| English literature - 1848 - 476 pages
...we must make a few extracts from the poem. The following is the description of the village : — " In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of...Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand- Pr£ Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name,... | |
| 1848 - 514 pages
...we must make a few extracts from the poem. The following is the description of the village : — " In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of...Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand- Pr6 Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 152 pages
...tradition still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy. I. IN the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of...Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre" Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its... | |
| American periodicals - 1848 - 602 pages
...we must make a few extracts from the poem. The following is a description of the village : — " la the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...pines of therefore; List to a tale of love in Acadie, home of the happy. I. IN the Acadian laud, ou the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 170 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minna. Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched...Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labour incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood-gates Opened, and... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...by the pines of the forest ; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy. PART THE FIRST. I. IN the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of...Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandLay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name,... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...the most striking traits of his mind. The opening is simple, and full of fine clear description. " In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of...Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 380 pages
...the most striking traits of his mind. The opening is simple, and full of fine clear description. " In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of...Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1850 - 560 pages
...Evangeline is the daughter of Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pre, a little village in the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas. She is thus described : — " Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were... | |
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