Letters from the South, Količina 2Harper, 1835 |
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
abroad amusements Argolis aunt Kate batteaux batteauxman beautiful become beggars believe Berkeley Springs borrow Braddick brickmaker brother Jonathan called church comfortable countrymen dare DEAR FRANK debt discount ebery Edmund Burke English farmer fashionable feel fellow Fredericksburg friends gemmen gentleman gin'ral give habits happiness Harper's Ferry hear heard honest honour HORACE SMITH horse hundred idle independence John Washington labour ladies land learned LETTER limestone live look mankind Martinsburg mass John matter ment mighty miles Miles Richardson mind morning Mount Vernon mountain nation nature neber never night Oliver paper-money passed Plutus political poor Quaker rags refinement rich river rocks scene seed seems seen side society sort speculation starving story talk tell thing told town travellers village Virginia virtues vols wagoner Washington watering-place west country
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 12 - Save base authority from others' books. • These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Stran 207 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Stran 208 - I shall feel no pain from the toil or danger of the campaign; my unhappiness will flow from the uneasiness I know you will feel from being left alone. I therefore beg that you will summon your whole fortitude and pass your time as agreeably as possible. Nothing will give me so much sincere satisfaction as to hear this, and to hear it from your own pen.
Stran 207 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But, as it has been a kind of destiny, that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
Stran 207 - I am now set down to write to you on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern, and this concern is greatly aggravated and increased, when I reflect upon the uneasiness I know it will give you. It has been determined in Congress, that the whole army raised for the defence of the American cause shall be put under my care, and that it is necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it.
Stran 208 - I should return. That was the case. It was utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment without exposing my character to such censures as would have reflected dishonor upon myself, and given pain to my friends. This, I am sure, could not, and ought not, to be pleasing to you, and must have lessened me considerably in my own esteem.
Stran 209 - ... every man the necessity of settling his temporal concerns, while it is in his power, and while the mind is calm and undisturbed, I have, since I came to this place (for I had not time to do it before I left home) got Colonel Pendleton* to draft a will for me, by the directions I gave him, which will I now enclose. The provision made for you in case of my death will, I hope, be agreeable.