Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada, Volume 2Wiley and Putnam, 1839 |
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... beautiful buds , and pre- sented them to me with such an air as might have become Dick Talbot presenting a bouquet to Miss Jennings . * We then sat down on a pretty seat under a tree , where he told me he often came to meditate . He ...
... beautiful buds , and pre- sented them to me with such an air as might have become Dick Talbot presenting a bouquet to Miss Jennings . * We then sat down on a pretty seat under a tree , where he told me he often came to meditate . He ...
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... beautiful young pigeon , which panted and struggled within his bony grasp in agony and terror . I looked on it , pitying . " Don't hurt it ! " He replied with a grin , and giving the wretched bird another squeeze , “ No , no , I won't ...
... beautiful young pigeon , which panted and struggled within his bony grasp in agony and terror . I looked on it , pitying . " Don't hurt it ! " He replied with a grin , and giving the wretched bird another squeeze , “ No , no , I won't ...
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... beautiful river ( my old acquaintance the Thames , ) " winding at his own sweet will , " and farmhouses with white walls and green shutters were scattered along its banks , and cheerful voices were heard , shouts of boys at play ...
... beautiful river ( my old acquaintance the Thames , ) " winding at his own sweet will , " and farmhouses with white walls and green shutters were scattered along its banks , and cheerful voices were heard , shouts of boys at play ...
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... beautiful little town of Chat- ham made my sinking spirits bound like the sight of a friend . There was , besides , the hope of a good inn ; for my driver had cheered me on during the last few miles by a description of " Freeman's Hotel ...
... beautiful little town of Chat- ham made my sinking spirits bound like the sight of a friend . There was , besides , the hope of a good inn ; for my driver had cheered me on during the last few miles by a description of " Freeman's Hotel ...
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... beautiful little city were not certainly the smoothest and the easiest in the world ; nor can it be said of Upper Canada as of wisdom , " that all her ways are ways of pleasantness , and her paths are paths of peace . " On the contrary ...
... beautiful little city were not certainly the smoothest and the easiest in the world ; nor can it be said of Upper Canada as of wisdom , " that all her ways are ways of pleasantness , and her paths are paths of peace . " On the contrary ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
American Amherstberg beautiful blanket bojou British brother called Canadian canoe chief Chippewas Christian civilization Detroit Detroit river dian dressed English eyes Father feelings fire fish forest Fort Malden Francis Head French friends hair hand head heard hundred hunting husband Indian Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Simcoe Lake Superior land leggings living lodge look Mackinaw MacMurray Manitoolin Island mats ment Michigan Michilimackinac miles missionaries moccasins Moravian morning never night observe Ottawas paddled Penetanguishine Pontiac poor Pottowattomies present river rock round Sault Sault Ste savage scene Schoolcraft seems seen settlements settlers shore side soon spirit stood Talbot things tion told trader trees tribes Upper Canada village voyageurs warrior Waub-Ojeeg whiskey white-fish whole wife wigwam wild wind woman women woods young
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Página 275 - I" the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Página 93 - You always told us that you would never draw your foot off British ground, but now, father, we see you are drawing back, and we are sorry to see our father doing so without seeing the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat dog that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs and runs off.
Página 93 - You always told us to remain here, and take care of our lands; it made our hearts glad to hear that was your wish. Our great father, the king, is the head, and you represent him: You always told us you would never draw your foot off British ground.
Página 74 - Au Glaize — appear like one continued village for a number of miles, both above and below this place; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida.
Página 176 - The next morning, the father, elated at having gained his end, prepared a repast for his son, and hastened to set it before him. On coming to the door, he was surprised to hear his son talking to himself. He stooped...
Página 187 - With look like patient Job's eschewing evil; With motions graceful as a bird's in air; Thou art, in sober truth, the veriest devil That e'er clinched fingers in a captive's hair...
Página 182 - It is not true!' he shrieked with a loud voice, 'I am not dead, — I was not left on the field: I am here! I live! I move! see me! touch me! I shall again raise my spear in the battle, and sound my drum at the feast!' But no one heeded him; they mistook his voice for the wind rising and whistling among the boughs. He walked to his wigwam, and found his wife tearing her hair, and weeping for his death.
Página 115 - ... projecting into the lake. On the east, the whole sky was flushed with a deep amber glow, fleckered with softest shades of rose-colour — the same intense splendour being reflected in the lake; and upon the extremity of the point, between the glory above and the glory below, stood the little Missionary church, its light spire and belfry defined against the sky. On the opposite side of the heavens hung the moon, waxing paler and paler, and melting away, as it seemed, before the splendour of the...
Página 4 - It is a long wooden building, chiefly of rough logs, with a covered porch running along the south side. Here I found suspended, among sundry implements of husbandry, one of those ferocious animals of the feline kind, called here the cat-a-mountain, and by some the American tiger, or panther, which it more resembles. This one, which had been killed in its attack on the fold or poultryyard, was at least four feet in length, and glared on me from the rafters above ghastly and horrible. The interior...