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... appeared on the hills of New England , the fearful spectacle spread pain and terror , and flight was the only refuge from death . Charlevoix mentions a singular instance of this terrific ascendency : Ten or twelve Ottawas , being ...
... appeared on the hills of New England , the fearful spectacle spread pain and terror , and flight was the only refuge from death . Charlevoix mentions a singular instance of this terrific ascendency : Ten or twelve Ottawas , being ...
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... appeared in his favour . Perhaps the annals of history can- not furnish a more conspicuous instance of the triumph and power of oratory , in a barbarous na- tion , devoted to superstition , and looking up to the accuser as a delegated ...
... appeared in his favour . Perhaps the annals of history can- not furnish a more conspicuous instance of the triumph and power of oratory , in a barbarous na- tion , devoted to superstition , and looking up to the accuser as a delegated ...
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... appeared at Oswego in great force , and penetrated though the interior of the country , searching for the precious metals ; that they continued there two years , and went down the Ohio . Some of the Senecas told Mr. Kirkland the mis ...
... appeared at Oswego in great force , and penetrated though the interior of the country , searching for the precious metals ; that they continued there two years , and went down the Ohio . Some of the Senecas told Mr. Kirkland the mis ...
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... appearance with the entrance of the streams into the lakes . These facts evince , beyond doubt , that Lake Ontario has , per- haps one or two thousand years ago , receded from this elevated ground . And the cause of this re- treat must ...
... appearance with the entrance of the streams into the lakes . These facts evince , beyond doubt , that Lake Ontario has , per- haps one or two thousand years ago , receded from this elevated ground . And the cause of this re- treat must ...
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... appeared the several editions , in French , Latin , English and Ita- lian of Hieronymus Benzon's history of the new world . He had passed fourteen years there , and on his return to Europe , published this book in octavo . Beside the ...
... appeared the several editions , in French , Latin , English and Ita- lian of Hieronymus Benzon's history of the new world . He had passed fourteen years there , and on his return to Europe , published this book in octavo . Beside the ...
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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,