Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the United States of America, in the Year 1823, Volumen 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824 |
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... EARTH ; AND HE THAT HAS NEVER SEEN THEM , MUST LIVE UNACQUAINTED WITH MUCH OF THE FACE OF NATURE , AND WITH ONE OF THE GREAT SCENES OF HUMAN EXISTENCE . SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. LETTER I. IT DEPARTURE FOR COVE - FEELINGS ON CONTEMPLATING.
... EARTH ; AND HE THAT HAS NEVER SEEN THEM , MUST LIVE UNACQUAINTED WITH MUCH OF THE FACE OF NATURE , AND WITH ONE OF THE GREAT SCENES OF HUMAN EXISTENCE . SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. LETTER I. IT DEPARTURE FOR COVE - FEELINGS ON CONTEMPLATING.
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... existence , and make him sensible that , while he thus contrasts the picturesque scenery of earth with the inimitable grandeur of the heavens , he is standing in the immediate pre- sence of that Deity , " who measured the waters in the ...
... existence , and make him sensible that , while he thus contrasts the picturesque scenery of earth with the inimitable grandeur of the heavens , he is standing in the immediate pre- sence of that Deity , " who measured the waters in the ...
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... existence . These , as well as the comforts of life , it yields them almost spon- taneously ; and , in the midst of this plenty , they never think of ornamenting , or even properly cul- tivating , their fertile estates . In many parts ...
... existence . These , as well as the comforts of life , it yields them almost spon- taneously ; and , in the midst of this plenty , they never think of ornamenting , or even properly cul- tivating , their fertile estates . In many parts ...
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... existence of these animals . After making him some small presents of tobacco and ammunition , and complimenting him on the wisdom of his nation , their prowess in war and prudence in peace , he signified his own ignorance respecting the ...
... existence of these animals . After making him some small presents of tobacco and ammunition , and complimenting him on the wisdom of his nation , their prowess in war and prudence in peace , he signified his own ignorance respecting the ...
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... existence . From the astonishing size of their bones , it is very evident , that nothing but a singular visitation of Providence could have caused their extirpation : For surely no animal , or herd of animals , at present in being ...
... existence . From the astonishing size of their bones , it is very evident , that nothing but a singular visitation of Providence could have caused their extirpation : For surely no animal , or herd of animals , at present in being ...
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Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour ..., Volúmenes 1-2 Edward Allen Talbot Vista de fragmentos - 1968 |
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Página 39 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds, too late, that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is— to die.
Página 60 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man?
Página 85 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Página 38 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 257 - I AM 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. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 85 - Why should we yet our sail unfurl? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl; But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. Utawas
Página 143 - But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. 40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
Página 308 - Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes; With patient angle trolls the finny deep, Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep ; Or seeks the den, where snow-tracks mark the way, And drags the struggling savage into day. At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down the monarch of a shed...
Página 346 - Frazer, and all the other wounded gentlemen in my room, and I was sadly afraid my children would awake, and, by their crying, disturb the dying man in his last moments, who often addressed me, and apologized for the trouble he gave me.
Página 261 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.