Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes, of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of Incidents Connected with the Treaty of Fond Du LacF. Lucas, jun'r., 1827 - 493 pages |
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... once , and each one have elbow - room sufficient for all the purposes of figuring with the knife and fork in all the graces of which these two instruments are susceptible . At the termination of this im- mense dining apartment , and ...
... once , and each one have elbow - room sufficient for all the purposes of figuring with the knife and fork in all the graces of which these two instruments are susceptible . At the termination of this im- mense dining apartment , and ...
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... once marked the spot to which I have referred , and where he fell in that fatal rencontre with Col. Burr - but this has disappeared . Better , perhaps , that the pall of oblivion were thrown over the spot ; and that recollections of the ...
... once marked the spot to which I have referred , and where he fell in that fatal rencontre with Col. Burr - but this has disappeared . Better , perhaps , that the pall of oblivion were thrown over the spot ; and that recollections of the ...
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... once saw you have of the celebrated Fox , of England . I had not time to ascertain what sort of likeness he bore that distinguished orator within , but infer- red he had some wit , but know nothing of its quality . I understood the ...
... once saw you have of the celebrated Fox , of England . I had not time to ascertain what sort of likeness he bore that distinguished orator within , but infer- red he had some wit , but know nothing of its quality . I understood the ...
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... once formed the barriers , or shores of the Mohawk ; and that its present width is only a streamlet in comparison of its once wide and flowing dimensions . The course of the canal is amidst towering heights and rocky precipices , with ...
... once formed the barriers , or shores of the Mohawk ; and that its present width is only a streamlet in comparison of its once wide and flowing dimensions . The course of the canal is amidst towering heights and rocky precipices , with ...
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... once watered by them , and to the same extent which once marked their limits , when a similar lake would be formed that without doubt once filled the great valley beyond . There can be no question but at this place the gap was made that ...
... once watered by them , and to the same extent which once marked their limits , when a similar lake would be formed that without doubt once filled the great valley beyond . There can be no question but at this place the gap was made that ...
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Albany appearance arrived barges bark beach beautiful believe boat called canal canoe chief Chippeway clouds council DEAR Detroit distance doubtless Embarked encamped father feel feet felt fire fish five Fond du Lac Fort Gratiot four give Governor Grand island half past hand happy head heard heart hour hundred yards Indians Iron river island Lake Huron Lake Superior land Lewistown light live Lockport lodge look Michillimackinac miles Montreal river morning mountains mouth Nanibojou nearly never night o'clock once ornamented paddles passed Pontiac present rest returned river rock round Sault de St Schenectady Schoolcraft schooner seen shore side soon spirit steam boat sun-down sun-rise tent Thermometer thing thunder Thunder bay to-day told took treaty Utica voyageurs whilst white fish wind young
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Page 365 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 98 - tis to him ye must Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. LXVI. LXIX. The roar of waters! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave- worn precipice; The fall of waters! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set...
Page 99 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 99 - And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground, Making it all one emerald : — how profound The gulf ! and how the giant element From rock to rock leaps with delirious bound, Crushing the cliffs, which, downward worn and rent With his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent...
Page 242 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore ; There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar : I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 447 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same with my hand.
Page 374 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain...
Page 410 - To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore.
Page 374 - Rivers of gladness water all the earth, And clothe all climes with beauty ; the reproach Of barrenness is past. The fruitful field. Laughs with abundance ; and the land, once lean, Or fertile only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its thistly curse repealed. The various seasons woven into one, And that one season an eternal spring, The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full.
Page 374 - The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full. The lion, and the libbard, and the bear Graze with the fearless flocks; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream.