Virginia Illustrated: Containing a Visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the Adventures of Porte Crayon and His CousinsHarper & brothers, 1857 - 300 sider |
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Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
admiration adventure ALUM appearance arms Ashby's Gap beautiful Berkeley Springs Blackwater bridge Cæsar CANAAN carriage cave cavern Cheat River Conway Cousin Porte cried dark delighted Dindon distance Dora exclaimed eyes face fancy Fanny feet felt fire fish forest friends girls half hand hear heard hemlock hero hill horses hundred Jones ladies laugh leave light Little Mice Longbow look Lynchburg Mass Massanutten Mountain Mice's miles Minnie Miss morning mountain mule natural negro never night party passed PEAK PEAK OF OTTER Penn Porte Crayon quoth replied Ridge river road rock Sally Sally Jones scarcely seat seemed seen Shenandoah River shouted side sketches soul Springs Squire stalagmite Staunton stood stranger stream supper take three women thing Thornhill tion took towers town travelers tree turned Virginia voice walk wild wonder young
Populære avsnitt
Side 219 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe— into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Side 246 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Side 161 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Side 48 - Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked, or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee, Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane: O, answer me: Let me not burst in ignorance!
Side 137 - With wild surprise, As if to marble struck, devoid of sense, A stupid moment motionless she stood : So stands the statue that enchants the world ; So bending tries to veil the matchless boast, The mingled beauties of exulting Greece. Recovering, swift she flew to find those robes Which blissful Eden knew not ; and, array'd In careless haste, th...
Side 146 - But the kind hosts their entertainment grace With hearty welcome, and an open face; In all they did, you might discern with ease A willing mind and a desire to please.
Side 59 - Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.
Side 168 - ... proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held their breath For a time.
Side 202 - He either fears his fate too much or his desert is small. who dares not put it to the touch and win or lose it all...
Side 268 - Lost river, from its sinkingunder a mountain, and never appearing again. 7. A spring of a sulphureous nature, an infallible cure for particular cutaneous disorders. 8. Sixteen miles north-east of Winchester, a natural cave or well, into which, at times, a person may go down to the depth of 100 or 150 yards ; and at other times, the water rises up to the top, and overflows plentifully. This is called the ebbing aud flowing well, and is situated in a plain, flat country, not contiguous to any mountain...