Travels in New-England and New-York, Volumen3T. Dwight, 1822 |
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... road to New - York . * Capt . Stoughton , with a body of men from Massachusetts , arri- , ving speedily after the flight of the Pequods , determined to pur- sue them ; and , having providentially discovered the place of their retreat ...
... road to New - York . * Capt . Stoughton , with a body of men from Massachusetts , arri- , ving speedily after the flight of the Pequods , determined to pur- sue them ; and , having providentially discovered the place of their retreat ...
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... road through both Westerly and Charlestown the ranges of hills which are numerous and sudden , terminate either immediately on the road , or at a small distance ; presenting to the eye their rough , ragged ends , covered with sands , or ...
... road through both Westerly and Charlestown the ranges of hills which are numerous and sudden , terminate either immediately on the road , or at a small distance ; presenting to the eye their rough , ragged ends , covered with sands , or ...
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... road , were generally rocky , and lean . At some distance on both sides of the road , the land as we were informed , is good ; yielding not unfrequently forty bushels of maize , and twenty of barley , per acre . On the shore near the ...
... road , were generally rocky , and lean . At some distance on both sides of the road , the land as we were informed , is good ; yielding not unfrequently forty bushels of maize , and twenty of barley , per acre . On the shore near the ...
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... road speedily entered a forest , called Hel- burne woods : a wild , rocky , dreary tract , with hardly a cheerful object in view . The road is stony , and miserably repaired ; the soil is lean ; the little agriculture , found in a few ...
... road speedily entered a forest , called Hel- burne woods : a wild , rocky , dreary tract , with hardly a cheerful object in view . The road is stony , and miserably repaired ; the soil is lean ; the little agriculture , found in a few ...
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... road heav- ier . From Wareham to Sandwich the horse may be said to wade . The forest throughout this region is principally formed of yellow pines . Oaks are however interspersed in New - Bedford , and Rochester . The soil in Rochester ...
... road heav- ier . From Wareham to Sandwich the horse may be said to wade . The forest throughout this region is principally formed of yellow pines . Oaks are however interspersed in New - Bedford , and Rochester . The soil in Rochester ...
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Albany Americans appearance army beautiful body borders breadth British built Canajoharie Cape Cod character chiefly church command Congregations Connecticut considerable number contained in 1790 Dear Sir distance East Eastern enemy extended feet forest formed Fort Edward furnished Governour ground handsome harbour height Hempstead plain hills Hooestennuc Hoosac houses Hudson hundred Huntington immediately Indians inferiour inhabitants Island Jamaica journey labour Lake Champlain Lake George land less Long-Island manner Massachusetts mentioned miles minister Mohawk morning mountains neighbourhood neighbouring New-England New-Haven New-York North observed ocean Oyster Bay passed peninsula Pequods persons plain Presbyterian principal river road rocks rode Sachem Saddle Mountain sand Saratoga Sassacus scarcely Schenectady settlement shire town shore side soil South Southampton Southhold spot stones stream sufficient superiour surface tion town township tract trees troops valley vegetation village Western Whitestown whole winds Yale College
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Página 218 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 436 - ... killed in the assault upon the fort. They were thrown into this pond, the preceding autumn, by the British; when, probably, the water was sufficiently deep to cover them. Some of them were covered at this time; but at a depth, so small, as to leave them distinctly visible. Others had an arm, a leg, and a part of the body, above the surface. The clothes, which they wore, when they were killed, were still on them ; and proved, that they were militia ; being the ordinary dress of farmers.
Página 461 - In 1810 he took his degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New Y'ork...
Página 492 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Página 269 - ... a member of and in communion with the Church of England as by law established...
Página 174 - For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.
Página 374 - Hendrick," says the same writer, "a renowned Indian warrior among the Mohawks, and one of their sachems, or kings, who was slain in the battle, and whose son, upon being told that his father was killed, giving the usual Indian groan upon such occasions, and suddenly putting his hand on his left breast, swore...
Página 218 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 498 - The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment ; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought."— Dwighfa Travels, vol.
Página 278 - ... senators from each great district, which senators shall form a council for the appointment of the said officers, of which the governor for the time being, or the lieutenantgovernor, or the president of the senate, when they shall respectively administer the government, shall be president and have a casting voice, but no other vote; and with the advice and consent of the said council, shall appoint all the said officers; and that a majority of the said council be a quorum.