first began, upwards of two thousand white persons, of all conditions and ages, had been massacred ; — that one hundred and eighty sugar plantations, and about nine hundred coffee, cotton, and indigo settlements had been destroyed (the buildings thereon being consumed by fire), and one thousand two hundred Christian families reduced from opulence to such a state of misery, as to depend altogether for their clothing and sustenance on public...
Página 18 - ... religion and morality sown in their hearts. The excellence of these schools is so well established and appreciated, that girls of the middle ranks are sent to him from distant parts, and the title of a scholar of pastor Oberlin is no less than a testimonial of piety, cleverness, and gentle manners. His countenance is open, affectionate, and friendly, and bears a strong impress of benevolence. His conversation is easy, flowing, and full of imagination, yet always adapted to the capacity of those...
Página 10 - I'm with you all again. If I stop, and stand about, Well I know how things will be, Judy will be looking out Every now-and-then for me. So fare ye well ! and hold your tongues, Sing no more until I come ; They're not worthy of your songs That never care to drop a crumb. All day long I love the oaks, But, at nights, yon little cot, Where I see the chimney smokes, Is by far the prettiest spot. Wife and children all are there, To revive with pleasant looks, Table ready set, and chair, Supper hanging...