Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802H. Holt, 1909 - 429 páginas |
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... received duly your letter of August 31 , in which you do me the honour to propose to dedicate to me the work you are about to publish . Such a testimony of respect from an enlightened Foreigner cannot but be flattering to me , and I ...
... received duly your letter of August 31 , in which you do me the honour to propose to dedicate to me the work you are about to publish . Such a testimony of respect from an enlightened Foreigner cannot but be flattering to me , and I ...
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... received us po- litely , and regaled us with some cyder . She had left port only a fortnight ; but it took the ill - fated Two Brothers a month to get thither . We parted with regret . The Captain of her was of a social , friendly ...
... received us po- litely , and regaled us with some cyder . She had left port only a fortnight ; but it took the ill - fated Two Brothers a month to get thither . We parted with regret . The Captain of her was of a social , friendly ...
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... received with the urbanity I had anticipated . Neither my friend's letter , nor his book , could soften the features of the stern American ; and were the world to read the volume with as little interest as he , it would soon be ...
... received with the urbanity I had anticipated . Neither my friend's letter , nor his book , could soften the features of the stern American ; and were the world to read the volume with as little interest as he , it would soon be ...
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... received me with that urbanity which , while it precludes familiarity , banishes restraint ; and discovered by his conversation , that he was not less skilled in elegant literature , than the science of graciousness and attraction . Mr ...
... received me with that urbanity which , while it precludes familiarity , banishes restraint ; and discovered by his conversation , that he was not less skilled in elegant literature , than the science of graciousness and attraction . Mr ...
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... received me with a bowing mien , and called Jeannette for the passepartout to shew me his apartments . He exercised all his eloquence to make me lodge in his hotel . He observed that his house was not like an American house ; that he ...
... received me with a bowing mien , and called Jeannette for the passepartout to shew me his apartments . He exercised all his eloquence to make me lodge in his hotel . He observed that his house was not like an American house ; that he ...
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America Ashley River banks beautiful behold bird bosom breast brought Burr called Capitol Captain Smith Caritat Carolina Charleston charms Colonists Coosohatchie cried dance daughter delight Dick Doctor door Drayton elegant exclaimed fire Franklin French George George-town girl hand happy heart Henry Wansey horse Iliad Indian Jefferson John Davis Joseph Dennie journey lady land Latin letter lived lodgings log-house London master miles mind mocking-bird morning mulatto negro negur never New-England New-York night Occoquan Opechancanough Orapakes Philadelphia plantation Planter Pocahontas poem poet Potomac Powhatan Prince William County Quaker river road Rolfe Savannah shore slave solitude South Carolina stranger streets Sullivan's Island tavern thee thou thought Tiber tion Travels tree Tutor Virginia waggon walk Washington Whip-poor-will woman woods write yellow fever young
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Página 323 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 198 - ... be strong, that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the world's best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth.
Página 195 - ... fruitful land, traversing all the seas with the rich productions of their industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye ; when I contemplate these transcendent objects, and see the honor, the happiness and the hopes of this beloved country committed to the issue and the auspices of this day, I shrink from the contemplation, and humble myself before the magnitude of the undertaking.
Página 99 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble ! and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Página 197 - During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world, during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking through blood and slaughter his longlost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore...
Página 195 - I here see remind me that in the other high authorities provided by our Constitution I shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of zeal on which to rely under all difficulties. To you, then, gentlemen, who are charged with the sovereign functions of legislation, and to those associated with you, I look with encouragement for that guidance and support which may enable us to steer with safety the vessel in which we are all embarked amidst the conflicting elements of a troubled world.
Página 198 - ... enlightened by a benign religion, professed indeed and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafter, — with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people?
Página 195 - ... me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious and awful presentiments which the greatness of the charge and the weakness of my powers so justly inspire.
Página 323 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 199 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people, — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...