The royal preacher.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9781425541927
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: THERE is no season of the year so exquisite as the first full burst of Summer: when east winds lose their venom, and the firmament its April fickleness; when the trees have unreefed their foliage, and under them the turf is tender; when, before going to sleep, the blackbird wakes the nightingale, and night itself is only a softer day; when the dog-star has not withered a single flower, nor the mower's scythe touched one; but all is youth and freshness, novelty and hope-as if our very earth had become a bud, of which only another Eden could be the blossom-as if, with all her green canvass spread, our island were an argosie, floating over seas of balm to some bright Sabbatic haven on the shores of Immortality.