The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America: And Frequent Excursions Among the North-west American Indians, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823L.B. Seelev and Son, 1824 - Всего страниц: 210 |
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... mind , of desolation and danger . We had not sailed more than one hundred miles on the Atlantic before it blew a strong head wind , and several on board with myself were greatly affected by the motion of the ship . It threw me into such ...
... mind , of desolation and danger . We had not sailed more than one hundred miles on the Atlantic before it blew a strong head wind , and several on board with myself were greatly affected by the motion of the ship . It threw me into such ...
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... mind , by these enormous masses of snow and ice , not to be conveyed in words . They floated by us from one to two hundred feet above the water , and sometimes of great length , re- sembling huge mountains , with deep vallies between ...
... mind , by these enormous masses of snow and ice , not to be conveyed in words . They floated by us from one to two hundred feet above the water , and sometimes of great length , re- sembling huge mountains , with deep vallies between ...
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... mind cannot conceive any thing more awful , than the destruction of a ship , by the meeting of two enormous fields of ice , advancing against each other at the rate of several miles an hour . " It may easily be imagined , " says Captain ...
... mind cannot conceive any thing more awful , than the destruction of a ship , by the meeting of two enormous fields of ice , advancing against each other at the rate of several miles an hour . " It may easily be imagined , " says Captain ...
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... mind with the idea , that Indians who knew not the corrupt influence and barter of spirituous liquors at a Trading Post , were far happier , than the wretched - looking group around me . The duty devolved upon me , to seek to meliorate ...
... mind with the idea , that Indians who knew not the corrupt influence and barter of spirituous liquors at a Trading Post , were far happier , than the wretched - looking group around me . The duty devolved upon me , to seek to meliorate ...
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... mind ; but the pang of thought was alleviated by the recollection that life at best was short , and that they would soon meet me in brighter worlds , ' whither I expected to be hurried , through the supposed hasty death of drowning ...
... mind ; but the pang of thought was alleviated by the recollection that life at best was short , and that they would soon meet me in brighter worlds , ' whither I expected to be hurried , through the supposed hasty death of drowning ...
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Стр. 206 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign ! HEBEK.
Стр. 157 - tis nought to me: Since GOD is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where he vital breathes there must be joy.
Стр. 123 - ... of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.
Стр. 123 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Стр. 134 - 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-tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Стр. 123 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in the courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Стр. 132 - River, where they had made the first land, the ground was covered with copper, over which a body of earth had since been collected to the depth of a man's height. They believe, also, that in ancient times, their ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating.
Стр. 33 - On the following morning, I saw an Indian corpse staged, or put upon a few cross sticks, about ten feet from the ground, at a short distance from the fort. The property of the dead, which may consist of a kettle, axe, and a few additional articles, is generally put into the case, or wrapped in the...
Стр. 169 - Hearne) has not as yet began to dawn among the Northern Indians ; for, though their conjurors do indeed sing songs and make long speeches to some beasts and birds of prey, as also to imaginary beings, which they say assist them in performing cures on the sick, yet they, as well as their credulous neighbours, are utterly destitute of every idea of practical religion.
Стр. 110 - OD of my life, to thee belong The thankful heart — the grateful song ; Touch'd by thy love, each tuneful chord Resounds the goodness of the Lord. 2 Thou hast preserv'd my fleeting breath, And chas'd the gloomy shades of death ; The venom'd arrows vainly fly, When God our great deliv'rer's nigh.