The History of South-Carolina: From Its First Settlement in 1670, to the Year 1808, Volume 2 |
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On the other hand , eight months out of twelve are moderate and pleasant . The
number of piercing cold days in winter is more in proportion to our latitude than of
those which are distressingly hot in summer : but of these more than three rarely
...
On the other hand , eight months out of twelve are moderate and pleasant . The
number of piercing cold days in winter is more in proportion to our latitude than of
those which are distressingly hot in summer : but of these more than three rarely
...
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The inhabitants of Charlestown keep fires in their houses from four to six months
in the year ; but there are some warm ... On the other hand there are some moist
cool days in every month of the year , with the exception of July , and August , in ...
The inhabitants of Charlestown keep fires in their houses from four to six months
in the year ; but there are some warm ... On the other hand there are some moist
cool days in every month of the year , with the exception of July , and August , in ...
Page 86
minished number of subjects , for strangers have been cautious of residing in or
even visiting Charlestown in the warm months . It is also to be in part ascribed to
a more judicious treatment of the dis - , ease ; for physicians now cure a greater ...
minished number of subjects , for strangers have been cautious of residing in or
even visiting Charlestown in the warm months . It is also to be in part ascribed to
a more judicious treatment of the dis - , ease ; for physicians now cure a greater ...
Page 237
The contrast between the 18 months which preceded , and the 18 months which
followed the surrender of Charlestown was striking ; but soon after the expiration
of the latter period , commerce again began to languish . Every day added to the
...
The contrast between the 18 months which preceded , and the 18 months which
followed the surrender of Charlestown was striking ; but soon after the expiration
of the latter period , commerce again began to languish . Every day added to the
...
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Carolina partakes so much of the nature of a West - India climate that generally
five or six and sometimes seven or eight months of the year pass without frost . It
partakes so much of the climate of temperate cold countries that only three
months ...
Carolina partakes so much of the nature of a West - India climate that generally
five or six and sometimes seven or eight months of the year pass without frost . It
partakes so much of the climate of temperate cold countries that only three
months ...
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Page 372 - Devotion alone should have stopped me to join in the duties of the congregation ; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives.
Page 138 - State to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Page 373 - It was some time before the tumult had subsided so far as to permit him to proceed. Indeed, judging by the usual, but fallacious, standard of my own weakness, I began to be very uneasy for the situation of the preacher. For I could not. conceive how he would be able to let his audience down from the height to which he had wound them, without impairing the solemnity and dignity of his subject or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of the fall.
Page 142 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
Page 374 - Socrates died like a philosopher" — then pausing, raising his other hand, pressing them both, clasped together, with warmth and energy, to his breast, lifting his " sightless balls" to heaven, and pouring his whole soul into his tremulous voice— " but Jesus Christ — like a God...
Page 123 - It shall be a base and vile thing to plead for money or reward; nor shall any one (except he be a near kinsman, not farther off than cousin-german to the party concerned) be permitted to plead another man's cause, till, before the judge in open court, he hath taken an oath, that he doth not plead for money or reward...
Page 373 - The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God." I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence, unless you could perfectly conceive the whole manner of the man as well as the peculiar crisis in the discourse. Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on delivery.
Page 374 - ... of portentous, deathlike silence which reigned throughout the house ; the preacher removing his white handkerchief from his aged face, (even yet wet from the recent torrent of his tears) , and slowly stretching forth the palsied hand which holds it, begins the sentence, "Socrates died like a philosopher...
Page 373 - Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do," — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until, his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes and burst into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable.
Page 372 - I had heard the subject handled a thousand times : I had thought it exhausted long ago. Little did I suppose, that in the wild woods of America, I was to meet with a man whose eloquence would give, to this topic, a new and more sublime pathos than I had ever before witnessed.