Hesperos: Or, Travels in the West, Band 1J.W. Parker, 1850 - 279 Seiten |
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... nearly as bad , so the driver was hurried on , till both himself and his goaded animals were well nigh desperate ; while we , conscious that our passage - money would be forfeited if we allowed the steamer to sail with- out us , became ...
... nearly as bad , so the driver was hurried on , till both himself and his goaded animals were well nigh desperate ; while we , conscious that our passage - money would be forfeited if we allowed the steamer to sail with- out us , became ...
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... I contrived to discover some nearly effaced characters , purporting that the military hero was no less a man than General Wolf himself ! After making out this 38 AMERICAN HOTEL ECCENTRICITIES . " transient mention of a.
... I contrived to discover some nearly effaced characters , purporting that the military hero was no less a man than General Wolf himself ! After making out this 38 AMERICAN HOTEL ECCENTRICITIES . " transient mention of a.
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... nearly fifteen hundred woollen manufactories , in which a capital of sixteen millions is invested , and these two branches of industry alone find oc- cupation for a hundred thousand human beings . It had been our original intention to ...
... nearly fifteen hundred woollen manufactories , in which a capital of sixteen millions is invested , and these two branches of industry alone find oc- cupation for a hundred thousand human beings . It had been our original intention to ...
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... Nearly all the manufactories we saw were worked by companies , and almost every one employed in them had one or more shares in the concern ; the value of each share being fifty dollars . It is against the regulations of the company for ...
... Nearly all the manufactories we saw were worked by companies , and almost every one employed in them had one or more shares in the concern ; the value of each share being fifty dollars . It is against the regulations of the company for ...
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... nearly as good as the far - famed ' Tremont ' in every respect . It was , however , neither clean nor com- fortable , but we were obliged in the absence of any alternative to submit . very The Indian summer ' was decidedly a cold one ...
... nearly as good as the far - famed ' Tremont ' in every respect . It was , however , neither clean nor com- fortable , but we were obliged in the absence of any alternative to submit . very The Indian summer ' was decidedly a cold one ...
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Seite 224 - If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land : But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword : for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Seite 250 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Seite 150 - O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate creatures ours, And not their appetites ! I had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love For others
Seite 235 - America is a wonderful country, endowed by the Omnipotent with natural advantages which no other can boast of; and the mind can hardly calculate upon the degree of perfection and power to which, whether the States are eventually separated or not, it may in the course of two centuries arrive. At present all is energy and enterprise; every thing is in a state of transition, but of rapid improvement —so rapid, indeed, that those who would describe America now would have to correct all in the short...
Seite 236 - I do not know what to make of them; was there a white man over them with a whip in his hand all day, why then I should see and understand the cause of their running, and incessant labour; but I cannot comprehend it, sir; there is something in it, sir — there is something in it. Great man, sir, that Jim — great man, sir — should like to own him, sir, should like to own him.
Seite 52 - ... beat, or wound, or cause to be assaulted, stricken, beaten, or wounded, any person in the district of Columbia for declining or refusing to accept any challenge to fight a duel, or to engage in single combat with any deadly or dangerous instrument or weapon whatever, or shall, post or publish, or cause to be posted or published, any writing charging any such person so declining or refusing to accept any such challenge to be a coward, or using any other opprobrious or injurious language therein,...
Seite 13 - It changed, of course; a heavenly chameleon, The airy child of vapour and the sun, Brought forth in purple, cradled in vermilion, Baptized in molten gold, and swathed in dun, Glittering like crescents o'er a Turk's pavilion, And blending every colour into one, Just like a black eye in a recent scuffle (For sometimes we must box without the muffle).
Seite 250 - Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse...
Seite 235 - At present all is energy and enterprise ; everything is in a rapid state of transition, but of rapid improvement — so rapid, indeed, that those who would describe America now, would have to correct all in the short space of ten years ; for ten years in America is almost equal to a century in the old continent.
Seite 50 - That if any person shall, in the District of Columbia, challenge another to fight a duel, or shall send or deliver any written or verbal message purporting or intended to be such challenge, or shall accept any such challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver any such challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver an acceptance of such challenge or message...