Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada, Volum 2Wiley and Putnam, 1839 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 37.
Pàgina 1
... face of the globe , it is true of this new world of ours , in which I am now a traveller and a sojourner . This is the land of hope , of faith , ay , and of charity , for a man who hath not all three had better not come here ; with them ...
... face of the globe , it is true of this new world of ours , in which I am now a traveller and a sojourner . This is the land of hope , of faith , ay , and of charity , for a man who hath not all three had better not come here ; with them ...
Pàgina 2
... face , and the primitive simplicity , not to say rudeness , of his dwelling , he has in his features , air , nd deportment , that something which stamps him gentleman . And that something which thirty - four years of solitude has not ...
... face , and the primitive simplicity , not to say rudeness , of his dwelling , he has in his features , air , nd deportment , that something which stamps him gentleman . And that something which thirty - four years of solitude has not ...
Pàgina 17
... face was not an Irish face ; its expression had nothing of the Irish character ; the cut of his features and his manner and figure altogether in no respect har- monized with his voice and accent . After proceeding about three miles , we ...
... face was not an Irish face ; its expression had nothing of the Irish character ; the cut of his features and his manner and figure altogether in no respect har- monized with his voice and accent . After proceeding about three miles , we ...
Pàgina 54
... the store on closing it for the night . Search was immediately made for him , and at the distance of a few yards he was found lying on his face , dead . " THAT the poor Indians to whom reserved lands have been 54 SUMMER RAMBLES .
... the store on closing it for the night . Search was immediately made for him , and at the distance of a few yards he was found lying on his face , dead . " THAT the poor Indians to whom reserved lands have been 54 SUMMER RAMBLES .
Pàgina 55
... face of it . To say that they cannot exist in amicable relation with the whites , without depravation of their morals , is a fear . ful imputation on us as Christians ; -but thus it is . And I do wish that those excellent and benevolent ...
... face of it . To say that they cannot exist in amicable relation with the whites , without depravation of their morals , is a fear . ful imputation on us as Christians ; -but thus it is . And I do wish that those excellent and benevolent ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada, Volum 2 Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Visualització completa - 1839 |
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada, Volum 2 Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Visualització completa - 1838 |
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada, Volum 2 Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Visualització de fragments - 1972 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
American Amherstberg beautiful blanket bojou British brother called Canadian canoe chief Chippewas Christian civilization Detroit Detroit river dian dressed English eyes Father feelings fire fish forest Fort Malden Francis Head French friends hair hand head heard hundred hunting husband Indian Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Simcoe Lake Superior land leggings living lodge look Mackinaw MacMurray Manitoolin Island mats ment Michigan Michilimackinac miles missionaries moccasins Moravian morning never night observe Ottawas paddled Penetanguishine Pontiac poor Pottowattomies present river rock round Sault Sault Ste savage scene Schoolcraft seems seen settlements settlers shore side soon spirit stood Talbot things tion told trader trees tribes Upper Canada village voyageurs warrior Waub-Ojeeg whiskey white-fish whole wife wigwam wild wind woman women woods young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 275 - I" the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Pàgina 93 - You always told us that you would never draw your foot off British ground, but now, father, we see you are drawing back, and we are sorry to see our father doing so without seeing the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat dog that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs and runs off.
Pàgina 93 - You always told us to remain here, and take care of our lands; it made our hearts glad to hear that was your wish. Our great father, the king, is the head, and you represent him: You always told us you would never draw your foot off British ground.
Pàgina 74 - Au Glaize — appear like one continued village for a number of miles, both above and below this place; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida.
Pàgina 176 - The next morning, the father, elated at having gained his end, prepared a repast for his son, and hastened to set it before him. On coming to the door, he was surprised to hear his son talking to himself. He stooped...
Pàgina 187 - With look like patient Job's eschewing evil; With motions graceful as a bird's in air; Thou art, in sober truth, the veriest devil That e'er clinched fingers in a captive's hair...
Pàgina 182 - It is not true!' he shrieked with a loud voice, 'I am not dead, — I was not left on the field: I am here! I live! I move! see me! touch me! I shall again raise my spear in the battle, and sound my drum at the feast!' But no one heeded him; they mistook his voice for the wind rising and whistling among the boughs. He walked to his wigwam, and found his wife tearing her hair, and weeping for his death.
Pàgina 115 - ... projecting into the lake. On the east, the whole sky was flushed with a deep amber glow, fleckered with softest shades of rose-colour — the same intense splendour being reflected in the lake; and upon the extremity of the point, between the glory above and the glory below, stood the little Missionary church, its light spire and belfry defined against the sky. On the opposite side of the heavens hung the moon, waxing paler and paler, and melting away, as it seemed, before the splendour of the...
Pàgina 4 - It is a long wooden building, chiefly of rough logs, with a covered porch running along the south side. Here I found suspended, among sundry implements of husbandry, one of those ferocious animals of the feline kind, called here the cat-a-mountain, and by some the American tiger, or panther, which it more resembles. This one, which had been killed in its attack on the fold or poultryyard, was at least four feet in length, and glared on me from the rafters above ghastly and horrible. The interior...