The Far West, Or, A Tour Beyond the Mountains: Embracing Outlines of Western Life and Scenery ; Sketches of the Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements of the French, Etc, Volum 2Harper & Bros., 1838 |
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Pàgina 33
... looks out upon the Mamelle Prai- rie , and to the north is an opening in the belt of woods along the river - bank , through which , beyond the stream , rise the white cliffs in points and pinna- cles like the towers and turrets of a ...
... looks out upon the Mamelle Prai- rie , and to the north is an opening in the belt of woods along the river - bank , through which , beyond the stream , rise the white cliffs in points and pinna- cles like the towers and turrets of a ...
Pàgina 42
... look abroad over the glories of that pleasant forest - home where once it roved in the chase or bounded forth upon the path of war . And it is a circumstance not a little worthy of no- tice , that veneration for the dead is a feeling ...
... look abroad over the glories of that pleasant forest - home where once it roved in the chase or bounded forth upon the path of war . And it is a circumstance not a little worthy of no- tice , that veneration for the dead is a feeling ...
Pàgina 70
... , and ove varsal herd ; don't the Book say so so ? " so . " " Well , now for the wolves : they ' but ring - streaked and round - spotted ; an er - farmers don't look to it , the prairie - wo . the better of all the geese , turkeys ,
... , and ove varsal herd ; don't the Book say so so ? " so . " " Well , now for the wolves : they ' but ring - streaked and round - spotted ; an er - farmers don't look to it , the prairie - wo . the better of all the geese , turkeys ,
Pàgina 75
... lonely grandeur from our beau- tiful prairies , and look down upon the noble streams which for ages have dashed their dark floods along their base ! But a few years have passed away since this empire THE FAR WEST . 75.
... lonely grandeur from our beau- tiful prairies , and look down upon the noble streams which for ages have dashed their dark floods along their base ! But a few years have passed away since this empire THE FAR WEST . 75.
Pàgina 83
... looks down upon his children and reads their hearts , does he not listen to many a warmer , purer thank - offer- ing from beneath the lowly roof - tree of the wil- derness , than from all the palaces of opulence and pride ? So it has ...
... looks down upon his children and reads their hearts , does he not listen to many a warmer , purer thank - offer- ing from beneath the lowly roof - tree of the wil- derness , than from all the palaces of opulence and pride ? So it has ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 132 - Enough of all its sorrows, crimes, and cares, To tire thee of it, enter this wild wood And view the haunts of Nature. The calm shade Shall bring a kindred calm, and the sweet breeze That makes the green leaves dance, shall waft a balm To thy sick heart.
Pàgina 231 - Ye ! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell A single recollection, not in vain He wore his sandal-shoon and scallop-shell; Farewell ! with him alone may rest the pain, If such there were — with you, the moral of his strain.
Pàgina 237 - July in the year of our LORD CHRIST, One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty one and in the First year of our Reign.
Pàgina 119 - Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air And, with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Pàgina 239 - Shall and Will Warrant and forever Defend by these presents. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Pàgina 239 - To have and to hold the said Land and all and singular other the premises above mentioned and every...
Pàgina 30 - Ah ! that such beauty, varying in the light Of living nature, cannot be portrayed By words, nor by the pencil's silent skill ; But is the property of him alone Who hath beheld it, noted it with care, And in his mind recorded it with love...
Pàgina 50 - What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in every thing, and who, having eyes to see what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way, misses nothing he can fairly lay his hands on.
Pàgina 80 - Come to the sunset tree ! The day is past and gone ; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.
Pàgina 224 - At the sight of a spectacle," says Cuvier, " so imposing, so terrible as that of the wreck of animal life, forming almost the entire soil on which we tread, it is difficult to restrain the imagination from hazarding some conjectures as to the cause by which such great effects have been produced.