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... Sir Edward Pellew , and the Diamond , Sir Sidney Smith . Our cruizing ground
was the coast of France , and our port of rendezvous was Falmouth . “ The Artois
was the fastest sailing frigate of the squadron . She could sail round the others .
... Sir Edward Pellew , and the Diamond , Sir Sidney Smith . Our cruizing ground
was the coast of France , and our port of rendezvous was Falmouth . “ The Artois
was the fastest sailing frigate of the squadron . She could sail round the others .
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He told the Captain of her he would hoist out his boat and go to see him ; but the
man not approving , I suppose , his physiognomy , hauled aft his sheets and bore
round up before the wind . The skipper had contracted these habits during the ...
He told the Captain of her he would hoist out his boat and go to see him ; but the
man not approving , I suppose , his physiognomy , hauled aft his sheets and bore
round up before the wind . The skipper had contracted these habits during the ...
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... a negro man and boy . While breakfast was preparing , I ascended , with my
companions , the light house , which stood on the point of the Hook . It was lofty ,
and well furnished with lamps . On viewing the land round the dwelling of our
host ...
... a negro man and boy . While breakfast was preparing , I ascended , with my
companions , the light house , which stood on the point of the Hook . It was lofty ,
and well furnished with lamps . On viewing the land round the dwelling of our
host ...
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round the dwelling of our host , I could not help thinking that he might justly
exclaim with Selkirk : “ I ' m monarch of all I survey , My right there is none to
dispute , From the centre all round to the sea , I am lord of the fowl and the brute .
round the dwelling of our host , I could not help thinking that he might justly
exclaim with Selkirk : “ I ' m monarch of all I survey , My right there is none to
dispute , From the centre all round to the sea , I am lord of the fowl and the brute .
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Now lifeless rests beneath the clay - cold ground , O ' er which grim spectres take
their nightly round ; Where the hoarse raven flaps his leaden wing , Where
Philomel was never heard to sing , But where the owl , with melancholy strain ,
Does ...
Now lifeless rests beneath the clay - cold ground , O ' er which grim spectres take
their nightly round ; Where the hoarse raven flaps his leaden wing , Where
Philomel was never heard to sing , But where the owl , with melancholy strain ,
Does ...
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Página 237 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
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 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 233 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth ? 7.
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 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?
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802 |
| Autor | John Davis |
| Editor | Alfred James Morrison |
| Colaborador | Alfred James Morrison |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | H. Holt, 1909 |
| Largo | 429 páginas |
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