Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 406 halaman |
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... look for neither in ad- dressing you , and if I encroach upon the province of an abler pen , I trust I shall be forgiven . Information , in a rude dress , is better than none at all ; and here , on the great Atlantic Ocean , I shall ...
... look for neither in ad- dressing you , and if I encroach upon the province of an abler pen , I trust I shall be forgiven . Information , in a rude dress , is better than none at all ; and here , on the great Atlantic Ocean , I shall ...
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... look at . The waves were running , what those who delight in hyper- bolical description would call , mountains high . In fact , we were so deeply immersed sometimes , and the waves were rolling so high around us , that we could not see ...
... look at . The waves were running , what those who delight in hyper- bolical description would call , mountains high . In fact , we were so deeply immersed sometimes , and the waves were rolling so high around us , that we could not see ...
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... look at a banker ; I immediately thought of Lom- bard - street : yet it seemed strange that those who have so many thousand reasons for staying at home , should find any to in- duce them to be on board ship , alongside of us , on the ...
... look at a banker ; I immediately thought of Lom- bard - street : yet it seemed strange that those who have so many thousand reasons for staying at home , should find any to in- duce them to be on board ship , alongside of us , on the ...
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... look for it in vain . You at length see them drop into the sea . It is surprising what hold such little incidents take of our sensibilities . To - night we expect to enter the Gulf of St. Lawrence . I trust the weather may continue ...
... look for it in vain . You at length see them drop into the sea . It is surprising what hold such little incidents take of our sensibilities . To - night we expect to enter the Gulf of St. Lawrence . I trust the weather may continue ...
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... We have proceeded up the river a con- siderable way , but it still looks like a sea . To - day I witnessed a very extraordinary scene ; a fierce battle , in consequence of a whale being attacked by a thresher and a sword 25.
... We have proceeded up the river a con- siderable way , but it still looks like a sea . To - day I witnessed a very extraordinary scene ; a fierce battle , in consequence of a whale being attacked by a thresher and a sword 25.
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Halaman 352 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Halaman 350 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Halaman 64 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Halaman 290 - Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile, or else deep snow and ice...
Halaman 402 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Halaman 352 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Halaman 405 - And the three commissioners so appointed, shall be sworn, impartially to examine and decide the said question, according to such evidence as shall respectively be laid before them on the part of the British government and of the United States.
Halaman 352 - Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude : south by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Halaman 401 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Halaman 351 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie...