Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802T. Ostell, 1803 - 454 páginas |
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... land man , by giving the preference to Noah Webster . Tutor . Sir , I beg your pardon ; I am from Old England . Planter . Well , no matter for that , —but Mrs. H—— , who is an excellent speller , never makes H- use of any other but ...
... land man , by giving the preference to Noah Webster . Tutor . Sir , I beg your pardon ; I am from Old England . Planter . Well , no matter for that , —but Mrs. H—— , who is an excellent speller , never makes H- use of any other but ...
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... land , as I have before suggested , was per- fectly level . Not the smallest acclivity was visi- ble , and therefore no valley rejoiced the sight with its verdure . The staple commodity of the State is rice , but cotton is now eagerly ...
... land , as I have before suggested , was per- fectly level . Not the smallest acclivity was visi- ble , and therefore no valley rejoiced the sight with its verdure . The staple commodity of the State is rice , but cotton is now eagerly ...
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... land as I have killed rattlesnakes in this country . My plantation would be a wide one.-Mr. Dubusk was some- what a wag . Being called on after supper to sing the patriotic song of Hail Columbia ; he parodied it with much drollery ...
... land as I have killed rattlesnakes in this country . My plantation would be a wide one.-Mr. Dubusk was some- what a wag . Being called on after supper to sing the patriotic song of Hail Columbia ; he parodied it with much drollery ...
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... vessel were now distended by a breeze that was both favourable and fresh . We shaped our course out of the harbour ; the waves roared around the bark ; and in half an hour she appeared to the eye of the beholder from land a 146.
... vessel were now distended by a breeze that was both favourable and fresh . We shaped our course out of the harbour ; the waves roared around the bark ; and in half an hour she appeared to the eye of the beholder from land a 146.
Página 147
... land a white speck only on the ocean . Our passengers were composed of a Georgian saddle - maker , a Quaker , and three vagrants from New England . Of these the Georgian was an original character . His very figure was the title- page of ...
... land a white speck only on the ocean . Our passengers were composed of a Georgian saddle - maker , a Quaker , and three vagrants from New England . Of these the Georgian was an original character . His very figure was the title- page of ...
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Página 292 - 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 1 rejoice at the beams of peace.
Página 179 - I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth. I believe it...
Página 177 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Página 214 - 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 177 - During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely, and to speak and to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the constitution all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good.
Página 178 - But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.
Página 177 - Let us then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind; let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty, and even life itself, are but dreary things. And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Página 179 - I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot 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 210 - 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...
Página 211 - The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other god. At which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition. When the old man was gone, God called to Abraham, and asked him where the stranger was. He replied, 'I thrust him away because he did not worship thee.