Letters from the East and from the WestF. Taylor and Wm.M. Morrison, 1840 - 168 pagina's |
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Pagina 47
... forest is leafless as it is in gelid January . The buds have not begun sensibly to enlarge . The soil , though cold , furnishes rye , oats , and grass plentifully , but maize and wheat it refuses to yield . Cattle love this alpine air ...
... forest is leafless as it is in gelid January . The buds have not begun sensibly to enlarge . The soil , though cold , furnishes rye , oats , and grass plentifully , but maize and wheat it refuses to yield . Cattle love this alpine air ...
Pagina 48
... forests are adorned with their cheering green foliage , and the meadows carpeted with luxuriant grass . Kingston is the name of an old Forge , which is now defunct and falling into ruins . Its former owner and operator has turned ...
... forests are adorned with their cheering green foliage , and the meadows carpeted with luxuriant grass . Kingston is the name of an old Forge , which is now defunct and falling into ruins . Its former owner and operator has turned ...
Pagina 50
... forest , and for a fort . It was at first called , as every school- boy knows , Fort du Quesne . After Braddock's unfortunate defeat , the chances of war threw it into the hands of the English , at the time , when Pitt , the Elder ...
... forest , and for a fort . It was at first called , as every school- boy knows , Fort du Quesne . After Braddock's unfortunate defeat , the chances of war threw it into the hands of the English , at the time , when Pitt , the Elder ...
Pagina 60
... forests were clad in their richest drapery , and the winged songsters poured forth their sweetest notes in fervent praise of Him who sits aloft , looking down well pleased with this charming portion of the works of his creative hand ...
... forests were clad in their richest drapery , and the winged songsters poured forth their sweetest notes in fervent praise of Him who sits aloft , looking down well pleased with this charming portion of the works of his creative hand ...
Pagina 65
... forests . They are compos- ed of trees of unusual magnitude - beech , sugar - maple , hickory , oak , ash , walnut , elm , poplar , and sycamore . I would give you . the botanical names , but I am no lover of Latin , or rather of such ...
... forests . They are compos- ed of trees of unusual magnitude - beech , sugar - maple , hickory , oak , ash , walnut , elm , poplar , and sycamore . I would give you . the botanical names , but I am no lover of Latin , or rather of such ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
abundant acquainted appearance argillaceous slate Athens Baltimore beautiful Bellows Falls boat brought called capacious carbonate of lime cattle Cave chalcedony chlorite church Cincinnati coal color Columbite Connecticut Connecticut river crystals distance eight elegant employed England epidote erected feet feldspar forest forty four furnished gentleman granite half Harrodsburg hills honor horse hour hundred inhabitants iron Kentucky Kentucky river land less LETTER limestone Louisville maize manufacturing marble Marietta mica miles mineral morning mountain multitude Muskingum Muskingum river noble o'clock Ohio Ohio river passed Pittsburg plain present President Professor quarry quartz region rich river road rock sandstone seat seen Seminary side Smithland soil specimens splendid steamboats steatite stone stream streets tavern thing thirty thousand tion to-day town townships travelling trees village Washington Wavellite West western Wheeling Zanesville
Populaire passages
Pagina 66 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Pagina 141 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Pagina 61 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Pagina 99 - ... plea of their being a forgery, as no such port was known in the civilized world. With considerable difficulty the captain procured a map of the United States, and pointing with his finger to the mouth of the Mississippi, traced the course of that stream to the mouth of the Ohio ; from thence he led the astonished and admiring naval officer along the devious track of the latter river to the port of Marietta, at the mouth of the Muskingum, from whence he had taken his departure. This explanation...
Pagina 99 - Ohio, she was. seized, upon the plea of their being a forgery, as no such port was known in the civilized world. With considerable difficulty the captain procured a map of the United States, and pointing with his finger to the mouth of the Mississippi, traced the course of that stream to the mouth of the Ohio...
Pagina 98 - At that time Marietta was made " a port of clearance," from which vessels could receive regular papers for a foreign country. " This circumstance was the cause of a curious incident, which took place in the year 1806 or 1807. A ship, built at Marietta, cleared from that port with a cargo of pork, flour, &.C., for New Orleans.
Pagina 145 - None of these branches are nameless, but when they were christened, or by whom, I know not. One of them, the " Solitary Cave," we explored. Its entrance is low. We were obliged, for the distance of five or six yards, to become quadrupeds. That passed, we raised our crouched frames, and stalked along, as men erect, and might have done so, 'had we been ten feet taller. The ceiling and walls are bleached, and look as if they had, not long since, been whitewashed. Here, too, every object has its appellation....
Pagina 145 - Alexander's Pit," " Robber's Kettle," " Tecumseh's Grave," &c. &c. We proceeded onward more than half a mile, without encountering any thing very remarkable. This brought us to the " Fairy Grotto," a splendid grove of stalactites and stalagmites, of all sizes, shapes, and ages. The sound of the drops of lime water, ever and anon falling on the floor, splash, splash, splash, comes to the ear, hollow and solemn, long before you reach the spot.
Pagina 145 - ... bubble, just beginning to rise from below, to the full grown pillar ; that is, to the perfect union of the stalactite and stalagmite in the form of a complete cylinder.
Pagina 9 - It abounds with very distinct and perfect impressions of fish, sometimes a foot or two in length; the head, fins, and scales being perfectly distinguishable. A single specimen sometimes presents parts of three or four fish, lying in different directions, and between different layers. The fish are sometimes contorted, and almost doubled. Their colour, sometimes gray, is usually black; and the tins and scales appear to be converted into coal.