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xi 페이지
... human na- ture - it degenerates into a vice . There may be , and there are occasions where it is highly commendable to exercise a little curiosity , yet , when that little is made more , curiosity and impertinence are pretty apt to rub ...
... human na- ture - it degenerates into a vice . There may be , and there are occasions where it is highly commendable to exercise a little curiosity , yet , when that little is made more , curiosity and impertinence are pretty apt to rub ...
xv 페이지
... human life . My Father was a merchant in Edin- burgh ; and , perhaps , I ought not to pass over in silence one act of his life , which reflects much credit on his character . Through unforeseen losses , a few years after he commenced ...
... human life . My Father was a merchant in Edin- burgh ; and , perhaps , I ought not to pass over in silence one act of his life , which reflects much credit on his character . Through unforeseen losses , a few years after he commenced ...
17 페이지
... human sacrifices to the tigers and alligators . To what a dreadful state must superstition have goaded on the human mind before a mother will consent to throw her living child into the jaws of an alligator ! CHAPTER II . ' Tis the clime ...
... human sacrifices to the tigers and alligators . To what a dreadful state must superstition have goaded on the human mind before a mother will consent to throw her living child into the jaws of an alligator ! CHAPTER II . ' Tis the clime ...
21 페이지
... human voices , and the tom - toms around them , which was absolutely deaf- ening . I am told many of the wealthy natives spend the half of their fortune on the marriage- festival of their children . Two sons of the celebrated Tippoo ...
... human voices , and the tom - toms around them , which was absolutely deaf- ening . I am told many of the wealthy natives spend the half of their fortune on the marriage- festival of their children . Two sons of the celebrated Tippoo ...
33 페이지
... human beings . to destruction . They have a code of laws to govern them , and they offer sacrifices to the Goddess Kali , and are great observers of omens . A dreadful oath is administered to each person on his admission into the gang ...
... human beings . to destruction . They have a code of laws to govern them , and they offer sacrifices to the Goddess Kali , and are great observers of omens . A dreadful oath is administered to each person on his admission into the gang ...
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Albany Americans Ann Lee appearance arrived birds boat body Brahmins breakfast Calcutta called calomel Canada Captain cholera coach cold water coloured commenced dead death deck disease dreadful drink eleven A. M. Erie Canal European Falls feel feet Fort Niagara friends grin ground half half-past hand head heard heat Hindoo hookah human voice Indians Indigo inhabitants June labour ladies Lake Erie Lake Ontario land length live looked marriage miles morning musquitoes natives negroes never Niagara Niagara river night nine P. M. o'clock observed Oswego Pariah dog passed passengers person petrels pigeons poor river roaring Ryots sailed Schenectady seen servants shark ship shore side sight slaves snake soon spirits steam-boat tion told took Toronto town tree Upper Canada vessel village walk wild wind woods yards York young
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186 페이지 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
177 페이지 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
139 페이지 - As I had occasion to pass daily to and from the buildingyard, while my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule.
194 페이지 - But in liberality they excel; nothing is too good for their friend: give them a fine gun, coat, or other thing, it may pass twenty hands before it sticks: light of heart, strong affections, but soon spent: the most merry creatures that live...
132 페이지 - T enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
31 페이지 - Where the dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake...
140 페이지 - They were silent, sad, and weary. I read in their looks nothing but disaster, and almost repented of my efforts. The signal was given, and the boat moved on a short distance and then stopped, and became immovable. To the silence of the preceding moment now succeeded murmurs of discontent, and agitations, and whispers, and shrugs. I could hear distinctly repeated, " I told you it was so ; it is a foolish scheme; I wish we were well out of it.
169 페이지 - The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set, LXX.
140 페이지 - I told you it would be so; it is a foolish scheme. I wish we were well out of it.' I elevated myself upon a platform, and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter; but if they would be quiet, and indulge me for half an hour, I would either go on, or abandon the voyage for that time.
91 페이지 - SLAVE of the dark and dirty mine ! What vanity has brought thee here? How can I love to see thee shine So bright, whom I have bought so dear?