Travels in New-England and New-York, Volumen3T. Dwight, 1822 |
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... sufficiently large , and secured only by two small boughs . These he and his Lieutenant instantly removed ; and entered the fortress : the men crowding * This stood not far from the Thames , a few miles above the ferry . closely behind ...
... sufficiently large , and secured only by two small boughs . These he and his Lieutenant instantly removed ; and entered the fortress : the men crowding * This stood not far from the Thames , a few miles above the ferry . closely behind ...
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... sufficient resolution to become witnesses of the conflict , had formed themselves in a cir- cle without the English . The destruction was very great . Seven only of the Pequods escaped ; and only seven more were made prisoners . Between ...
... sufficient resolution to become witnesses of the conflict , had formed themselves in a cir- cle without the English . The destruction was very great . Seven only of the Pequods escaped ; and only seven more were made prisoners . Between ...
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... sufficient num- ber of their friends could come to their rescue . The Indians then requesting a parley , it was granted ; and Thomas Stanton was sent by the English to propose to them terms of surrender ; and par- ticularly , to proffer ...
... sufficient num- ber of their friends could come to their rescue . The Indians then requesting a parley , it was granted ; and Thomas Stanton was sent by the English to propose to them terms of surrender ; and par- ticularly , to proffer ...
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... sufficiently abundant . The hills constitute almost the whole surface ; and are altogether the best land . The vallies , which are usually nar- row , and rough , present to the eye a confused mass of stones and rocks , apparently rolled ...
... sufficiently abundant . The hills constitute almost the whole surface ; and are altogether the best land . The vallies , which are usually nar- row , and rough , present to the eye a confused mass of stones and rocks , apparently rolled ...
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... sufficiently deep for vessels , un- der two hundred and fifty tons , to load at the wharves ; and is safe from all winds , except the South - West ; and , in the upper parts even from that . The wharves are built of stone , and are in ...
... sufficiently deep for vessels , un- der two hundred and fifty tons , to load at the wharves ; and is safe from all winds , except the South - West ; and , in the upper parts even from that . The wharves are built of stone , and are in ...
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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.