Letters from North America: Written During a Tour in the United States and Canada ...Hurst, Robinson, & Company, 1824 |
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... hand of Canova . We left Raleigh on the 5th at noon , and pro- ceeded to Fayetteville , where we arrived at seven the next morning , several hours later than we expected , having accomplished only 60 miles in 18 hours . It was Sunday ...
... hand of Canova . We left Raleigh on the 5th at noon , and pro- ceeded to Fayetteville , where we arrived at seven the next morning , several hours later than we expected , having accomplished only 60 miles in 18 hours . It was Sunday ...
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... allowance for the sick , the children , & c . I was told that on the rice plantations in that neigh- bourhood , half the gangs were effective hands . I heard my benevolent friend order wine , oranges , NORTH AMERICA . 45.
... allowance for the sick , the children , & c . I was told that on the rice plantations in that neigh- bourhood , half the gangs were effective hands . I heard my benevolent friend order wine , oranges , NORTH AMERICA . 45.
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... hands , and the little boys looking up at their mother's face with an air of curiosity , as if they wondered what could make her look so sad . The mother then spoke a few words , in a faultering voice , to the auc- tioneer , who ...
... hands , and the little boys looking up at their mother's face with an air of curiosity , as if they wondered what could make her look so sad . The mother then spoke a few words , in a faultering voice , to the auc- tioneer , who ...
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... hand , I consider that full indemnity is due to the owners of slaves for any interfer- ence with their property , which may lead to its depreciation ; on the other , I conceive , that nothing could be more fatal to the ultimate welfare ...
... hand , I consider that full indemnity is due to the owners of slaves for any interfer- ence with their property , which may lead to its depreciation ; on the other , I conceive , that nothing could be more fatal to the ultimate welfare ...
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... hands on our entrance , and conversing on general topics during our short visit . We then proceeded to Mr. Calhoun's , the Secretary at War , who was from home , to my great regret , as all I had heard of his character had inspired me ...
... hands on our entrance , and conversing on general topics during our short visit . We then proceeded to Mr. Calhoun's , the Secretary at War , who was from home , to my great regret , as all I had heard of his character had inspired me ...
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Página 238 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Página 243 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Página 306 - Its breadth in the middle is about 60 feet, but more at the ends, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone.
Página 278 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Página 174 - Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Página 174 - The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, that the mountains were formed first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place, particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over this spot, and have torn the mountain down from its summit to its base.
Página 193 - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.
Página 175 - This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. Yet here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, are people who have passed their lives within half a dozen miles, and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains, which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre.
Página 282 - And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft? Ah ! there in desolation cold The desert serpent dwells alone, Where grass o'ergrows each...
Página 4 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary.