Travels in New-England and New-York, Volumen3T. Dwight, 1822 |
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... season was now remarkably dry ; yet there were sufficient proofs of the fertility of these grounds . A great part of the houses are ill - built , misshapen , and unrepair- ed ; and exhibit an absolute want of both taste and economy ...
... season was now remarkably dry ; yet there were sufficient proofs of the fertility of these grounds . A great part of the houses are ill - built , misshapen , and unrepair- ed ; and exhibit an absolute want of both taste and economy ...
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... season , they would undoubtedly have destroyed great multitudes of the New - Eng- land people ; great multitudes , I mean more than they actually destroyed . The Colonial troops marched at the critical moment . A snow first , which ...
... season , they would undoubtedly have destroyed great multitudes of the New - Eng- land people ; great multitudes , I mean more than they actually destroyed . The Colonial troops marched at the critical moment . A snow first , which ...
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... season , Denison , with his Volunteers , killed and took , in several expeditions , 230 of the enemy , without hav- ing one man either killed or wounded . This fact , which in any circumstances would have been extraordinary , was here ...
... season , Denison , with his Volunteers , killed and took , in several expeditions , 230 of the enemy , without hav- ing one man either killed or wounded . This fact , which in any circumstances would have been extraordinary , was here ...
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... season were con- stantly to be found in the market . Revolutionary war they forsook our waters , and have not made their appearance since . They were esteemed a great delicacy ; and are the largest of the mackarel species . I have ...
... season were con- stantly to be found in the market . Revolutionary war they forsook our waters , and have not made their appearance since . They were esteemed a great delicacy ; and are the largest of the mackarel species . I have ...
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... seasons are the same with those of the neighbouring countries . The soil on the islands , and a narrow border on the bay , and the ocean is rich ; the remainder is partly a lean sand , and partly a cold loam , replenished with stones ...
... seasons are the same with those of the neighbouring countries . The soil on the islands , and a narrow border on the bay , and the ocean is rich ; the remainder is partly a lean sand , and partly a cold loam , replenished with stones ...
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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.