Travels in New-England and New-York, Količina 3Timothy Dwight, 1823 |
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... attacked by the Indians , they were very near being destroyed , and several of them were badly * The present turnpike road to New - York passes through this swamp . wounded , before a sufficient number of their friends could.
... attacked by the Indians , they were very near being destroyed , and several of them were badly * The present turnpike road to New - York passes through this swamp . wounded , before a sufficient number of their friends could.
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... and of the humanity also , with which the Indians were treated by the early colonists of New - Englaad , and which has been conti- nued to the present time . they were finally overthrown , without indulging many solemn and.
... and of the humanity also , with which the Indians were treated by the early colonists of New - Englaad , and which has been conti- nued to the present time . they were finally overthrown , without indulging many solemn and.
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... present to the eye a confused mass of stones and rocks , apparently rolled together from the hills by some violent convulsion . Within the limits of this township are found , on the summits of hills , in about fifty places , single ...
... present to the eye a confused mass of stones and rocks , apparently rolled together from the hills by some violent convulsion . Within the limits of this township are found , on the summits of hills , in about fifty places , single ...
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... present or future object in view , without proposing any advantage to himself , or feeling any interest in what is proposed by others , he leads the life , not of a man , but of a snail ; and is rather a moving vegetable than a rational ...
... present or future object in view , without proposing any advantage to himself , or feeling any interest in what is proposed by others , he leads the life , not of a man , but of a snail ; and is rather a moving vegetable than a rational ...
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... present to have any strong propensity ; i . e . as they estimate crimes , for lewdness seems not to be considered by them as criminal . Ordinarily , they do just what they please . Promiscuous concubinage also , Godwin's great and ...
... present to have any strong propensity ; i . e . as they estimate crimes , for lewdness seems not to be considered by them as criminal . Ordinarily , they do just what they please . Promiscuous concubinage also , Godwin's great and ...
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Albany Americans appearance army Baron Dieskau beautiful body borders breadth British buildings built character chiefly church Colonel command congregations Connecticut considerable number contained DEAR SIR distance Dutch east eastern enemy English erected extended feet fifty forest formed Fort Edward Fort Montgomery Fort William Henry furnished governor ground handsome harbour height Hempstead plain hills Honourable Hooestennuc Hoosac houses Hudson hundred Huntington immediately Indians inhabitants island journey labour Lake Champlain Lake George land less Long-Island manner mentioned minister Mohawk morning mountains neighbouring New-England New-Haven New-York object observed ocean passed Pequods persons plain pleasant Presbyterian principal probably river road rocks rode Saddle Mountain Saratoga scarcely Schenectady settlement shire town shore Smithtown snow soil Southampton Southhold spot spring stream sufficient summit surface three miles tion town township tract trees troops valley vegetation village western side whole wind Yale college
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Stran 197 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Stran 253 - Be it ordained, that the governor for the time being, the chancellor, and the judges of the supreme court, or any two of them, together with the governor, shall be, and hereby are, constituted a council to revise all bills about to be passed into laws by the legislature...
Stran 125 - ... dust of a Hero who, ever attentive to the lives and happiness of his men, dared to lead where any dared to follow ; if a Patriot remember the distinguished and gallant services rendered thy country by the Patriot who sleeps beneath this marble; if thou art honest, generous and worthy...
Stran 252 - ... assembly; if during the time aforesaid, he shall have been a Freeholder, possessing a Freehold of the value of twenty pounds, within the said county, or have rented a tenement therein of the yearly value of forty shillings, and been rated and actually paid taxes to this State...
Stran 468 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Stran 245 - ... a member of and in communion with the Church of England as by law established...
Stran 197 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Stran 489 - The. thunder rolled above. Beneath, the roaring of the fires filled up the intervals with a deep and hollow sound, which seemed to be the protracted murmur of the thunder, reverberated from one end of heaven to the other. Add to this convulsion of the elements, and these dreadful effects of vindictive and wanton devastation, the trembling of the earth ; the sharp sound of muskets, occasionally discharged ; the groans, here and there, of the wounded and dying ; and the shouts of triumph...
Stran 241 - Court of Errors of the state of New York, upon the coming of the said writ of error from this court, made the following return thereto: " State of New York, ss. The president of the senate, the senators, chancellor, and judges of the Supreme Court, in...
Stran 489 - ... crowds of the miserable sufferers, mingled with bodies of the militia, and from the neighboring hills taking a farewell prospect of their property and their dwellings, their happiness and their hopes, and you will form a just, but imperfect, picture of the burning of Fairfield.