Letters from North America: Written During a Tour in the United States and Canada ...Hurst, Robinson, & Company, 1824 - Canada |
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... road lay over a bridge across the Potowmac , said to be a mile long , from which the view down the river is very beautiful . We left Alexandria a little to our right , and a few miles from Mount Vernon came to the summit of a hill ...
... road lay over a bridge across the Potowmac , said to be a mile long , from which the view down the river is very beautiful . We left Alexandria a little to our right , and a few miles from Mount Vernon came to the summit of a hill ...
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... road lay across woody labyrinths , through which the driver seemed to wind by in- stinct ; and we often jolted into brooks which were scarcely fordable . Leaving Mount Ver- non , which I had previously visited , to our left , we reached ...
... road lay across woody labyrinths , through which the driver seemed to wind by in- stinct ; and we often jolted into brooks which were scarcely fordable . Leaving Mount Ver- non , which I had previously visited , to our left , we reached ...
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... road runs through woods of pine , intermingled with oak and cedar ; the track sometimes contract- ing within such narrow limits that the vehicle rubs against the trees ; at others expanding to the width of a London turnpike - road , yet ...
... road runs through woods of pine , intermingled with oak and cedar ; the track sometimes contract- ing within such narrow limits that the vehicle rubs against the trees ; at others expanding to the width of a London turnpike - road , yet ...
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... road was a deep sandy clay , in some places barely passable , through woods of pine . A few miles from Petersburgh the driver pointed out to me the old wooden church which the Bri- tish made their head - quarters , for some days , when ...
... road was a deep sandy clay , in some places barely passable , through woods of pine . A few miles from Petersburgh the driver pointed out to me the old wooden church which the Bri- tish made their head - quarters , for some days , when ...
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... road ; and as I do not intend to trouble you with an ac- count of our meals , I will once for all give you a general idea of a tavern , or inn , in the south- ern towns . These are sometimes quite as large , often nearly so , as the ...
... road ; and as I do not intend to trouble you with an ac- count of our meals , I will once for all give you a general idea of a tavern , or inn , in the south- ern towns . These are sometimes quite as large , often nearly so , as the ...
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Page 238 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 243 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 306 - Its breadth in the middle is about 60 feet, but more at the ends, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone.
Page 278 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 174 - Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Page 174 - The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, that the mountains were formed first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place, particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over this spot, and have torn the mountain down from its summit to its base.
Page 193 - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.
Page 175 - This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. Yet here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, are people who have passed their lives within half a dozen miles, and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains, which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre.
Page 282 - And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft? Ah ! there in desolation cold The desert serpent dwells alone, Where grass o'ergrows each...
Page 4 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary.