An Excursion Through the United States and Canada During the Years 1822-1823Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824 - 511 էջ |
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... thing in the whole place as a sink or common sewer . All the filth and soil is collected in pits , of which there is one in every house , and the very opening of which , when full , is enough to breed the plague itself.- Moreover ...
... thing in the whole place as a sink or common sewer . All the filth and soil is collected in pits , of which there is one in every house , and the very opening of which , when full , is enough to breed the plague itself.- Moreover ...
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... things , I supposed I must endure it . I then asked her to let me have the bed that was there , and to move in another for my com- panion ; but , answered she , " Oh ! you are both to occupy the same bed ! " I could , at first , hardly ...
... things , I supposed I must endure it . I then asked her to let me have the bed that was there , and to move in another for my com- panion ; but , answered she , " Oh ! you are both to occupy the same bed ! " I could , at first , hardly ...
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... thing should be thus quietly and peaceably conducted ! " The supporters of the candidates enter into the dif- ferent offices , give their votes , and come out again , with scarcely more noise , than if they had been going in and out of ...
... thing should be thus quietly and peaceably conducted ! " The supporters of the candidates enter into the dif- ferent offices , give their votes , and come out again , with scarcely more noise , than if they had been going in and out of ...
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... things in Baltimore that attracts the attention of the stranger , is the greatly increased number of blacks that he meets in the streets ; for Maryland , in which the city is built , is a slave State . There are many ... thing Baltimore . 33.
... things in Baltimore that attracts the attention of the stranger , is the greatly increased number of blacks that he meets in the streets ; for Maryland , in which the city is built , is a slave State . There are many ... thing Baltimore . 33.
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William Newnham Blane. and , though considerably smaller , is built some- thing on the plan of the Pantheon at Rome . I do not , for my own part , admire the custom preva- lent in America , and which is making its way into England , of ...
William Newnham Blane. and , though considerably smaller , is built some- thing on the plan of the Pantheon at Rome . I do not , for my own part , admire the custom preva- lent in America , and which is making its way into England , of ...
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Էջ 401 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Էջ 474 - Lord assisting our endeavors ; it is therefore ordered that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general, by way of supply, as the major part of those that order the prudentials of the town shall appoint...
Էջ 206 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Էջ 421 - BROTHER : Listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of Indians.
Էջ 469 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Էջ 233 - THEY also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Էջ 483 - Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion by bringing every false one to their tribunal, to the test of their investigation.
Էջ 482 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Էջ 468 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold ; that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen surface of the south. Falkland...
Էջ 422 - Brother: Continue to listen. You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to be true?