Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819W. B. Gilley, 1823 - 333 páginas |
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... Party 279 New - year's day Observances 283-286 · Lines by the Princess Amelia • 287 Navy Chaplain Trial whether a Whale is a Fish New York Institution 288 289 Sleigh - Riding — Pulmonary Complains — Dress 290-292 ib . Academy of the ...
... Party 279 New - year's day Observances 283-286 · Lines by the Princess Amelia • 287 Navy Chaplain Trial whether a Whale is a Fish New York Institution 288 289 Sleigh - Riding — Pulmonary Complains — Dress 290-292 ib . Academy of the ...
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... party but very moderately agreeable . The stage waggon which is still used in this part of the country , corresponds exactly with the pic- ture and description which Weld has given . The body is rather long in proportion to its breadth ...
... party but very moderately agreeable . The stage waggon which is still used in this part of the country , corresponds exactly with the pic- ture and description which Weld has given . The body is rather long in proportion to its breadth ...
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... party of blacks of both sexes , in gay holiday dresses ; one of the men carried a large tambourine , and from the aspect of the party it was obvious that they had assembled for a merry- making . A person in the stage informed us that ...
... party of blacks of both sexes , in gay holiday dresses ; one of the men carried a large tambourine , and from the aspect of the party it was obvious that they had assembled for a merry- making . A person in the stage informed us that ...
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... party by an officer in the neighbour- hood of the fort . It is The worm fence is by far the most common in America . composed of straight poles or rails , eight or ten feet long , laid hori- 4 side , roused the inmates , and stretched our.
... party by an officer in the neighbour- hood of the fort . It is The worm fence is by far the most common in America . composed of straight poles or rails , eight or ten feet long , laid hori- 4 side , roused the inmates , and stretched our.
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... party consisted of five besides myself , and four of them returned to the tavern perfectly out of humour with the falls , and all who had ever writ- ten or spoken in their praise . In my first visit I was quite alone , and piloted my ...
... party consisted of five besides myself , and four of them returned to the tavern perfectly out of humour with the falls , and all who had ever writ- ten or spoken in their praise . In my first visit I was quite alone , and piloted my ...
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Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819, Volume 2 John Morison Duncan Visualização completa - 1823 |
Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819 John Morison Duncan Visualização completa - 1823 |
Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819, Volume 2 John Morison Duncan Visualização completa - 1823 |
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Página 343 - Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent ; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 95 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man?
Página 32 - Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins : And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Página 322 - But there is yet a liberty, unsung By poets, and by senators unpraised, Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the powers Of earth and hell confederate take away : A liberty, which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons, have no power to bind ; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.
Página 60 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Página 79 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, * Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !* The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain-tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Página 237 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit : For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Página 301 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them,
Página 306 - In America the question is not, What is his creed ? — but, What is his conduct ? Jews have all the privileges of Christians ; Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Independents, meet on common ground. No religious test is required to qualify for public office, except in some cases a mere verbal assent to the truth of the Christian religion ; and in every court throughout the country, it is optional whether you give your affirmation or your oath.
Página 270 - Our own history', on the contrary', like that poetical temple of fame', reared by the imagination of Chaucer', and decorated by the taste of Pope', is almost exclusively dedicated to the memory of the truly great\ Or rather, like the Pantheon of Kome, it stands in calm and severe beauty amid the ruins of ancient magnificence and