An Englishman's Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States |
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... fears little or nothing , but when his vessel approaches its goal , visions of disaster arise before him , and he becomes anxious , thoughtful , and taciturn . The pilot informed us that he had kept our vessel in chase for a ...
... fears little or nothing , but when his vessel approaches its goal , visions of disaster arise before him , and he becomes anxious , thoughtful , and taciturn . The pilot informed us that he had kept our vessel in chase for a ...
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... fear was not lessened by seeing four barrels of pitch rolled on board , the moment I set foot on the deck of the ... fears of explosion were great , they were much enhanced just after starting , in consequence of an opposition boat being ...
... fear was not lessened by seeing four barrels of pitch rolled on board , the moment I set foot on the deck of the ... fears of explosion were great , they were much enhanced just after starting , in consequence of an opposition boat being ...
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... fear of collapsing boilers , would have made the trip one of great enjoyment . Another drawback I had nearly forgotten , and as it serves to illustrate steam - boat and indeed all other travelling inconveniences in America , I must not ...
... fear of collapsing boilers , would have made the trip one of great enjoyment . Another drawback I had nearly forgotten , and as it serves to illustrate steam - boat and indeed all other travelling inconveniences in America , I must not ...
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... fear of other Indians of Black - foot's band , who it was well known were in the neighbourhood . In the morning Poe sallied out to the place of reconnoitre with some of the inmates of the farm . Here they found , stretched on the ground ...
... fear of other Indians of Black - foot's band , who it was well known were in the neighbourhood . In the morning Poe sallied out to the place of reconnoitre with some of the inmates of the farm . Here they found , stretched on the ground ...
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... fear , if exposed , would not much redound to their credit with the present generation . At first I could not understand why the soldier was ordered before being shot to pull his jacket off ; this he explained by saying , that a rent in ...
... fear , if exposed , would not much redound to their credit with the present generation . At first I could not understand why the soldier was ordered before being shot to pull his jacket off ; this he explained by saying , that a rent in ...
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Page 131 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 32 - THE STEAMBOAT SEE how yon flaming herald treads The ridged and rolling waves, As, crashing o'er their crested heads, She bows her surly slaves ! With foam before and fire behind, She rends the clinging sea, That flies before the roaring wind Beneath her hissing lee. The morning spray, like sea-born flowers, With heaped and glistening bells, Falls round her fast, in ringing showers, With every wave that swells ; And, burning o'er the midnight deep, In lurid fringes thrown, The living gems of ocean...
Page 189 - Jonathan he composed a tune, and with much gravity recommended it to the officers, as one of the most celebrated airs of martial music. The joke took, to the no small amusement of the British corps. Brother Jonathan exclaimed it was nation fine...
Page 1 - A few short hours, and he will rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies, But not my mother earth. Deserted is my own good hall, Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall, My dog howls at the gate.
Page 188 - ... on the left of the British Army — some with long coats, some with short coats, and others with no coats at all...