A Narrative of Travels in the United States of America: With Some Account of American Manners and Polity, and Advice to Emigrants and Travellers Going to that Interesting CountryPublished for the author, 1836 - 419 Seiten |
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... trees , or green open land from the water edge rising gradually , until the sight is bounded by borders of tall trees of various kinds . Long Island was on one side of us , and the State of New Jersey on the other . Lofty houses painted ...
... trees , or green open land from the water edge rising gradually , until the sight is bounded by borders of tall trees of various kinds . Long Island was on one side of us , and the State of New Jersey on the other . Lofty houses painted ...
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... trees , and little worth when cut ; not even for fuel except to burn in a close stove , because the brands fly about the floor . There are other trees also , such as Oak , Maple , Beech & c . but much hemlock , and much brush . Also the ...
... trees , and little worth when cut ; not even for fuel except to burn in a close stove , because the brands fly about the floor . There are other trees also , such as Oak , Maple , Beech & c . but much hemlock , and much brush . Also the ...
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... tree memorable to him , on which account , after hearing his relation of it , I had a desire to see it myself . The ... trees interspersed , Emmanuel becoming deeply concerned for the salvation of his soul , he one night went into this ...
... tree memorable to him , on which account , after hearing his relation of it , I had a desire to see it myself . The ... trees interspersed , Emmanuel becoming deeply concerned for the salvation of his soul , he one night went into this ...
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... tree . While in prayer he found peace to his troubled soul , which so affected his body that he fell along the ground . As he lay there he felt a sprink- ling on his face , and at first thought it rained : but on further observation ...
... tree . While in prayer he found peace to his troubled soul , which so affected his body that he fell along the ground . As he lay there he felt a sprink- ling on his face , and at first thought it rained : but on further observation ...
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... tree , making the memorable treaty for Pennsylvania . The painting was of excellent workmanship . William and his friends all in Quaker dress , having the very air of noble , manly , elevated , firmness of mind . The Indian Squaws , or ...
... tree , making the memorable treaty for Pennsylvania . The painting was of excellent workmanship . William and his friends all in Quaker dress , having the very air of noble , manly , elevated , firmness of mind . The Indian Squaws , or ...
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Seite 234 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 15 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Seite 235 - In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms. Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Seite 15 - By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation : who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea...
Seite 236 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Seite 234 - He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers, to harrass our people and eat out their substance.
Seite 322 - And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Seite 54 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Seite 233 - We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Seite 400 - ... wages are, or may be, recovered. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the captain or master of any ship or vessel arriving in the United States, or any of the territories thereof, from any foreign place whatever, at the same time that he delivers a manifest of the cargo, and, if there be no cargo, then at the time of making report or entry of the...