What I Saw on the West Coast of South and North America, and at the Hawaiian IslandsD. Appleton, 1865 - 632 páginas |
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... American population in other respects , the negro seems here to be considered at least fit " food for gun- powder . " At the several " way - stations " along the line of the road native villages are seen , the huts of which are built ...
... American population in other respects , the negro seems here to be considered at least fit " food for gun- powder . " At the several " way - stations " along the line of the road native villages are seen , the huts of which are built ...
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... American farm , than abodes of human beings . These form the suburbs of San Miguel and Caledonia , and are occupied by wretched negroes and hybrids , whose habits are as- similated to those of the brutes - donkeys , dogs , and hogs ...
... American farm , than abodes of human beings . These form the suburbs of San Miguel and Caledonia , and are occupied by wretched negroes and hybrids , whose habits are as- similated to those of the brutes - donkeys , dogs , and hogs ...
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... American traveller destined for the west coast of America , on arriving at Panama , must amiably lay aside home habits and conform himself to customs as he finds them . He cannot reasonably expect to change the usages of the countries ...
... American traveller destined for the west coast of America , on arriving at Panama , must amiably lay aside home habits and conform himself to customs as he finds them . He cannot reasonably expect to change the usages of the countries ...
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... American and British ensigns , side by side , the guarantee of improvement in man's destiny , and amelioration of human con- dition . We beheld the proofs of American enterprise , energy , and capital , spanning the neck of land so long ...
... American and British ensigns , side by side , the guarantee of improvement in man's destiny , and amelioration of human con- dition . We beheld the proofs of American enterprise , energy , and capital , spanning the neck of land so long ...
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... American's inalienable right to question . I hope my shipmates forgave earnest efforts to get rid of a dis- agreeable ignorance ; certainly my exertions appeared to receive the commendation of the old quartermaster , who pronounced me a ...
... American's inalienable right to question . I hope my shipmates forgave earnest efforts to get rid of a dis- agreeable ignorance ; certainly my exertions appeared to receive the commendation of the old quartermaster , who pronounced me a ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
adobe altar American Arequipa Arica baths beautiful Bolivia building built Caldera Callao called capital Cerro Chañarcillo charity Chile Chilean church civilization Coast Range Cobija Concepcion copper Coquimbo Cordillera crossed Cuesta distance dollars earth east feet high fifty five foot foreign four Government guano hacienda harbor height hills horse hospital houses human hundred feet Indian inhabitants interior island Islay labor land less looking Maipú Mapocho River Melipilla ment miles mountain natives nature nearly negro night Nuble observed ocean Paita Panama passed passengers Peru Peruvian Pisco Pizarro plaza port postilion present province Province of Talca race railroad Rancagua religious residence rich river road rock roof Santiago scene seen ship shore side Sierra Spaniards Spanish stands steamer stone stream streets Talca Talcahuano thousand tion town traveller Tumbes valley Valparaiso voyage walls winds
Passagens conhecidas
Página 618 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Página 38 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone — but beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy...
Página 545 - For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Página 62 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Página 144 - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal ? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege...
Página 49 - Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies that we, surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 392 - The morn is up again, the dewy morn, With breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom, Laughing the clouds away with playful scorn, And living as if earth contain'd no tomb, — And glowing into day...
Página 213 - Wondrous truths, and manifold as wondrous, God hath written in those stars above ; But not less in the bright flowerets under us Stands the revelation of His love.
Página 216 - O'er all the enchanted regions there, How beauteous must have been the glow, The life, the sparkling from below Fair gardens, shining streams, with ranks Of golden melons on their banks, More golden where the sunlight falls ; — Gay lizards...
Página 482 - Simple, erect, severe, austere, sublime — Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods, From Jove to Jesus — spared and blest by time; Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods Arch, empire, each thing round thee, and man plods His way through thorns to ashes — glorious dome ! Shalt thou not last? Time's scythe and tyrants' rods Shiver upon thee — sanctuary and home Of art and piety — Pantheon ! — pride of Rome ! CXLVII.