Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year ...I. Riley, 1814 |
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... things . The few antiquities of the country ; the forts and the tumuli , which may now be easily explored , will be effaced by the extension of cultivation . The natural history of the man of America , disfigured and perverted as he has ...
... things . The few antiquities of the country ; the forts and the tumuli , which may now be easily explored , will be effaced by the extension of cultivation . The natural history of the man of America , disfigured and perverted as he has ...
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... things that have happened will happen again , in the like circumstances . When we have traced the steps by which a nation has acquired power , wealth , and knowledge , we shall be taught , by the same histo- rian , how it was that they ...
... things that have happened will happen again , in the like circumstances . When we have traced the steps by which a nation has acquired power , wealth , and knowledge , we shall be taught , by the same histo- rian , how it was that they ...
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... thing before them . The third and last grand expedition against the Confederates , was undertaken in 1697 , by the Count De Frontenac ; the ablest and bravest go- vernor that the French ever had in Canada . He landed at Oswego , with a ...
... thing before them . The third and last grand expedition against the Confederates , was undertaken in 1697 , by the Count De Frontenac ; the ablest and bravest go- vernor that the French ever had in Canada . He landed at Oswego , with a ...
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... thing about their origin . They were beyond the reach of all their traditions , and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity . The erection of such prodigious works must have been the result of labour , far beyond the pa- tience ...
... thing about their origin . They were beyond the reach of all their traditions , and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity . The erection of such prodigious works must have been the result of labour , far beyond the pa- tience ...
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... things ; but if ever the like should happen for the future , I have express orders to declare war against you . This belt confirms my words . Your warriors have made several barbarous incursions on the Illinois and Miamies . They have ...
... things ; but if ever the like should happen for the future , I have express orders to declare war against you . This belt confirms my words . Your warriors have made several barbarous incursions on the Illinois and Miamies . They have ...
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Página 40 - 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 147 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 148 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; Camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Página 147 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Página 53 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
Página 85 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Página 102 - ... company of soldiers, who speaks as if he were dreaming. He says, that he only came to the lake to smoke on the great calumet with the Onondagas. But Grangvla says, that he sees the contrary.; that it was to knock them on the head, if sickness had not weakened the arms of the French.
Página 98 - ... considering the wonderful events of the past and present times, and the inscrutable dispensations of an over-ruling Providence, may we not look forward into futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendent genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature*, may rally...
Página xi - An Act instituting a lottery for the promotion of literature and for other purposes,