Five years' residence in the Canadas: including a tour through part of the United States of America, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824 |
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... observe , that , if I had even felt a dispo- sition to become a candidate for literary fame , my numerous avocations would have precluded the possibility of bestowing such a portion of time on these pages , as every literary man knows ...
... observe , that , if I had even felt a dispo- sition to become a candidate for literary fame , my numerous avocations would have precluded the possibility of bestowing such a portion of time on these pages , as every literary man knows ...
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... observations on the Canadas , I have , accord- ing to modern usage , adopted the epistolary form , on account of the facilities which it affords to such a writer as myself in the free expression of his opinions ; and chiefly because ...
... observations on the Canadas , I have , accord- ing to modern usage , adopted the epistolary form , on account of the facilities which it affords to such a writer as myself in the free expression of his opinions ; and chiefly because ...
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... Observations on the same subject 256 LETTER XV . The Amphibia and Fishes of Canada - the Bull - Frog and its various affinities • The Mud - Tortoise or Turtle 259 262 PAGE The Rattle - Snake , its power of Fascination xiv CONTENTS . 8.
... Observations on the same subject 256 LETTER XV . The Amphibia and Fishes of Canada - the Bull - Frog and its various affinities • The Mud - Tortoise or Turtle 259 262 PAGE The Rattle - Snake , its power of Fascination xiv CONTENTS . 8.
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... observed , " that there are certain emotions which no elo- quence can paint , which good sense shrinks from " attempting , and which , however strongly con- " ceived by the mind , pourtrayed by the fancy , or " felt by the heart ...
... observed , " that there are certain emotions which no elo- quence can paint , which good sense shrinks from " attempting , and which , however strongly con- " ceived by the mind , pourtrayed by the fancy , or " felt by the heart ...
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... we lose our relish for the captivating scenery of nature , which , in its almost infinite variety of forms , is calculated to 1 inspire delight : But her charms in vain present themselves 14 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS .
... we lose our relish for the captivating scenery of nature , which , in its almost infinite variety of forms , is calculated to 1 inspire delight : But her charms in vain present themselves 14 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS .
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Five years' residence in the Canadas: including a tour through ..., Volume 1 Edward Allen Talbot Visualização completa - 1824 |
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Página 85 - Faintly as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Página 298 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Página 85 - ... past. Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl. But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. Utawas' tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float over thy surges soon.
Página 4 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes...
Página 182 - ... of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell ; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side ; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is living at this day.
Página 147 - Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men ; As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept All by the name of dogs : the valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, The housekeeper, the hunter, every one According to the gift which bounteous nature Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive Particular addition...
Página 388 - And whereas We are desirous, upon all Occasions, to testify Our Royal Sense and Approbation of the Conduct and Bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of Our Armies, and to reward the same...
Página 117 - Gul in her bloom? Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute, Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Página 137 - When two persons stand very near to each other, they can mutually hear their ordinary conversation ; when removed to a small distance, they are obliged to halloo ; and, when removed a little farther, cannot be heard at all. Every other sound is drowned in the tempest of noise made by the water, and all else in the regions of nature appears to be dumb. This noise is a vast thunder, filling the heavens, shaking the earth, and leaving the mind, although perfectly conscious of safety, and affected with...