In the first place, the horror, proceeding from the cruelties of their warfare, forbade the calmness of investigation. As long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror ; and there was neither leisure, nor inclination, to contemplate... A Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire - Stran 45avtor: John Farmer, Jacob Bailey Moore - 1823 - 276 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1820 - 538 strani
...the calmness of investigation. As long as those tribes were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror : and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...the yells of the savage, mingled with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode as portentous messengers, upon every gale." But although that state of things... | |
| Samuel Farmar Jarvis - 1820 - 124 strani
...forbade the calmness of investigation. As long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror ; and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...reddened the midnight sky, and the yells of the savage, mingling with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode, as portentous messengers, upon every gale. But... | |
| James Buchanan - 1824 - 350 strani
...forbade the calmness of investigation. As long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror; and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...reddened the midnight sky, and the yells of the savage, mingling with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode, as portentous messengers, upon every gale. But... | |
| James Buchanan - 1824 - 404 strani
...forbade the calmness of investigation. As long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror; and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...reddened the midnight sky, and the yells of the savage, mingling with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode, as portentous messengers, upon every gale. But... | |
| James Buchanan - 1824 - 164 strani
...forbade the calmness of investigation. A$ long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror; and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...reddened the midnight sky, and the yells of the savage, mingling with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode, as portentous messengers, upon every gale. But... | |
| New Hampshire Historical Society - 1824 - 344 strani
...forbade the calmness of investigation. As long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror ; and there was neither leisure, nor inclination...of conflagration reddened the midnight sky, and the veils of the savage, mingling with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode, as portentous messengers,... | |
| Joseph Nightingale - 1835 - 806 strani
...the calmness of investigation. Ay long as those tribes were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror : and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...the yells of the savage, mingled with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode as portentous messengers, upon every gale." But although that state of things... | |
| New-York Historical Society - 1821 - 422 strani
...forbade the calmness of investigation. As long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror ;, and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...reddened the midnight sky, and the yells of the savage, mingling with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode, as portentous messengers, upon every gale. But... | |
| New-York Historical Society - 1821 - 422 strani
...forbade the calmness of investigation. As long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror : and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...reddened .the midnight sky, and the yells of the savage, mingling with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode, as portentous messengers, upon every gale. But... | |
| John A. Andrew, III - 2007 - 450 strani
...of the New-York Historical Society: "As long as they were formidable, curiosity was overpowered by terror; and there was neither leisure, nor inclination,...reddened the mid-night sky, and the yells of the savage, mingling with the shrieks of butchered victims, rode, as portentous messengers, upon every gale. But... | |
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