The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1858 |
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... splendid . Yes , here we live really magnificently ; but I do not like this superabundance , and the eternally long dinners are detestable to me , all the more so sitting against a wall between two gentlemen , who are still as mice ...
... splendid . Yes , here we live really magnificently ; but I do not like this superabundance , and the eternally long dinners are detestable to me , all the more so sitting against a wall between two gentlemen , who are still as mice ...
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... splendid soprano voice , and the pale girl and her friend , with their clear voices , sing hymns and songs re- markably well together . It is very charming and beauti- ful . The tones remain with me at night like consolatory spirit ...
... splendid soprano voice , and the pale girl and her friend , with their clear voices , sing hymns and songs re- markably well together . It is very charming and beauti- ful . The tones remain with me at night like consolatory spirit ...
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... splendid shops , and a heap of horrible rubbish . There is something confused in this Broadway which makes one feel a little bewildered in the beginning . And thus , in the first place , I merely think of getting across the street alive ...
... splendid shops , and a heap of horrible rubbish . There is something confused in this Broadway which makes one feel a little bewildered in the beginning . And thus , in the first place , I merely think of getting across the street alive ...
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... splendid sofas or arm - chairs , fanning themselves , and just as if they had nothing else to do in the world than to make themselves agreeable to one another . Scarcely can a lady rise , than immediately a gentleman is at hand to offer ...
... splendid sofas or arm - chairs , fanning themselves , and just as if they had nothing else to do in the world than to make themselves agreeable to one another . Scarcely can a lady rise , than immediately a gentleman is at hand to offer ...
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... splendid and glittering with white and gold on the outside , splendid and elegant within : large saloons , magnificent furniture , where ladies and gentlemen reclined comfortably , talking or reading the newspapers . I saw here none of ...
... splendid and glittering with white and gold on the outside , splendid and elegant within : large saloons , magnificent furniture , where ladies and gentlemen reclined comfortably , talking or reading the newspapers . I saw here none of ...
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Page 151 - Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Page 178 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 152 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Page 176 - ... whole counsel of God, but were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received. I beseech you remember, it is an article of your church covenant, that you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the written Word of God.
Page 151 - In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side.
Page 41 - Comes up the laugh of children, the soft voice Of maidens, and the sweet and solemn hymn Of Sabbath worshippers.
Page 151 - Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.
Page 150 - A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.
Page 152 - The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps.
Page 174 - I will make them conform, or I will harry them out of the land, or else worse,"