The Life and Writings of De Witt ClintonBaker and Scribner, 1849 - 381 páginas |
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... seven warriors in it , to signify that they were proceeding on a war expedition . This was executed with red ochre , and has been there for upwards of half a century . We dined on board the boat , and , after a hard day's work , arrived ...
... seven warriors in it , to signify that they were proceeding on a war expedition . This was executed with red ochre , and has been there for upwards of half a century . We dined on board the boat , and , after a hard day's work , arrived ...
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... , we naturally ask from what has it derived its name ? Where are its seven hills ? Has it been named out of compliment to Lynch , who is a Roman Catholic ? Rome was laid out into a town , after the PRIVATE JOURNAL . 53.
... , we naturally ask from what has it derived its name ? Where are its seven hills ? Has it been named out of compliment to Lynch , who is a Roman Catholic ? Rome was laid out into a town , after the PRIVATE JOURNAL . 53.
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... seven o'clock , near the mouth of Wood Creek , which enters Oneida Lake from the north - east . To the west , the eye was lost in the expanse of waters , there being no limits to the hori- zon . A western wind gently agitated the ...
... seven o'clock , near the mouth of Wood Creek , which enters Oneida Lake from the north - east . To the west , the eye was lost in the expanse of waters , there being no limits to the hori- zon . A western wind gently agitated the ...
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... seven acres . A person can wade from one to the other ; and bears , in swimming the lake , frequently stop here to rest . These islands belong to the State . One of the islands is called the Frenchman's Island , from a person of that ...
... seven acres . A person can wade from one to the other ; and bears , in swimming the lake , frequently stop here to rest . These islands belong to the State . One of the islands is called the Frenchman's Island , from a person of that ...
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... seven , and by water , eighteen and three - quarter miles . The whole length of the outlet is , then , nineteen miles . In width it varies from forty to one hundred yards . The banks are low , and covered on both sides with nut , oak ...
... seven , and by water , eighteen and three - quarter miles . The whole length of the outlet is , then , nineteen miles . In width it varies from forty to one hundred yards . The banks are low , and covered on both sides with nut , oak ...
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a-half acres Albany America ancient appears army banks barrel boat British bushel called Canada canal Canandaigua Cayuga Cayuga Lake character Charlevoix colonies commenced commodore Confederates considerable contains Court-house distance dollars eight enemy erected feet fish Five Nations formerly Fort Schlosser forty four miles French Genesee River Geneva Government Governor Holland Land Company honor hundred Indians inhabitants Iroquois Island James Clinton Lake Erie Lake Ontario land Lewiston ment miles from Schenectady mill Mohawk Musquito navigation Niagara north side o'clock Oneida Oneida Lake Onondaga Oswego outlet passed peace population rapid Salina salmon salt says Schenectady Seneca Seneca Lake Seneca River seven shillings Sir William Johnson Society south side Spain spirit spring stone stream tavern territory thousand tion town treaty trees turnpike twelve Utica valley village western whole Witt Clinton Wood Creek York
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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.