Muskingum Legends: With Other Sketches and Papers Descriptive of the Young Men of Germany and the Old Boys of AmericaJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1871 - 352 páginas |
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... villages , and the many fields of dark - green maize ; winking at the great white - armed sycamores and the wil- lows , whose leaves dance all day in a silly flutter of delight at such flattery ; winking at the bright May - weed , and ...
... villages , and the many fields of dark - green maize ; winking at the great white - armed sycamores and the wil- lows , whose leaves dance all day in a silly flutter of delight at such flattery ; winking at the bright May - weed , and ...
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... village , defended only by a feeble rampart of earth , crested with wooden palisades . In their indolent and pampered degeneracy , the Mound - builders of the east had ceased to fortify their cities with those imposing bulwarks of earth ...
... village , defended only by a feeble rampart of earth , crested with wooden palisades . In their indolent and pampered degeneracy , the Mound - builders of the east had ceased to fortify their cities with those imposing bulwarks of earth ...
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... village . Then their great prophet and medicine - man , with his drum , his snakeskin rattle , and his medicine - bag , ad- vanced alone to the top of the sacred burial - mound , mut- tered a solemn invocation to the Most High God ...
... village . Then their great prophet and medicine - man , with his drum , his snakeskin rattle , and his medicine - bag , ad- vanced alone to the top of the sacred burial - mound , mut- tered a solemn invocation to the Most High God ...
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... village there was no sound but the dull and thud- ding crash of the tomahawk . Only when the great sun looked out , with his angry and lurid eye , through a chink in the morning clouds , did the village rest in silence , and the ...
... village there was no sound but the dull and thud- ding crash of the tomahawk . Only when the great sun looked out , with his angry and lurid eye , through a chink in the morning clouds , did the village rest in silence , and the ...
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... village , found a house wherein was a maiden hidden , and yet alive . And there was with her a young moose , which had been tenderly nourished by her hand , and now lingered about her hiding - place . Upon the approach of the Shawnees ...
... village , found a house wherein was a maiden hidden , and yet alive . And there was with her a young moose , which had been tenderly nourished by her hand , and now lingered about her hiding - place . Upon the approach of the Shawnees ...
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Página 353 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
Página 311 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Página 304 - They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy.
Página 223 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Página 299 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 9 - And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing, long live the king...
Página 24 - Hunts in their meadows, and his fresh-dug den Yawns by my path. The gopher mines the ground Where stood their swarming cities. All is gone — All — save the piles of earth that hold their bones — The platforms where they worshipped unknown gods — The barriers which they builded from the soil To keep the foe at bay...
Página 78 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience...
Página 300 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Página 292 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,