The New England Magazine, Volume 6; Volume 12New England Magazine Company, 1892 |
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... called Alcott House , ' after my friend . At home here he is despised and rejected of men as much as ever was Pestalozzi . But the creature thinks and talks and I am proud of my neighbor . ' Carlyle's estimate of Alcott , although not ...
... called Alcott House , ' after my friend . At home here he is despised and rejected of men as much as ever was Pestalozzi . But the creature thinks and talks and I am proud of my neighbor . ' Carlyle's estimate of Alcott , although not ...
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... called it , and said : Louisa Alcott will disgrace her she was called upon to perform the most menial services , made a mere household drudge , or , to use her own expression , " a galley slave . " " Then , " said she , " I The Porch of ...
... called it , and said : Louisa Alcott will disgrace her she was called upon to perform the most menial services , made a mere household drudge , or , to use her own expression , " a galley slave . " " Then , " said she , " I The Porch of ...
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... called " Transcenden- tal Wild Oats , " she had told me in her humorous way of the family experi- ences at " Fruitlands , " as the com- munity established by Mr. Alcott and his English friend , Mr. Lane , was called . In 1843 , when ...
... called " Transcenden- tal Wild Oats , " she had told me in her humorous way of the family experi- ences at " Fruitlands , " as the com- munity established by Mr. Alcott and his English friend , Mr. Lane , was called . In 1843 , when ...
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... called a visionary , a fool , a madman , and some even called him unprincipled . What could he do for his family ? Then it was that his wife , whose loyalty was supreme , whose good sense and prac- tical views of life had shown her from ...
... called a visionary , a fool , a madman , and some even called him unprincipled . What could he do for his family ? Then it was that his wife , whose loyalty was supreme , whose good sense and prac- tical views of life had shown her from ...
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... called . I re- member what she said as we sat together at a private bill , where many of the butterflies of fashion and leaders of society were as- sembled . As with her clear , keen eyes she viewed the pageant , she exclaimed : " So ...
... called . I re- member what she said as we sat together at a private bill , where many of the butterflies of fashion and leaders of society were as- sembled . As with her clear , keen eyes she viewed the pageant , she exclaimed : " So ...
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Page 307 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 751 - As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in the old Colonial day, When men lived in a grander way, With ampler hospitality...
Page xiii - Ay! Since the galloping Normans came, England's annals have known her name; And still to the three-hilled rebel town Dear is that ancient name's renown, For many a civic wreath they won, The youthful sire and the gray-haired son.
Page 505 - Puritan anthem, She, the Puritan girl, in the solitude of the forest, Making the humble house and the modest apparel of home-spun Beautiful with her beauty, and rich with the wealth of her being!
Page 131 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 674 - In which sad progress, passing along by the rest of the army where his uncle the general was and being thirsty with excess of bleeding, he called for drink, which was presently brought him, but as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along who had eaten his last at die same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle.
Page 631 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page xiii - Stately and slow, with thoughtful air, His black cap hiding his whitened hair, Walks the Judge of the great Assize, Samuel Sewall the good and wise. His face with lines of firmness wrought, He wears the look of a man unbought, Who swears to his hurt and changes not; Yet, touched and softened nevertheless With the grace of Christian gentleness, The face that a child would climb to kiss! True and tender and brave and just, That man might honor and woman trust.
Page 812 - The direct trial of him who would be the greatest poet is today. If he does not flood himself with the immediate age as with vast oceanic tides and...
Page 262 - Where'er a human heart doth wear Joy's myrtle-wreath or sorrow's gyves, Where'er a human spirit strives After a life more true and fair, There is the true man's birthplace grand, His is a world-wide fatherland ! Where'er a single slave doth pine, Where'er one man may help another, — Thank God for such a birthright, brother, — That spot of earth is thine and mine ! There is the true man's birthplace grand, His is a world-wide fatherland...