Works: Complete in 27 Volumes. Wolfert's roost and other papers, Volumen17Putnam, 1865 - 453 páginas |
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... joys of the table . " In a little while he grows tired of plain , homely fare , and is off on a gas- tronomical tour in quest of foreign luxuries . We next hear of him , with myriads of his kind , 42 THE BIRDS OF SPRING .
... joys of the table . " In a little while he grows tired of plain , homely fare , and is off on a gas- tronomical tour in quest of foreign luxuries . We next hear of him , with myriads of his kind , 42 THE BIRDS OF SPRING .
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... kind , banqueting among the reeds of the Delaware ; and grown corpulent with good feeding . He has changed his name in travelling . Bobolincon no more , he is the Reed - bird now , the much- sought - for titbit of Pennsylvania epicures ...
... kind , banqueting among the reeds of the Delaware ; and grown corpulent with good feeding . He has changed his name in travelling . Bobolincon no more , he is the Reed - bird now , the much- sought - for titbit of Pennsylvania epicures ...
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... kind having been done away when the province was ceded by France to the United States . His sway over his neighbors was merely one of custom and convention , out of deference to his family . Beside , he was worth full fifty thousand ...
... kind having been done away when the province was ceded by France to the United States . His sway over his neighbors was merely one of custom and convention , out of deference to his family . Beside , he was worth full fifty thousand ...
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... kind of laughing philosophy , that parried all rubs and mishaps , and served him in the place of wisdom . This was the part of his character least to my taste ; for I was of an enthusiastic , excitable temperament , prone to kindle up ...
... kind of laughing philosophy , that parried all rubs and mishaps , and served him in the place of wisdom . This was the part of his character least to my taste ; for I was of an enthusiastic , excitable temperament , prone to kindle up ...
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... kind of place to foster such propensities . It was a venerable mansion , half villa , half farm - house . The oldest part was of stone , with loopholes for musketry , having served as a family fortress in the time of the Indians . To ...
... kind of place to foster such propensities . It was a venerable mansion , half villa , half farm - house . The oldest part was of stone , with loopholes for musketry , having served as a family fortress in the time of the Indians . To ...
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