Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and 1821: In a Series of Letters, with an Appendix Containing an Account of Several of the Indian Tribes and the Principal Missionary Stations, &c. ; Also, a Letter to M. Jean Baptiste Say, on the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave LabourSamuel Whiting, 1823 - 335 halaman |
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... en- able him to keep a carriage and two horses and three servants , and to enjoy many of the comforts of life . This , too , I consider highly coloured , after making every allowance for the difference be- tween his estimate 35.
... en- able him to keep a carriage and two horses and three servants , and to enjoy many of the comforts of life . This , too , I consider highly coloured , after making every allowance for the difference be- tween his estimate 35.
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... horses unprepared , we ad- vanced only three miles an hour , for several hours , when we arrived at a German's , where we pro- cured breakfast and fresh horses . The The face of the country , the thirty miles we continued in Maryland ...
... horses unprepared , we ad- vanced only three miles an hour , for several hours , when we arrived at a German's , where we pro- cured breakfast and fresh horses . The The face of the country , the thirty miles we continued in Maryland ...
Halaman 77
... the mail being robbed at least twice since I have been here , and once ( in the wild parts of the country , where it is carried on a horse , ) with murder , and aggravated circum- stances of cruelty . Duelling , except in the East- 77.
... the mail being robbed at least twice since I have been here , and once ( in the wild parts of the country , where it is carried on a horse , ) with murder , and aggravated circum- stances of cruelty . Duelling , except in the East- 77.
Halaman 79
... horse - racing are not uncommon here the latter is most prevalent in the Southern States , where private race - courses are frequent . Gambling , in the Middle States , I should imagine from all I saw , is about as common as in England ...
... horse - racing are not uncommon here the latter is most prevalent in the Southern States , where private race - courses are frequent . Gambling , in the Middle States , I should imagine from all I saw , is about as common as in England ...
Halaman 96
... horses ; and although it was intensely cold , I was obliged to take my seat by the driver , in order to secure a view of the country during the remainder of the day . The road lay across woody labyrinths , through which the driver ...
... horses ; and although it was intensely cold , I was obliged to take my seat by the driver , in order to secure a view of the country during the remainder of the day . The road lay across woody labyrinths , through which the driver ...
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Halaman 275 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Halaman 235 - And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Halaman 277 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Halaman 175 - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.
Halaman 250 - Institutions, containing in substance all that ages had done for human government, were established in a forest. Cultivated mind was to act on uncultivated nature; and, more than all, a government and a country were to commence with the very first foundations laid under the divine light of the Christian religion.
Halaman 249 - ... and we look not to the question whether he himself have or have not children to be benefited by the education for which he pays. We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property and life and the peace of society are secured. We seek to prevent, in some measure, the extension of the penal code, by inspiring a salutary and conservative principle of virtue and of knowledge in an early age.
Halaman 248 - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question whether he himself have or have not children to be benefited by the education for which he pays.
Halaman 289 - M. JEAN-BAPTISTE SAY, On the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave Labour.
Halaman 122 - No voice, well known through many a day, To speak the last, the parting word, Which, when all other sounds decay, Is still like distant music heard; — That tender farewell on the shore Of this rude world, when all is o'er, Which cheers the spirit, ere its bark Puts off into the unknown Dark.
Halaman 68 - Brief History of the progress and present state of the Unitarian Churches in America ;' compiled from documents and information communicated by the Rev. James Freeman, DD and William Wells, Jun.