Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802Holt, 1909 - 429 páginas |
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... woods of America casts upon the sun's departing ray ; but the other is task - reading , and , in perusing it , I consult more the taste of the public , than my own disposition . Yet even Franklin studied his ease in with - holding his ...
... woods of America casts upon the sun's departing ray ; but the other is task - reading , and , in perusing it , I consult more the taste of the public , than my own disposition . Yet even Franklin studied his ease in with - holding his ...
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... village about seventy - eight miles from Charleston ; for the plantation of Mr. Drayton was in the neighbouring woods . [ * " Omnibus hoc vitiumst cantoribus " ? ] The serenity of the weather invited the travel- ler to 62.
... village about seventy - eight miles from Charleston ; for the plantation of Mr. Drayton was in the neighbouring woods . [ * " Omnibus hoc vitiumst cantoribus " ? ] The serenity of the weather invited the travel- ler to 62.
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... woods . Cf. American Husbandry , London 1775. Vol . I , pp . 337- 338 .- " It is not an uncommon thing to see one man ( in North Carolina ) the master of from 300 to 1200 , and even to 2000 cows , bulls , oxen , and young cattle ; hogs ...
... woods . Cf. American Husbandry , London 1775. Vol . I , pp . 337- 338 .- " It is not an uncommon thing to see one man ( in North Carolina ) the master of from 300 to 1200 , and even to 2000 cows , bulls , oxen , and young cattle ; hogs ...
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... woods ; but the moon , which rose to direct me in my path , alienated my perturbation , and in another hour I de- scried the blaze of a friendly fire through the casements of a log - house . Imaginary are worse than real calamities ...
... woods ; but the moon , which rose to direct me in my path , alienated my perturbation , and in another hour I de- scried the blaze of a friendly fire through the casements of a log - house . Imaginary are worse than real calamities ...
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... woods , upon exquisite venison . My host was a small planter , who cultivated a little rice , and maintained a wife and four children with his rifled - barrel - gun . He had been Overseer to a Colonel Fishborne , and owned half a dozen ...
... woods , upon exquisite venison . My host was a small planter , who cultivated a little rice , and maintained a wife and four children with his rifled - barrel - gun . He had been Overseer to a Colonel Fishborne , and owned half a dozen ...
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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 200 - These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and...
Página 201 - I shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. I ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional, and your support against the errors of others, who may condemn what they would not if seen in all its parts.
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 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...