American Quarterly Review, Volume 3Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828 - American literature |
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... Indians . " However unimportant this whimsical adventure may have been in its results , or even its objects , it was one of no ordinary peril , and illustrated in a forcible manner the character of the navigator . The voyage was ...
... Indians . " However unimportant this whimsical adventure may have been in its results , or even its objects , it was one of no ordinary peril , and illustrated in a forcible manner the character of the navigator . The voyage was ...
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... Indians in a few minutes would attack him ; that he had overheard the man , whom he had just stopped from rushing in upon him , say that our boats which were out in the harbour had just killed his brother , and he would be revenged ...
... Indians in a few minutes would attack him ; that he had overheard the man , whom he had just stopped from rushing in upon him , say that our boats which were out in the harbour had just killed his brother , and he would be revenged ...
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... Indian that Cook fired at with a blank discovered no fear , when he found his mat unburnt , saying in their language , when he showed it to the by - standers , that no fire had touched it . This may be supposed at least to have had some ...
... Indian that Cook fired at with a blank discovered no fear , when he found his mat unburnt , saying in their language , when he showed it to the by - standers , that no fire had touched it . This may be supposed at least to have had some ...
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... Indian pipe , and a hatchet ; he thought himself now secure of his object ; but the vessel was not out of sight of land , before it was brought back by an order from the government ; and the voyage was finally relinquished ! This ...
... Indian pipe , and a hatchet ; he thought himself now secure of his object ; but the vessel was not out of sight of land , before it was brought back by an order from the government ; and the voyage was finally relinquished ! This ...
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... Indian on his back , and guided by a cord passing through the cartilage of his nose . " It was his wish to press forward to Okotsk , distant be- tween six and seven hundred miles , lest the winter should pre- vail before he reached that ...
... Indian on his back , and guided by a cord passing through the cartilage of his nose . " It was his wish to press forward to Okotsk , distant be- tween six and seven hundred miles , lest the winter should pre- vail before he reached that ...
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Page 324 - Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought ; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Page 324 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands...
Page 162 - To receive him with suitable pomp and distinction, the sovereigns had ordered their throne to be placed in public, under a rich canopy of brocade of gold, in a vast and splendid saloon. Here the king and queen awaited his arrival, seated in state, with the prince Juan beside them ; and attended by the dignitaries of their court and the principal nobility of Castile...
Page 431 - There is something charming to me in the conduct of Washington," writes Adams to a friend, "a gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends, sacrificing his ease and hazarding all in the cause of his country. His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his expenses and not accept a shilling of pay.
Page 161 - As he drew near the place, many of the more youthful courtiers, and hidalgos of gallant bearing, together with a vast concourse of the populace, came forth to meet and welcome him. His entrance into this noble city has been compared to one of those triumphs which the Romans were accustomed to decree to conquerors.
Page 109 - Tis in the gentle moonlight ; 'Tis floating midst Day's setting glories ; Night, Wrapped in her sable robe, with silent step Comes to our bed, and breathes it in our ears : Night, and the dawn, bright day, and thoughtful eve, All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse, As one vast mystic instrument, are touched By an unseen, living Hand, and conscious chords Quiver with joy in this great jubilee.
Page 170 - ... reveries of past ages, the indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul," observes a Spanish writer, " was superior to the age in which he lived.
Page 52 - Or if neither of these ways will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it, as shall convey him through the air. And this perhaps might be made large enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum, and commodities for traffic.
Page 88 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Page 161 - ... the remarkable man by whom it had been discovered. There was a sublimity in this event that mingled a solemn feeling with the public joy. It was looked upon as a vast and signal dispensation of Providence, in reward for the piety of the monarchs ; and the majestic and venerable appearance of the discoverer, so different from the youth and buoyancy generally expected from roving enterprise, seemed in harmony with the grandeur and dignity of his achievement.