The Life and Writings of De Witt ClintonBaker and Scribner, 1849 - 381 |
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Strona 35
... seven warriors in it , to signify that they were proceeding on a war expedition . This was executed with red ochre , and has been there for upwards of half a century . We dined on board the boat , and , after a hard day's work , arrived ...
... seven warriors in it , to signify that they were proceeding on a war expedition . This was executed with red ochre , and has been there for upwards of half a century . We dined on board the boat , and , after a hard day's work , arrived ...
Strona 53
... , we naturally ask from what has it derived its name ? Where are its seven hills ? Has it been named out of compliment to Lynch , who is a Roman Catholic ? Rome was laid out into a town , after the PRIVATE JOURNAL . 53.
... , we naturally ask from what has it derived its name ? Where are its seven hills ? Has it been named out of compliment to Lynch , who is a Roman Catholic ? Rome was laid out into a town , after the PRIVATE JOURNAL . 53.
Strona 62
... seven o'clock , near the mouth of Wood Creek , which enters Oneida Lake from the north - east . To the west , the eye was lost in the expanse of waters , there being no limits to the hori zon . A western wind gently agitated the surface ...
... seven o'clock , near the mouth of Wood Creek , which enters Oneida Lake from the north - east . To the west , the eye was lost in the expanse of waters , there being no limits to the hori zon . A western wind gently agitated the surface ...
Strona 65
... seven acres . A person can wade from one to the other ; and bears , in swimming the lake , frequently stop here to rest . These islands belong to the State . One of the islands is called the Frenchman's Island , from a person of that ...
... seven acres . A person can wade from one to the other ; and bears , in swimming the lake , frequently stop here to rest . These islands belong to the State . One of the islands is called the Frenchman's Island , from a person of that ...
Strona 69
... seven , and by water , eighteen and three - quarter miles . The whole length of the outlet is , then , nineteen miles . In width it varies from forty to one hundred yards . The banks are low , and covered on both sides with nut , oak ...
... seven , and by water , eighteen and three - quarter miles . The whole length of the outlet is , then , nineteen miles . In width it varies from forty to one hundred yards . The banks are low , and covered on both sides with nut , oak ...
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Strona 1 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Strona 200 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Strona 295 - For to say, that a blind custom of obedience should be a surer obligation than duty taught and understood; it is to affirm, that a blind man may tread surer by a guide than a seeing man can by a light.
Strona 321 - Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Strona 357 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Strona 344 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Strona 362 - We may go where we please, and carry with us whom we please, and buy and sell what we please : if your allies be your slaves, use them as such, command them to receive no other but your people.
Strona 246 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Strona 225 - Heaven's height, and with the centre mix the pole. Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, peace, Said then the omnific Word, your discord end.
Strona 361 - I thank you, in their name, for bringing back into their country the calumet, which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you, that you left under ground that murdering hatchet that has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.