The Library of American BiographyHilliard, Gray, 1834 - United States |
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... prepared for publication , than a familiar registry of incidents and feelings . en . Like most other men of decided character , he did not seek advice , nor follow it when it was giv- It is recorded , that he submitted his poems to ...
... prepared for publication , than a familiar registry of incidents and feelings . en . Like most other men of decided character , he did not seek advice , nor follow it when it was giv- It is recorded , that he submitted his poems to ...
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... preparation ; but he borrowed the work from a friend , made up his mind on the subject , labored harder than ever to provide the means for his journey , and arrived in the city , just in time to bear his part in the dis- cussion . The ...
... preparation ; but he borrowed the work from a friend , made up his mind on the subject , labored harder than ever to provide the means for his journey , and arrived in the city , just in time to bear his part in the dis- cussion . The ...
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... prepared to walk to the city . He was delighted with every thing he saw , and his attention was most strongly arrested by the birds , which he met with in his way . He shot one of them , a red- headed woodpecker , the first which met ...
... prepared to walk to the city . He was delighted with every thing he saw , and his attention was most strongly arrested by the birds , which he met with in his way . He shot one of them , a red- headed woodpecker , the first which met ...
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... for these could hardly have en- tered into his wildest imaginations . He writes to a friend in Paisley , that his health had suffered from confinement , his former habits not having prepared him 66 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY .
... for these could hardly have en- tered into his wildest imaginations . He writes to a friend in Paisley , that his health had suffered from confinement , his former habits not having prepared him 66 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY .
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Jared Sparks. from confinement , his former habits not having prepared him for the severe regularity of a teach- er's life , and that , after trying various kinds of amusement , he was engaged in making a collec- tion of the finest ...
Jared Sparks. from confinement , his former habits not having prepared him for the severe regularity of a teach- er's life , and that , after trying various kinds of amusement , he was engaged in making a collec- tion of the finest ...
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Page 56 - I set about drawing it that same evening; and all the while the pantings of its little heart showed it to be in the most extreme agonies of fear. I had intended to kill it, in order to fix it in the claws of a stuffed owl ; but, happening to spill a few drops of water near where it was tied, it lapped it up with such eagerness, and looked...
Page 249 - Onawmanient, where all the woods were layd with ambuscado's to the number of three or foure thousand Salvages, so strangely paynted, grimed and disguised, shouting, yelling and crying as so many spirits from hell could not have shewed more terrible.
Page 226 - ... and a rattle in his hand. With most strange gestures and passions, he began his invocation, and environed the fire with a circle of...
Page 181 - Eagles feathers within a ridge of silver, richly garnished with gold and precious stones...
Page 380 - Jamestown, with her wild train, she as freely frequented, as her ftther's habitation ; and, during the time of two or three years, she next under God was still the instrument to preserve this colony from death, famine, and utter confusion...
Page 242 - there was now no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold.
Page 296 - Notwithstanding the eternal allseeing God did prevent him, and by a strange meanes. For Pocahontas, his dearest Jewell and daughter, in that darke night came through the irksome woods, and told our Captaine great cheare should be sent us by and by : but Powhatan and all the...
Page 176 - He was desirous of sending a communication to the commander of the garrison, but found no one bold enough to undertake so perilous an enterprise. Smith then communicated to him a plan of telegraphic intercourse, which he had before made known to Lord Eberspaught, anticipating that the chances of war would give rise to an emergency, in which a knowledge of it might be highly useful. By Kissell's order, Smith was conveyed at night to a mountain seven miles distant from the town, and communicated with...