The Life and Writings of De Witt ClintonBaker and Scribner, 1849 - 381 páginas |
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... but three tons . We purchased a basket of eggs , at one shilling per dozen , and some fine butter , at fifteen cents per pound , also nine fishes taken by a spear , weighing from one pound to one and a - half each , and 40 DE WITT CLINTON .
... but three tons . We purchased a basket of eggs , at one shilling per dozen , and some fine butter , at fifteen cents per pound , also nine fishes taken by a spear , weighing from one pound to one and a - half each , and 40 DE WITT CLINTON .
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... Fish Creek , about eight miles from Rome , we departed in our boats on the descending waters of Wood Creek . And as we have now got rid of the Eastern waters , it may be proper to make some remarks on the Mohawk River . This river is ...
... Fish Creek , about eight miles from Rome , we departed in our boats on the descending waters of Wood Creek . And as we have now got rid of the Eastern waters , it may be proper to make some remarks on the Mohawk River . This river is ...
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... fish . It formerly contained great plenty of trout - it now has none . The largest fish is the pike , which have been caught weighing fourteen pounds . Since the canal at Rome , chubb , a species of dace , have come into the Mohawk ...
... fish . It formerly contained great plenty of trout - it now has none . The largest fish is the pike , which have been caught weighing fourteen pounds . Since the canal at Rome , chubb , a species of dace , have come into the Mohawk ...
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... fish . We shot several bitterns , the same as found on the salt marsh . The only shell fish were the snapping turtle and muscle . We left Rome after dinner - five Commissioners , the sur- veyor , and a young gentleman . Morris and Van ...
... fish . We shot several bitterns , the same as found on the salt marsh . The only shell fish were the snapping turtle and muscle . We left Rome after dinner - five Commissioners , the sur- veyor , and a young gentleman . Morris and Van ...
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... had procured fresh salmon from Fish creek for us , at 6d . a lb. We found it excellent . In the neighborhood of Gilbert's there is said to be good bog ore ; we saw speci- mens furnished by a man who had come to explore 58 DE WITT CLINTON .
... had procured fresh salmon from Fish creek for us , at 6d . a lb. We found it excellent . In the neighborhood of Gilbert's there is said to be good bog ore ; we saw speci- mens furnished by a man who had come to explore 58 DE WITT CLINTON .
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Página 5 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Página 206 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 301 - For to say, that a blind custom of obedience should be a surer obligation than duty taught and understood; it is to affirm, that a blind man may tread surer by a guide than a seeing man can by a light.
Página 327 - Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 363 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Página 358 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Página 350 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 368 - We may go where we please, and carry with us whom we please, and buy and sell what we please : if your allies be your slaves, use them as such, command them to receive no other but your people.
Página 231 - Heaven's height, and with the centre mix the pole. Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, peace, Said then the omnific Word, your discord end.
Página 311 - ... that most to be taken care of is the gentleman's calling. For if those of that rank are by their education once set right, they will quickly bring all the rest into order.