 | 1848 - 722 pages
..." sfalworth and stately," and " hearty and hale as an oak that is covered with snow flakes :" '• White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak leaves." Does this comparison bring into the vision at once and irresistibly a clear image ? On... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 170 pages
...the village, and nearer the Basin of Minas, Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer Grand-Pre, Dwelt on his goodly acres; and with him, directing...White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as hrown as the oak leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen nummers ; Black were her... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...farmer of Grandpre." " Stalworth and stately in form was that man of seventy winters, Hearty and bale was he, an oak that is covered with snow-flakes ; White as the snow were his locks, and bis cheeks as brown as the oakleaves. Firmly builded with rafters of oak, the house of the farmer Stood... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...village, and nearer the Basin of Minas, Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pre, Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him, directing...as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side,... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 pages
...as brother and sister. Her father, the old farmer, is thus graphically described in a few lines : " Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy...locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves." Nor is the picture of Gabriel's sire unworthy to be placed by its side : " Thus as they sat, Were footsteps... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...child, through long generations." " Stalworth and stately in fbrm Was the man of seventy winters J Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with...snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak'leavesi" Nor is the picture of Gabriel's sire Unworthy to be placed by its side : " Thus as they... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...HfiNttY WADSWORTH 1 ONG f KLL 0 W . 139 " Stalwofth and stately in form Was the man of seventy winters J Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snow-flakes j White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak4eaves." Nor is the picture of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...and the poorest lived in abundance. Somewhat apart from the village, and nearer the Basin of Minas, Dwelt on his goodly acres; and with him, directing...Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stalwart and stately in form was the man of seventy winters ; Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...village, and nearer the Basin of Minas, Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pre, Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him, directing...as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...village, and nearer the Basin of Minas, Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pre, Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him, directing...brown as the oak-leaves. . Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side,... | |
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Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snow-flakes; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. 
