Discourse Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society: At Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1811James Eastburn, 1812 - 81 من الصفحات |
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... is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon or whose piety would not grow warmer among * Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides . the ruins of Jona , " we may with equal confidence DISCOURSE, ...
... is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon or whose piety would not grow warmer among * Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides . the ruins of Jona , " we may with equal confidence DISCOURSE, ...
الصفحة 11
... forces could be seen , their power could be felt , at the mouth of the Ohio or the Missouri , on the waters of the Hudson or the St. Lawrence , or in the bays of Delaware or Chesapeak . It is not a little difficult to define the ...
... forces could be seen , their power could be felt , at the mouth of the Ohio or the Missouri , on the waters of the Hudson or the St. Lawrence , or in the bays of Delaware or Chesapeak . It is not a little difficult to define the ...
الصفحة 20
... force the Iroquois might have , they never neglected the use of stra- tagems they employed all the crafty wiles of the Carthaginians . The cunning of the fox , the fe- rocity of the tiger , and the power of the lion , were united in ...
... force the Iroquois might have , they never neglected the use of stra- tagems they employed all the crafty wiles of the Carthaginians . The cunning of the fox , the fe- rocity of the tiger , and the power of the lion , were united in ...
الصفحة 32
... force , and marched to the Onondaga Lake - he found their principal village burnt and abandoned . He sent 700 men to destroy the Oneida Castle , who took a few prisoners . An Onondaga chief , upwards of 100 years old , was cap- tured in ...
... force , and marched to the Onondaga Lake - he found their principal village burnt and abandoned . He sent 700 men to destroy the Oneida Castle , who took a few prisoners . An Onondaga chief , upwards of 100 years old , was cap- tured in ...
الصفحة 35
... force on the mind of the Indian - and there is lit- tle doubt , but that oratory was studied with as much care and application among the Confede- rates , as it was in the stormy democracies of the Eastern hemisphere . I do not pretend ...
... force on the mind of the Indian - and there is lit- tle doubt , but that oratory was studied with as much care and application among the Confede- rates , as it was in the stormy democracies of the Eastern hemisphere . I do not pretend ...
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الصفحة 5 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
الصفحة 11 - The subjects of France inhabiting Canada, and others, shall hereafter give no hindrance or molestation to the Five Nations or cantons of Indians, subject to the dominion of Great Britain, nor to the other natives of America, who are friends to the same.
الصفحة 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
الصفحة 49 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
الصفحة 18 - This string of wampum serves to forbid you, your children and grand-children to the latest posterity, for ever, meddling in land affairs; neither you nor any who shall descend from you, are ever hereafter to presume to sell any land...
الصفحة 55 - Soto, who landed with one thousand men in Florida in 1539, and penetrated a considerable distance into the interior of the country. He allotted the large fort for the use of the Spanish army; and after being extremely puzzled how to dispose of the small one in its vicinity, he at last assigned it to the swine, that generally, as he...
الصفحة 18 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
الصفحة 40 - I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.
الصفحة 61 - Asia had thus exhausted its exuberant population by such a great migration, it would require a very long period of time to produce a cooperation of causes, sufficient to effect another. The first mighty stream of people that flowed into America, must have remained free from external pressure for ages.
الصفحة 57 - It is equally clear that they were not the work of the Indians. Until the Senecas, who are renowned for their national vanity, had seen the attention of the Americans attracted to these erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin. They were beyond the reach of all their traditions, and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity.