By and by there was a little stir on the staircase and in the passage-way, and in lounged a tall, loosejointed figure, of an exaggerated Yankee port and demeanor, whom (as being about the homeliest man I ever saw, yet by no means repulsive or disagreeable)... Tales, Sketches, and Other Papers - Sivu 309tekijä(t) Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 569 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| 1871 - 798 sivua
...from a Massachusetts whip-factory, with a present of a splendid whip to the Chief Magistrate : — " By and by there was a little stir on the staircase...as Uncle Abe. " Unquestionably, Western man though he'be, and Kentuckian by birth, President Lincoln is the essential representative of all Yankees, and... | |
| 1862 - 796 sivua
...without any common sponsor, but all with an equal right to look our head-servant in the face. By-and-by there was a little stir on the staircase and in the passageway, etc., etc.* Good Heavens ! what liberties have I been taking with one of the potentates of the earth,... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1879 - 346 sivua
...a splendid whip to the Chief Magistrate : — " By and by there was a little stir on the stairease and in the passageway, and in lounged a tall, loose-jointed...disagreeable) it was impossible not to recognize as Unele Abe. "Unquestionably, Western man though he be, and Kenturkian by birth, President Linroln is... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1899 - 300 sivua
...breakfast, and would come as soon as he could. His appetite, we were glad to think, must have been a pretty fair one ; for we waited about half an hour...loosejointed figure, of an exaggerated Yankee port and de» meanor, whom (as being about the homeliest man I ever saw, yet by no means repulsive or disagreeable)... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1889 - 616 sivua
...conscientiously observed, — unless, indeed, the writer chanced to hare some very piquant motives for \ iolat ing them. pretty fair one ; for we waited about half...Abe. Unquestionably, Western man though he be, and Kentuekian by birth, President Lincoln is the essential representative of all Yankees, and the veritable... | |
| Caroline Ticknor - 1913 - 400 sivua
...to each other, and without any common sponsor, but all with an equal right to look our head servant in the face. By and by there was a little stir on the staircase and in the passageway, and..." At this point the editor of the "Atlantic Monthly" thought it wise to omit the writer's portrait of... | |
| William Lyon Phelps - 1923 - 208 sivua
...very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN" Hawthorne's portrait of Lincoln was made in 1862. "By and by there was a little stir on the staircase...and Kentuckian by birth, President Lincoln is the es94 sential representative of all Yankees, and the veritable specimen, physically, of what the world... | |
| 1871 - 818 sivua
...from a Massachusetts whip-factory, with a present of a splendid whip to the Chief Magistrate : — " By and by there was a little stir on the staircase...he be, and Kentuckian by birth, President Lincoln b> the essential representative of all Yankees, and the veritable specimen, physically, of what the... | |
| Louis P. Masur - 1995 - 316 sivua
...without any common sponsor, but all with an equal right to look our head-servant in the face. By-and-by there was a little stir on the staircase and in the passage-way, etc., etc.* *We are compelled to omit two or three pages, in which the author describes the interview,... | |
| John D. Seelye - 1998 - 724 sivua
...placed around President Lincoln himself, with whom Hawthorne met and conversed, who appeared to him "about the homeliest man I ever saw, yet by no means repulsive or disagreeable." Lincoln was deemed acceptable by Hawthorne because, though a "Western man," the lanky president seemed... | |
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