FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28  
29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   >>   >|  
e-coach .... Salt Lake .... Salt spring at Salina .... Arrival at Auburn .... Cayuga Lake .... Seneca Falls .... Geneva .... Canandaigua .... Arrival at Rochester .... Genessee river .... Arrival at Lockport .... Journey in a dearborn .... Grand Island. Chapter XXVI.-- Buffalo .... Arrival at Manchester .... Eagle Tavern .... Falls of Niagara .... Goat Island .... Camera obscura .... Cross from the Canada to the American side .... Forsyth's Hotel. Chapter XXVII.-- Journey from Niagara to Lake Champlain .... Arrival at Caldwell .... Hudson or Glenn's Falls .... Arrival at Saratoga .... Congress Hall .... Introduction to the Governor .... American character .... Journey from Saratoga to Albany .... Passage up the river to Catskill .... Pine Orchard .... Passage from Catskill to Hudson .... Passage from Hudson to West Point .... Military School at West Point .... Fort Putnam .... Passage from West Point to New-York .... Alida's return to her native residence. Chapter XXVIII.-- Sickness and death of Alida's father .... Reflections. Chapter XXIX.-- Albert, the only surviving brother of Alida, takes possession of the paternal estate. Chapter XXX.-- Effect of misrepresentation. Chapter XXXI.-- Return of a friend .... The joyful meeting. Chapter XXXII.-- Anticipated happiness. Chapter XXXIII.-- A candid confession. Chapter XXXIV.-- Restoration of former fortune. POEMS. Hymn .... Christian Institute .... Friendship .... To Maria .... The Sun .... The Voice of Time .... In Memory of Mrs. William Richards .... Invocation to Prayer. Subscribers' Names. ALIDA. CHAPTER I. "Rien n'est si contagieux qui l'exemple; et nous ne faisons jamais de grand biens: ni de grand maux, qui n'en produisent de semblables." The ancestry of Alida was of ancient date in English heraldry, some of whom emigrated to America a short time before the revolution, and settled in the southern provinces, while her father fixed his abode in the state of New-York. In the calm retirement of the country, at a considerable distance from the bustle of the town, was situated his beautiful residence, which had every advantage in point of prospect that luxuriant nature could give when it is most lavish of its bounties. The mind of its owner took particular delight in rural pleasures and amusements; in dissipating a part of his time in the innocent scenes of rustic life, and in attending to the cultivation of
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28  
29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

Chapter

 
Arrival
 
Passage
 

Hudson

 

Journey

 

Catskill

 

Niagara

 

American

 
father
 

residence


Saratoga
 
Island
 

heraldry

 

English

 

settled

 

southern

 

revolution

 
America
 

emigrated

 

contagieux


exemple

 
CHAPTER
 
produisent
 

semblables

 

ancestry

 

Prayer

 
faisons
 

jamais

 

Subscribers

 

ancient


considerable

 

bounties

 

lavish

 

delight

 

rustic

 

attending

 

cultivation

 

scenes

 
innocent
 

pleasures


amusements

 

dissipating

 

country

 
Invocation
 
distance
 
bustle
 

retirement

 

situated

 

prospect

 

luxuriant