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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... - utation was despatched to General Clarke , detailing all the circumstances of the case , and announcing the intention of killing the fool as soon as possible . The old general listened attentively to the matter , and THE FAR WEST . 25.
... - utation was despatched to General Clarke , detailing all the circumstances of the case , and announcing the intention of killing the fool as soon as possible . The old general listened attentively to the matter , and THE FAR WEST . 25.
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... soon confirmed by a half - breed whom I chanced to meet . Receiving a few general instructions , therefore , touching my route , all of which I had quite forgotten ten min . utes after , I pushed forth into the pathless prairie , and was ...
... soon confirmed by a half - breed whom I chanced to meet . Receiving a few general instructions , therefore , touching my route , all of which I had quite forgotten ten min . utes after , I pushed forth into the pathless prairie , and was ...
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... soon served up , prepared in the neat- est French fashion . While at table a circumstance transpired which afforded me some little diversion . Several of the villagers dropped in during the prog- ress of the meal , who , having seated ...
... soon served up , prepared in the neat- est French fashion . While at table a circumstance transpired which afforded me some little diversion . Several of the villagers dropped in during the prog- ress of the meal , who , having seated ...
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... soon the whole house and village was buried in slumber . And then " the stranger within their gates " rose quietly from his couch , and in a few moments was luxuriating in the fresh night - wind , laden with perfumes from the flowerets ...
... soon the whole house and village was buried in slumber . And then " the stranger within their gates " rose quietly from his couch , and in a few moments was luxuriating in the fresh night - wind , laden with perfumes from the flowerets ...
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... soon enters an extended avenue , perfectly uniform for several miles , leading on to the town . Beautiful meadows and harvest- fields on either side sweep off beyond the reach of the eye , their neat white cottages and palings peeping ...
... soon enters an extended avenue , perfectly uniform for several miles , leading on to the town . Beautiful meadows and harvest- fields on either side sweep off beyond the reach of the eye , their neat white cottages and palings peeping ...
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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...