Museum Americanum, Or, Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties, and Varieties, of Nature and Art, in AmericaG. & W.B. Whittaker, W. Baynes and Son, and T. Blanshard, 1823 - Всего страниц: 346 |
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... supposed that the SOUTHERN CONTINENT is destined to be more than its rival . The following description of the Nations , recently Spanish Colonies , now Independent States , is from the Literary Chronicle , No. 170 . " The nations who ...
... supposed that the SOUTHERN CONTINENT is destined to be more than its rival . The following description of the Nations , recently Spanish Colonies , now Independent States , is from the Literary Chronicle , No. 170 . " The nations who ...
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... supposed to have been cemeteries for the dead . One principal reason for this supposition , is the circumstance of human bones having been discovered in most of those which have been examined . Most of those bones presently crumble in ...
... supposed to have been cemeteries for the dead . One principal reason for this supposition , is the circumstance of human bones having been discovered in most of those which have been examined . Most of those bones presently crumble in ...
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... supposed to have been transported from a distance . Another par- ticular , corroborating this supposition , is , there being a level foot way , of about four feet wide , left on the origi- nal surface of the ground , between the ...
... supposed to have been transported from a distance . Another par- ticular , corroborating this supposition , is , there being a level foot way , of about four feet wide , left on the origi- nal surface of the ground , between the ...
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... supposed extinct , that once inhabited the vallies of the Mississippi and Ohio . This gentleman fatigued by the continual ennui of his situation , the natural consequence of his confinement to the Buffaloe steam boat , which , from ...
... supposed extinct , that once inhabited the vallies of the Mississippi and Ohio . This gentleman fatigued by the continual ennui of his situation , the natural consequence of his confinement to the Buffaloe steam boat , which , from ...
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... supposed to be the inhabitants of western and southern America , whose sepulchres , re- mains of cities , and proofs of civilization remain to this day . The existence of a nation of Welshmen , in the interior of America , has long been ...
... supposed to be the inhabitants of western and southern America , whose sepulchres , re- mains of cities , and proofs of civilization remain to this day . The existence of a nation of Welshmen , in the interior of America , has long been ...
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Стр. 292 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell— and George the third — [' Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason,' echoed from every part of the house.
Стр. 103 - Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Стр. 290 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Стр. 104 - This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. Yet here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, are people who have passed their lives within half a dozen miles, and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains, which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre.
Стр. 101 - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of Incense, from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent Sky, And tell the Stars, and tell yon rising Sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises GOD.
Стр. 156 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Стр. 101 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon?
Стр. 165 - ... four of the hunters now fired, and each lodged a ball in his body, two of them directly through the lungs : the furious animal sprang up and ran open-mouthed upon them ; as he came near, the two hunters who had reserved their fire gave him two wounds, one of which breaking his shoulder, retarded his motion for a moment...
Стр. 221 - Chandler, Thomas Bradbury. An Appeal to the Public in Behalf of the Church of England in America, dedicated to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
Стр. 167 - She went off a second time as before ; and having crawled a few paces looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But, still her cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again, and with signs of inexpressible fondness went round first one and then the other, pawing them, and moaning.