This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ... replied Melancthon; "there is a dreadful weight on my spirits, and if I were not so used to something of the sort, I should say it was all on account of young Dillon, and this wretched family, for they seem to feel their loss more keenly as they approach port, and are about to land in their new home." "I dare say," ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ... replied Melancthon; "there is a dreadful weight on my spirits, and if I were not so used to something of the sort, I should say it was all on account of young Dillon, and this wretched family, for they seem to feel their loss more keenly as they approach port, and are about to land in their new home." "I dare say," replied Popham laughing, "it's very hard, aint it?" "It is certainly a most melancholy affair." "To-be starved and frozen stiff on the ice, and afterwards to be eaten up by fishes." -' Dreadful! dreadful!" "Part of him inside of one shark, and part in another, and perhaps before he was quite dead, too!" "Pray don't," exclaimed Niles, "these are harrowing thoughts. Do you know I had begun to entertain a strong friendship for that young man, without being quite conscious of it myself until he was lost. He was always so amiable, and so exceedingly cheerful, his merriment was really contagious. I know you do not mean to be unkind, and you are of course delighted to get back to your native land; but pray do not speak lightly of him and his fearful fate." "I can't help it," replied Adonijah, "there is something so kind of odd about it all; though I liked young Dick, too, for that matter, and meant to have had him for a neighbor out in Wisconsin, if he had lived. Aint you sorry, though?" 'So much so, that I seem to have lost a brother; but let us drop the subject. It is too painful to dwell upon, and the past cannot be recalled." "Can't it though? I'm not so sure of that. Wait a minute. Do you see that brown-stone hotel, near the river here, with the stars and stripes and the American ea B'e a floating from the cupola? o you see it?&q...
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Add this copy of The Emigrant Squire to cart. $40.03, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Nabu Press.
