Evangeline: a Tale of AcadieGeorge Slater, 1849 - 147 pages |
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... Paused in their play to kiss the hand he ex- tended to bless them . Reverend walked he among them ; and up rose matrons and maidens , Hailing his slow approach with words of affec tionate welcome . Then came the labourers home from the ...
... Paused in their play to kiss the hand he ex- tended to bless them . Reverend walked he among them ; and up rose matrons and maidens , Hailing his slow approach with words of affec tionate welcome . Then came the labourers home from the ...
Page 30
... paused on the threshold , " Welcome , Basil , my friend ! Come , take thy place on the settle Close by the chimney - side , which is always empty without thee ; Take from the shelf overhead thy pipe and the box of tobacco ; Never so ...
... paused on the threshold , " Welcome , Basil , my friend ! Come , take thy place on the settle Close by the chimney - side , which is always empty without thee ; Take from the shelf overhead thy pipe and the box of tobacco ; Never so ...
Page 31
... Pausing a moment , to take the pipe that Evangeline brought him , And with a coal from the embers had lighted he slowly continued : - " Four days now are passed since the English ships at their anchors Ride in the Gaspereau's mouth ...
... Pausing a moment , to take the pipe that Evangeline brought him , And with a coal from the embers had lighted he slowly continued : - " Four days now are passed since the English ships at their anchors Ride in the Gaspereau's mouth ...
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... the Acadian women , Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the sea - shore , Pausing and looking back to gaze once more on their dwellings , Ere they were shut from sight by the winding road EVANGELINE . 61 V. ...
... the Acadian women , Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the sea - shore , Pausing and looking back to gaze once more on their dwellings , Ere they were shut from sight by the winding road EVANGELINE . 61 V. ...
Page 64
... and whispered , - " Gabriel ! be of good cheer ! for if we love one another , Nothing , in truth , can harm us , whatever mis- chances may happen ! " Smiling she spake these words ; then suddenly paused , 64 EVANGELINE .
... and whispered , - " Gabriel ! be of good cheer ! for if we love one another , Nothing , in truth , can harm us , whatever mis- chances may happen ! " Smiling she spake these words ; then suddenly paused , 64 EVANGELINE .
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Acadian Acadie accents aloft anon answer art thou ascended barns Basil the blacksmith beauty behold blossom boat cattle cheer churchyard darkness descended desert door dwellings Evangeline stood Evangeline's heart exile eyes face farm-yard farmer Father Felician Filled flax flocks flowers footsteps forest FREDERIKA BREMER Gabriel garden gazed gleamed golden hand Happy Valley heard heaven HENRY W herds herdsman labour land light lips Loud maiden maize meadows meek morning mournful myste neighbouring night notary notary public Nova Scotia o'er ocean Opelousas Ozark mountains passed Patience paused Port Royal prairies priest river roofs rose sang shade shadow Shawnee ships shore silent Sister of Mercy slowly slumber smoke snow-white sorrow soul sound spake spirit sunshine sweet tale thee thou thought tide Unto Vathek village of Grand-Pré voice waited wander weary whispered wind woodlands words