Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years SinceOliver D. Cooke & Sons., 1824 - 278 páginas |
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... blood of their kings , pre- served in tradition with all the Cambrian enthusiasm . The place of burial for their monarchs was never suffered to · be polluted by the ashes of the common people 36 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
... blood of their kings , pre- served in tradition with all the Cambrian enthusiasm . The place of burial for their monarchs was never suffered to · be polluted by the ashes of the common people 36 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
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... blood , all who dwell upon the face of the earth , " the females throng- ed to his side , as if they loved and revered the ambassa- dor of that Great Spirit , who giveth life and taketh it away . Tears flowed over their sad faces , as ...
... blood , all who dwell upon the face of the earth , " the females throng- ed to his side , as if they loved and revered the ambassa- dor of that Great Spirit , who giveth life and taketh it away . Tears flowed over their sad faces , as ...
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... blood of our kings . He was sixteenth cousin to our last monarch . The other is an accursed Pequot . Think ye the same earth shall cover them ? No ! Their spirits would contend in their dark habitation . The noble soul would scorn to ...
... blood of our kings . He was sixteenth cousin to our last monarch . The other is an accursed Pequot . Think ye the same earth shall cover them ? No ! Their spirits would contend in their dark habitation . The noble soul would scorn to ...
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... blood , and had a command among his warriors , but rebelled against his arbitrary rule , and de- parted from his jurisdiction . Considerable address must have been requisite to ren- der himself the monarch of another tribe , and make ...
... blood , and had a command among his warriors , but rebelled against his arbitrary rule , and de- parted from his jurisdiction . Considerable address must have been requisite to ren- der himself the monarch of another tribe , and make ...
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... blood when danger impended , he was tenacious of the lives of his people . Sequasson , a sachem on Connecticut River , having de- stroyed one of his subjects , and refused to make reparation , Uncas challenged him to single combat , and ...
... blood when danger impended , he was tenacious of the lives of his people . Sequasson , a sachem on Connecticut River , having de- stroyed one of his subjects , and refused to make reparation , Uncas challenged him to single combat , and ...
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Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since Lydia Howard Sigourney,Jerusha Lathrop Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
abode Amariah amid battle beams beautiful beneath benevolence blessed blood bosom bowed breath brother brow Champé Christian Church of England clergyman comfort command Connecticut countenance dark daugh death deep dragoon Earl Cornwallis earth exclaimed faith father fear forehead gave gratitude grave habits hand hath head heard heart Heaven holy holy order honour horse Indian indolence Jehoiakim John Cooper king knew labour Lady larn Lenni-Lenape lifted Ma'am Madam Madam L Martha Maurice mind Mohegan morning mother mourn native neighbouring ness never night Occom Oneco Oriana parents Pequots piety Pompey possessed prayer Primus religion replied returned Sassacus scarcely seemed seen sick smile soldiers solemn sorrow soul spirit suffered sword tears tender thee Thou art thought tion toil tones tribe Uncas Uncon unto uttered voice waters wound young Zachary
Pasajes populares
Página 15 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant...
Página 24 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Página 177 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Página 257 - ... THEY sin who tell us Love can die ; With life all other passions fly — All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth.
Página 236 - 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 276 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Página 153 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 95 - And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
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Writing Out of Place: Regionalism, Women, and American Literary Culture Judith Fetterley,Marjorie Pryse Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Breaking Boundaries: New Perspectives on Women's Regional Writing Sherrie A. Inness,Diana Royer Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |