Letters from North America: Written During a Tour in the United States and Canada ...Hurst, Robinson, & Company, 1824 |
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... round this venerable mansion . Shortly after- wards , we entered the woods belonging to the estate , through which , at intervals , and at the distance of a few hundred yards from the road , we were gratified by a view of the glassy ex ...
... round this venerable mansion . Shortly after- wards , we entered the woods belonging to the estate , through which , at intervals , and at the distance of a few hundred yards from the road , we were gratified by a view of the glassy ex ...
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... These were generally grouped together round something like a farm- yard ; and behind each of them was a little gar- den , which they cultivate on their own account . The huts themselves are not unlike a poor Irish cabin 44 LETTERS FROM.
... These were generally grouped together round something like a farm- yard ; and behind each of them was a little gar- den , which they cultivate on their own account . The huts themselves are not unlike a poor Irish cabin 44 LETTERS FROM.
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... round of visits . About the beginning of March , they return to the retirement of their plantations , often accom- panied by the strangers with whom they have become acquainted . As a large proportion of the plantations are in the ...
... round of visits . About the beginning of March , they return to the retirement of their plantations , often accom- panied by the strangers with whom they have become acquainted . As a large proportion of the plantations are in the ...
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... round as the company assembled , and a constant succession of cakes , ices , & c . during the remain- der of the evening . I had some conversation with Commodore Decatur . His manners are more polished than those of most persons whom I ...
... round as the company assembled , and a constant succession of cakes , ices , & c . during the remain- der of the evening . I had some conversation with Commodore Decatur . His manners are more polished than those of most persons whom I ...
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... round us , and examin- ing us very attentively , but without speaking . The novelty of the scene , however , prevented my sleeping much . On my left hand , were my friend the Alabama planter , and his daughter , with her coffee - pot ...
... round us , and examin- ing us very attentively , but without speaking . The novelty of the scene , however , prevented my sleeping much . On my left hand , were my friend the Alabama planter , and his daughter , with her coffee - pot ...
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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 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 at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from its summit to its base.
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 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 193 - Sees in his flexile limbs untutor'd grace, Power on his forehead, beauty in his face ; Sees in his breast, where lawless passions rove, The heart of friendship and the home of love ; Sees in his mind, where desolation reigns, Fierce as his clime...
Página 344 - The body of water which composes the middle part of the Great Fall is so immense, that it descends nearly two-thirds of the space without being ruffled or broken, and the solemn calmness with which it rolls over the edge of the precipice, is finely contrasted with the perturbed appearance it assumes after having reached the gulf below. But the water towards each side of the Fall is shattered the moment it drops over the...