Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volumen 1R. Phillips, 1808 |
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... , the wolves were out , and the roads impassable in the dark : the fire - side too , and all the seats , were occupied , and the landlord was drunk . I was too much engrossed however with the distress round 8 TRAVELS IN.
... , the wolves were out , and the roads impassable in the dark : the fire - side too , and all the seats , were occupied , and the landlord was drunk . I was too much engrossed however with the distress round 8 TRAVELS IN.
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... fire and serve supper up stairs , and strive to make me as comfortable as the situation and circumstances would permit . In a short time she was as good as her word ; and invited me to a small room , clean and warm , with supper al- In ...
... fire and serve supper up stairs , and strive to make me as comfortable as the situation and circumstances would permit . In a short time she was as good as her word ; and invited me to a small room , clean and warm , with supper al- In ...
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... fire : not exhibiting the stream or character of the aurora - borealis ; but an immensity vivid and clear , through which the stars , detached from the firmament , traversed în eccentric directions , followed by trains of light of ...
... fire : not exhibiting the stream or character of the aurora - borealis ; but an immensity vivid and clear , through which the stars , detached from the firmament , traversed în eccentric directions , followed by trains of light of ...
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... fire ; which , after assum- ing a variety of forms ( vertical , spiral , and circular ) , vanished in slight flashes of lightning , and left the sky in its usual appearance and serenity . " Nature stood checked " during this exhibition ...
... fire ; which , after assum- ing a variety of forms ( vertical , spiral , and circular ) , vanished in slight flashes of lightning , and left the sky in its usual appearance and serenity . " Nature stood checked " during this exhibition ...
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... the wound , and thus stopped the flow of blood . I was prepared to fire a second time , but my heart failed me : I was overcome by the firmness which he shewed on receiy- A ing the shot , and the means he employed 26 TRAVELS IN.
... the wound , and thus stopped the flow of blood . I was prepared to fire a second time , but my heart failed me : I was overcome by the firmness which he shewed on receiy- A ing the shot , and the means he employed 26 TRAVELS IN.
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acre Alleghany America animals appeared arrived banks beasts beautiful boat bounded Brownsville bushels called channel character Charlestown Cheat river climate colour Congress Congress Lands consequence considerable corn course creek Cuff cultivated dæmon danger delight descend distance dollars earth emigrants entertained feet fire Freeport Grape Island ground head hills hour imitative powers immense Indian inhabitants interesting island Kentuckey lakes land LETTER Long Reach manner Marietta ment mind Monongahela Monongahela river moun mountains mouth Muskingum nature navigation nearly neighbourhood never night North-West Territory Ohio Ohio country Ohio river passed Pennsylvania perceive persons Philadelphia Pittsburg plains posed possess principal racter remains ripples rise river road sassafras settlements settlers shew shore side situated spring stone stream surface tains thousand timber tion town trees turkey valley variety Virginia visited Wheeling wild wild turkey woods
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Página 9 - Hertford, fitted or to shine in courts With unaffected grace, or walk the plain With innocence and meditation join'd In soft assemblage, listen to my song, Which thy own Season paints ; when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent, like thee.
Página 83 - ... on river sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the Aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him; that, when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and the cover of earth replaced, and so on.
Página 232 - I again demanded how a stranger was to distinguish a good from a vicious house of entertainment. "By previous inquiry, or, if that was impracticable, a tolerable judgment could be formed from observing in the landlord a possession or an absence of ears." The temper of the writer was at least as remarkable in this description as the scene he pretended to describe, for Ashe's Travels were believed to have been chiefly imaginary; but no one denied the roughness of the lower classes in the South and...
Página 99 - ... bodies exposed to the sun and air ; but they soon had reason to repent of this, for the remaining droves, as they came up in succession, stopped, gazed on the mangled and putrid bodies, sorrowfully moaned or furiously lowed aloud, and returned instantly to the wilderness in an...
Página 146 - beyond all competition, the most beautiful river in the universe, whether we consider it for its meandering course through an immense region of forests, for its clean and elegant banks, which afford innumerable delightful situations for cities, villages and improved farms: or for those many other advantages, which truly entitle it to the name originally given it by the French, of La Belle Riviere.
Página 227 - ... attitude among panthers and wolves. The shock received by the Kentuckian, and the want of breath, brought him instantly to the ground. The Virginian never lost his hold, like those bats of the South who never quit the subject on which they fasten till they taste blood, he kept his knees in his enemy's body; fixing his claws in his hair, and his thumbs on his eyes, gave them an instantaneous start from their sockets. The sufferer roared aloud, but uttered no complaint. The citizens again shouted...
Página 226 - Before the effects of this could be ascertained, the sky was rent by the shouts of the multitude; and I could learn that the Virginian had expressed as much beauty and skill in his retraction and bound, as if he had been bred in a menagerie and practised action and attitude among panthers and wolves. The shock received by the Kentuckian, and the want of breath, brought him instantly to the ground. The Virginian never lost his hold. Like those bats of the South who never quit the subject on which...
Página 97 - ... tracks with safety and admiration. I perceived them chosen as if by the nicest judgment ; and when at times I was perplexed to find them revert on themselves nearly in parallel lines, I soon found it occasioned by swamps, ponds, or precipices, which the animals knew how to avoid: but that object being effected, the road again swept into its due course, and bore towards its destination as if under the direction of a compass.
Página 98 - At that period he supposed there could not have been less than ten thousand in the neighborhood of the spring. They sought for no manner of food ; but only bathed and drank three or four times a day. and rolled in the earth ; or reposed, with their flanks distended, in the adjacent shades; and on the fifth...
Página 228 - Some demon interposed for the biggest monster; he got his enemy under him, and in an instant snapt off his nose so close to his face that no manner of projection remained. "The little Virginian made one further effort, and fastening on the under lip of his mutilator tore it over the chin. "The...