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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... snake , hastening furiously to the spot , imme- diately gave battle to the rattlesnake , and sus- pended , by his unexpected appearance , the power of the negro's arm . We now thought we had got into a nest of snakes , and II2.
... snake , hastening furiously to the spot , imme- diately gave battle to the rattlesnake , and sus- pended , by his unexpected appearance , the power of the negro's arm . We now thought we had got into a nest of snakes , and II2.
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... appearance in the shape of an old Guinea Negro , scraping discord on a fiddle , reeling about from side to side , and grinning in the pride of his heart . Each man now seized his partner , Orpheus struck up a jig , and down the dance ...
... appearance in the shape of an old Guinea Negro , scraping discord on a fiddle , reeling about from side to side , and grinning in the pride of his heart . Each man now seized his partner , Orpheus struck up a jig , and down the dance ...
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... appearance of the Morning Star , when the barking of dogs , and the voices of men at a distance , filled me with the hope that I was approaching some village . My heart caught new pleasure , and I re- doubled my pace ; but in a few ...
... appearance of the Morning Star , when the barking of dogs , and the voices of men at a distance , filled me with the hope that I was approaching some village . My heart caught new pleasure , and I re- doubled my pace ; but in a few ...
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... appearance than on the fourth day of March , 1801. The Senate - Chamber was filled with citizens from the remotest places of the Union . The planter , the farmer , the me- chanic and merchant , all seemed to catch one common transport ...
... appearance than on the fourth day of March , 1801. The Senate - Chamber was filled with citizens from the remotest places of the Union . The planter , the farmer , the me- chanic and merchant , all seemed to catch one common transport ...
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... book . It was a mercy you did not fill it with your letters . " I could wish , however , they had been longer ; " for never did you write with more grace , " and less appearance of study . " This is a beautiful day , and I purpose 208.
... book . It was a mercy you did not fill it with your letters . " I could wish , however , they had been longer ; " for never did you write with more grace , " and less appearance of study . " This is a beautiful day , and I purpose 208.
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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?