The Republican Compiler: Comprising a Series of Scientific, Descriptive, Narrative, Popular, Biographical, Epistolary, and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and VerseCramer & Spear, 1818 - 263 páginas |
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Página 44
... warrior , and which entitle him to a new name , are , killing a white bear , stealing individ- ually the horses of the ... warriors These acts seem of nearly equal dignity , but the last , that of taking an enemy's scalp , is an honour ...
... warrior , and which entitle him to a new name , are , killing a white bear , stealing individ- ually the horses of the ... warriors These acts seem of nearly equal dignity , but the last , that of taking an enemy's scalp , is an honour ...
Página 45
... warriors , old men and jugglers are invited . After the repast , a hole is dug in the ground about eighteen inches in depth and of the same diameter as the intended shield : into this hole red hot stones are thrown , and water thrown ...
... warriors , old men and jugglers are invited . After the repast , a hole is dug in the ground about eighteen inches in depth and of the same diameter as the intended shield : into this hole red hot stones are thrown , and water thrown ...
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... warriors rarely use any , except a small leather puff stuffed with hair , and secured by a girth made of a leather thong . In this way they ride with great expertness , and they have a particular dexterity in catching the horse when he ...
... warriors rarely use any , except a small leather puff stuffed with hair , and secured by a girth made of a leather thong . In this way they ride with great expertness , and they have a particular dexterity in catching the horse when he ...
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... warrior suspends at the breast of his horse the finest ornaments he possesses . Thus armed and mounted , the Shoshonee is a formida ble enemy , even with the feeble weapons which he is still obliged to use . When they attack at full ...
... warrior suspends at the breast of his horse the finest ornaments he possesses . Thus armed and mounted , the Shoshonee is a formida ble enemy , even with the feeble weapons which he is still obliged to use . When they attack at full ...
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... warriors who had been killed , or died not long since . I asked them why they had placed their effigies in the canoes , and also why they put the bodies of the dead Typees in that of . the priest ; they told me ( as Wilson interpreted ) ...
... warriors who had been killed , or died not long since . I asked them why they had placed their effigies in the canoes , and also why they put the bodies of the dead Typees in that of . the priest ; they told me ( as Wilson interpreted ) ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Allegheny mountain American appear arms army battle beauty Bessus body brave British Cahokia called canoes Captain Lewis Carolina charms chief Christopher Gadsden clouds command Congress dark dear death Demosthenes eloquence enemy father feelings feet Franklin friends genius give glory hand happiness heard heart heaven hill honour hope human hundred Ibid Indians island John Rutledge justice language Latin language liberty lived lord Cornwallis lord Rawdon ma'am mankind manner ment Meriwether Lewis miles mind Missouri nation nature never night o'er object observe orator Pacific ocean patriot peace Pennsylvania person plain Port Folio river scene shore side sigh simplicity soldier soon soul South Carolina spirit star-spangled banner stream Sullivan's island sweet thee thing thou tion virtue voice warriors Washington wave whole wild winds wood yards
Pasajes populares
Página 134 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, — but there is no peace.
Página 104 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
Página 134 - Besides, sir, we have no election. " If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Página 134 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week — or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed; and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Página 242 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Página 242 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave ; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Página 104 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
Página 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the tenth day of August, AD 1829, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, JP Dabney, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit...
Página 17 - On the other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Página 133 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.