The Far West, Or, A Tour Beyond the Mountains: Embracing Outlines of Western Life and Scenery ; Sketches of the Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements of the French, Etc, Volumen 2Harper & Bros., 1838 |
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... Region . - Volcanic Convulsions . - Impress of Omnipotence . - Reflections suggested . — Ignorance and Indiffer- ence on the Subject . - Remarks of Dr. Buckland and Cuvier.- A very ancient Revolution . - Huge Remains . - Theory of Cu ...
... Region . - Volcanic Convulsions . - Impress of Omnipotence . - Reflections suggested . — Ignorance and Indiffer- ence on the Subject . - Remarks of Dr. Buckland and Cuvier.- A very ancient Revolution . - Huge Remains . - Theory of Cu ...
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... region , before its cession to France half a century since , this structure was erected as a martlet - tower or magazine . Subsequently it was dismantled , and partially fell to ruins , when the novel project was started to plant a ...
... region , before its cession to France half a century since , this structure was erected as a martlet - tower or magazine . Subsequently it was dismantled , and partially fell to ruins , when the novel project was started to plant a ...
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... region west of the Missouri , and must always continue so to be : a railroad from St. Louis in this direction must pass through the place , as well as the national road now in progress . These circumstances , together with its eligible ...
... region west of the Missouri , and must always continue so to be : a railroad from St. Louis in this direction must pass through the place , as well as the national road now in progress . These circumstances , together with its eligible ...
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... region was , doubt- less , once a favourite resort of the animal , and the banks of the " beautiful river " were long his grazing - grounds ; but the onward march of civili- zation has driven him , with the Indian , nearer the setting ...
... region was , doubt- less , once a favourite resort of the animal , and the banks of the " beautiful river " were long his grazing - grounds ; but the onward march of civili- zation has driven him , with the Indian , nearer the setting ...
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... region was that of the " Regulators , " a sort of military or hunters ' republic , the chief of which was styled commandant . To this office the old veteran was at once elected , and continued to ex- ercise its rather arbitrary ...
... region was that of the " Regulators , " a sort of military or hunters ' republic , the chief of which was styled commandant . To this office the old veteran was at once elected , and continued to ex- ercise its rather arbitrary ...
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Términos y frases comunes
American Bottom ancient ANDREW HOy bank beautiful beneath bluffs bosom broad cabin Cahokia celebrated century character Chartres church circumstance cliffs dark delightful depth Descending distant early earth elevated emigrants enterprise erected extensive Father Father Marquette fertility forest Fort Frontenac Fort Gage France French villager green grove heart Hennepin horse hour huge hundred feet Illinois Indian Jacksonville Joe Smith Kaskas Lake land length less river lonely Louis luxuriance Marquette ment miles Mississippi Missouri morning mouth natives night night song Norridge once Osage River passed peculiar Peoria Lake plain Portage des Sioux possession prairie Prairie du Rocher present race region remarkable river rolling route ruins Salle scene seemed seen settlement shore side singular soil spot stream summit surface swelling thousand tion town tract traveller trees tribe Valley vast venerable village of Kaskaskia voyageurs waters West Western wild winds wood worthy
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Página 117 - Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air And, with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Página 217 - Shall and Will Warrant and forever Defend by these presents. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Página 124 - STRANGER, if thou hast learned a truth which needs No school of long experience, that the world Is full of guilt and misery, and hast seen Enough of all its sorrows, crimes, and cares, To tire thee of it, enter this wild wood And view the haunts of Nature.
Página 122 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Página 217 - To have and to hold the said Land and all and singular other the premises above mentioned and every...
Página 215 - July in the year of our LORD CHRIST, One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty one and in the First year of our Reign.
Página 209 - Ye ! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell A single recollection, not in vain He wore his sandal-shoon and scallop-shell; Farewell ! with him alone may rest the pain, If such there were — with you, the moral of his strain.
Página 28 - Ah ! that such beauty, varying in the light Of living nature, cannot be portrayed By words, nor by the pencil's silent skill ; But is the property of him alone Who hath beheld it, noted it with care, And in his mind recorded it with love...
Página 78 - Pleasant the wind's low sigh, And the gleaming of the west, And the turf whereon we lie ; When the burden and the heat Of labour's task are o'er, And kindly voices greet The tired one at his door. Come to the sunset tree ! The day is past and gone ; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.
Página 160 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round...