Letters from North America: Written During a Tour in the United States and Canada ...Hurst, Robinson, & Company, 1824 |
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... rode nearly two hours , by moon - light , before we could find water for our horses : at length , observing some fires at a distance in the woods , we struck toward them ; but they were surrounded by Indians , to whom we could not make ...
... rode nearly two hours , by moon - light , before we could find water for our horses : at length , observing some fires at a distance in the woods , we struck toward them ; but they were surrounded by Indians , to whom we could not make ...
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... rode close past a rattlesnake in the woods , which we killed , and cut off its rattle , which I have reserved for if it will carry safely . It was four and a half feet long . I have been the more particular in alluding to the natural ...
... rode close past a rattlesnake in the woods , which we killed , and cut off its rattle , which I have reserved for if it will carry safely . It was four and a half feet long . I have been the more particular in alluding to the natural ...
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... rode to a small solitary house , 12 miles distant , to breakfast . Here I found a quiet family , who had removed from Maryland some years since , and who regretted the change , the husband having been ill , and the country not answering ...
... rode to a small solitary house , 12 miles distant , to breakfast . Here I found a quiet family , who had removed from Maryland some years since , and who regretted the change , the husband having been ill , and the country not answering ...
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... a guide , our host rode with us till he had engaged an Indian , who , for a dollar , attended us 25 miles on his little horse . Here I saw the only instance of tattooing , which fell under my observation NORTH AMERICA . 223.
... a guide , our host rode with us till he had engaged an Indian , who , for a dollar , attended us 25 miles on his little horse . Here I saw the only instance of tattooing , which fell under my observation NORTH AMERICA . 223.
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... rode with us till we had safely forded the Yaloo Busha ; but our route to the spot where I am finishing this letter , which I began at Elliot , I must reserve for my next . I forgot to say , that the Indians call the Misssion- aries Aba ...
... rode with us till we had safely forded the Yaloo Busha ; but our route to the spot where I am finishing this letter , which I began at Elliot , I must reserve for my next . I forgot to say , that the Indians call the Misssion- aries Aba ...
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Página 238 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Página 243 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Página 306 - Its breadth in the middle is about 60 feet, but more at the ends, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone.
Página 278 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Página 174 - Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Página 174 - The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, that the mountains were formed first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place, particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over this spot, and have torn the mountain down from its summit to its base.
Página 193 - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.
Página 175 - This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. Yet here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, are people who have passed their lives within half a dozen miles, and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains, which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre.
Página 282 - And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft? Ah ! there in desolation cold The desert serpent dwells alone, Where grass o'ergrows each...
Página 4 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary.