Five years' residence in the Canadas: including a tour through part of the United States of America, Volumen 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824 |
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... considerable regularity ; but the houses , like almost all others in the Canadas , are very irregularly built . In consequence of the neg- lected condition of the roads in this as well as in every other part of the Province , it is ...
... considerable regularity ; but the houses , like almost all others in the Canadas , are very irregularly built . In consequence of the neg- lected condition of the roads in this as well as in every other part of the Province , it is ...
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... considerable height in every 35 years . In 1816 Ontario was seven feet higher , than it is known to have been , for upwards of 30 years be- fore that time . Does not this form a very inter , esting subject for the speculations of the ...
... considerable height in every 35 years . In 1816 Ontario was seven feet higher , than it is known to have been , for upwards of 30 years be- fore that time . Does not this form a very inter , esting subject for the speculations of the ...
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... considerably abated ; the Musquito , sati- ated with human blood , has given rest to his pro- boscis ; and man , free from the irritating bite of innumerable tormenting insects , and from the scorching heat of an almost insupportable ...
... considerably abated ; the Musquito , sati- ated with human blood , has given rest to his pro- boscis ; and man , free from the irritating bite of innumerable tormenting insects , and from the scorching heat of an almost insupportable ...
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... considerable height above the common surface of the stream . All parts of the river must of course partake of this elevation . At the cataract , and at the entrance into Lake Ontario , it must be higher than usual , as well as at its ...
... considerable height above the common surface of the stream . All parts of the river must of course partake of this elevation . At the cataract , and at the entrance into Lake Ontario , it must be higher than usual , as well as at its ...
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... considerable distance under the rock , the native fishermen frequently continue there for hours together ... considerably below their usual level . Whenever this is the fact , the river also will be necessarily lower than at any other ...
... considerable distance under the rock , the native fishermen frequently continue there for hours together ... considerably below their usual level . Whenever this is the fact , the river also will be necessarily lower than at any other ...
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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 298 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Página 85 - ... past. 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' tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float over thy surges soon.
Página 4 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes...
Página 182 - ... of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell ; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side ; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is living at this day.
Página 147 - Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men ; As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept All by the name of dogs : the valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, The housekeeper, the hunter, every one According to the gift which bounteous nature Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive Particular addition...
Página 388 - And whereas We are desirous, upon all Occasions, to testify Our Royal Sense and Approbation of the Conduct and Bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of Our Armies, and to reward the same...
Página 117 - Gul in her bloom? Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute, Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Página 137 - When two persons stand very near to each other, they can mutually hear their ordinary conversation ; when removed to a small distance, they are obliged to halloo ; and, when removed a little farther, cannot be heard at all. Every other sound is drowned in the tempest of noise made by the water, and all else in the regions of nature appears to be dumb. This noise is a vast thunder, filling the heavens, shaking the earth, and leaving the mind, although perfectly conscious of safety, and affected with...