Memoirs of the Life and Services of Daniel Drake, M.D., Physician, Professor, and Author: With Notices of the Early Settlement of Cincinnati. And Some of Its Pioneer Citizens, Volume 10 |
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Page 88 - Then gin I thinke on that which Nature sayd, Of that same time when no more Change shall be, But stedfast rest of all things, firmely stayd Upon the pillours of Eternity, That is contrayr to Mutabilitie ; For all that moveth doth in Change delight : But thence-forth all shall rest eternally With Him that is the God of Sabaoth hight : O ! that great Sabaoth God, grant me that Sabaoths sight ! COMPLAINT OF THALIA (COMEDY).
Page 51 - first to discover that a book abusing the people of the United States would be profitable by its popularity." Daniel Drake, whose preceptor was the deluded Goforth, mentions Ashe, alias D'Arville, as that "swindling Englishman;" but the favorite appellation by which indignant Cincinnatians advertised the offending bone-stealer was
Page 284 - ... with the Gulf, or camping with Indians and Canadian boatmen under the pines and birches of Lake Superior, the image was still my faithful companion, and whispered sweet words of encouragement and hope. I bided my time; and after twice doubling the period through which Jacob waited for his Rachel, the united voice of the trustees and professors has recalled me to the chair which I held in the beginning.
Page 325 - Enterprise was animated ; new ideas came into men's minds; bold schemes were planned and executed; new communities organized; political states established; and the wilderness transformed, as if by enchantment. ' ' Such was the power of the Buckeye wand ; and its influence has not been limited to the West. We may fearlessly assert, that it has been felt over the whole of our common country. Till the time when the Buckeye tree was discovered, slow indeed had been the progress of society in the new...
Page 350 - ... up the straits. green islets may be seen peeping above the waters; directly in front of the harbor, Round Island forms a beautiful foreground; while the larger Bois Blanc, with its lighthouse, stretches off to the east; to the north are other islands at varying distances, which complete the archipelago.