The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 pages |
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Page 25
... reason why he should not be denominated " The Glutton . " Such should be the name of the man who may be said " to live that he may eat . " But should the glutton discover an extensive acquaintance with the art of preparing viands , we ...
... reason why he should not be denominated " The Glutton . " Such should be the name of the man who may be said " to live that he may eat . " But should the glutton discover an extensive acquaintance with the art of preparing viands , we ...
Page 38
... reason , into new intimacies . It is , nevertheless , observable that early friendships possess a charm which is unknown to those formed in maturer years . After having been often disappointed , a portion of fearful distrust mixes ...
... reason , into new intimacies . It is , nevertheless , observable that early friendships possess a charm which is unknown to those formed in maturer years . After having been often disappointed , a portion of fearful distrust mixes ...
Page 52
... public in the form of notes on the SEGARIAD . If the reader find but two or three lines of the text on a page , he will have no reason to be dissatisfied . Let him peruse the notes : there he will find instruction blended 52 THE SAVAGE .
... public in the form of notes on the SEGARIAD . If the reader find but two or three lines of the text on a page , he will have no reason to be dissatisfied . Let him peruse the notes : there he will find instruction blended 52 THE SAVAGE .
Page 54
... reason . They grow with his growth and strengthen with his years , to what- ever society , whether savage or civilized , he may be- long . Must he therefore shut himself out from all so- ciety ? His systems of education may be wrong ...
... reason . They grow with his growth and strengthen with his years , to what- ever society , whether savage or civilized , he may be- long . Must he therefore shut himself out from all so- ciety ? His systems of education may be wrong ...
Page 63
... reason with him ; but in vain . He was stub- born as a mule ; and I was obliged to dismiss him . Since that time I have never attempted to renew my project until the present moment . You , Piomingo , are advanced in years and ...
... reason with him ; but in vain . He was stub- born as a mule ; and I was obliged to dismiss him . Since that time I have never attempted to renew my project until the present moment . You , Piomingo , are advanced in years and ...
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Page 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Page 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Page 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Page 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.