The Gentleman Emigrant: His Daily Life, Sports, and Pastimes in Canada, Australia, and the United States, 1. köideTinsley brothers, 1874 - 591 pages |
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Page 1 - Where guests are promisc'ously set; We all fare as well as we're able, And scramble for what we can get, My simile holds to a tittle, Some gorge, wliile some scarce have a taste ; [BlCKERSTAFF.
Page 54 - How beautiful she is! How fair She lies within those arms that press Her form with many a soft caress Of tenderness and watchful care! Sail forth into the sea, O ship! Through wind and wave, right onward steer!
Page 18 - Certainly a man has a right to do what he likes with his own, but then every man who does so must make up his mind to certain little penalties.
Page 225 - When upon these expeditions, they may properly enough be considered the Ishmaelites of the Prairies — their hands are against every man, and every man's hand is against them. They will skulk about in the vicinity of a prize of mules or horses for several days unsuspected, till a favorable opportunity offers to pounce upon them. This nation is divided into four principal bands, the Grand Pawnees (or Grand Pans, as called by the Canadians), the Republics, the Mahas or Loups...
Page 157 - Jimmie up here, and, folding my toga solemnly about me, show him ' how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong/ but Jim has not that meek and lowly spirit which is an ornament to youth.
Page 1 - Where the guests are promiscuously set; We all fare as well as we're able, And scramble for what we can get. My simile holds to a tittle : Some gorge, whilst some scarce have a taste; But if I am content with a little, Enough is as good as a feast.
Page 84 - Poverty is a misfortune in every land; in England it is worse than a misfortune, it is a disgrace. By emigrating, Benedict has escaped all the horrors of genteel poverty.
Page 97 - Irishman, without a coat to his back or a shoe to his foot. He considers himself my social equal—my superior so far as wealth is concerned; taps me familiarly on the shoulder, and calls me
Page 223 - The hides each have about 25 pounds of salt spread over them and are piled, one on top of the other, to a height of about 3 feet.