| 496 pages
...contains from time to time some very interesting and graceful contributions. The volume thus begins. " Of all situations for a constant residence, that which...peopled, but of cottages and cottage-like houses, A little world of our own, close packed and insulated like ants in an anthill, or bees in a hive, or... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - English literature - 1841 - 688 pages
...and never more surely than in the fresh air, the shade, and the sunshine of nature. OUR VILLAGE. Or all situations for a constant residence, that which...delightful is a little village far in the country; a small neighhourhood, not of fine mansions finely peopled, hut of cottages and cottage-like houses, " messuages... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - English literature - 1846 - 684 pages
...air, the shade, and the sunshine of Datare. OUR VILLAGE. Or all situations for a constant residence, I that which appears to me most delightful is ¡a little...friend • of mine calls such ignoble and nondescript •'«•filings, with inhabitants whose faces are > familiar to us as the flowers in our garden ;... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1850 - 684 pages
...and never more surely than ifl the fresh air, the shade, and the sunshine of nature. OUR VILLAGE. Or all situations for a constant residence, that which appears to me most delightful is » little village far in the country; a small neighbourhood, not of fine mansions finely Peopled, but... | |
| English dictation - 1881 - 156 pages
...assured me that he was equally a martyr to ignorance and taste, to refinement and rusticity. XVIII. Of all situations for a constant residence, that which...peopled, but of cottages and cottage-like houses, " tenements," as a friend of mine calls such ignoble and nondescript dwellings, with inhabitants whose... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1884 - 156 pages
...English scenery. It is hoped that the book will be especially useful in girls' classes. OUR VILLAGE. OF all situations for a constant residence, that which...peopled, but of cottages and cottage-like houses, with inhabitants whose faces are as familiar to us as the flowers in our garden ; a little world of... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1893 - 358 pages
...and never more surely than in the fresh air, the shade, and the sunshine of nature. OUR VILLAGE. OF all situations for a constant residence, that which...delightful is a little village far in the country; a small neighborhood, not of fine mansions finely peopled, but of cottages and cottage-like houses, "messuages... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 498 pages
...self-abnegation — immortality for her humble home, 'Our Village.' THE NEIGHBORHOOD From ' Our Village ' OF ALL situations for a constant residence, that which...delightful is a little village far in the country; a small neighborhood, not of fine mansions finely peopled, but of cottages and cottage-like houses, "messuages... | |
| John William Robertson Scott - Country life - 1925 - 264 pages
...like to say, in Introductions, kindly see the Postscript when you have finished the book. 'HOME' Of all situations for a constant residence, that which...appears to me most delightful is a little village, a small neighbourhood with inhabitants whose faces are familiar, a little world of our own, close-packed,... | |
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