The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America, 第 2 卷Harper & Brothers, 1853 Nolen's plans for development in Madison, Wisconsin. |
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... called the Wabash . Its banks were tenanted by numerous vil- lages of the peaceful Shawnees , who quailed under the incursions of the Iroquois . " The thick canes began to appear so close and strong that the buffalo could not break ...
... called the Wabash . Its banks were tenanted by numerous vil- lages of the peaceful Shawnees , who quailed under the incursions of the Iroquois . " The thick canes began to appear so close and strong that the buffalo could not break ...
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... with their almost perpendicular cliffs , one among which is particularly prominent , and is called Wenona's Cliff , from a young Indian girl who here sang her death - song and then threw herself into the 20 HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD .
... with their almost perpendicular cliffs , one among which is particularly prominent , and is called Wenona's Cliff , from a young Indian girl who here sang her death - song and then threw herself into the 20 HOMES OF THE NEW WORLD .
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... called a state - room , has commonly two berths in it , the one above the other ; but if the steamer is not much crowded , one can easily obtain a cabin entirely to one's self . These apartments are always painted white , and are neat ...
... called a state - room , has commonly two berths in it , the one above the other ; but if the steamer is not much crowded , one can easily obtain a cabin entirely to one's self . These apartments are always painted white , and are neat ...
第 23 頁
... called the " better class , " although they rank with such a couple of ladies who smoke meerschaum - pipes now and then - and , in partic- ular , there are two half - grown girls , who are considerably in my way sometimes - especially ...
... called the " better class , " although they rank with such a couple of ladies who smoke meerschaum - pipes now and then - and , in partic- ular , there are two half - grown girls , who are considerably in my way sometimes - especially ...
第 24 頁
... called Kaposia , and is one of the established Indian villages , looked animated from its women , children , and dogs . We sped rapidly past it , for the Mississippi was here as clear and deep as our own River Götha , and the next ...
... called Kaposia , and is one of the established Indian villages , looked animated from its women , children , and dogs . We sped rapidly past it , for the Mississippi was here as clear and deep as our own River Götha , and the next ...
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第 120 頁 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still : and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still : and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still : and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
第 598 頁 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
第 105 頁 - The sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generation...
第 7 頁 - At the end of the half hour they went to seek him, and he was no more. The good missionary, discoverer of a world, had fallen asleep on the margin of the stream that bears his name. Near its mouth the canoe-men dug his grave in the sand. Ever after, the forest rangers, if in danger on Lake Michigan, would invoke his name. The people of the West will build his monument.
第 1 頁 - ... apostolic zeal. The history of their labors is connected with the origin of every celebrated town in the annals of French America: not a cape was turned, not a river entered, but a Jesuit led the way.
第 2 頁 - Ahasistari. Nature had planted in his mind the seeds of religious faith : " Before you came to this country," he would say, " when I have incurred the greatest perils, and have alone escaped, I have said to myself, ' Some powerful spirit has the guardianship of my days ; ' " and he professed his belief in Jesus, as the good genius and protector, whom he had before unconsciously adored. After trials of his sincerity, he was baptized ; and, enlisting a troop of converts, savages like himself, " Let...
第 7 頁 - we must, indeed, ask the aid of the Virgin." Armed with bows and arrows, with clubs, axes, and bucklers, amidst continual whoops, the natives, bent on war, embark in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees ; but, at the sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held aloft, God touched the hearts of the old men, who checked the impetuosity of the young ; and, throwing their bows and quivers into the canoes, as a token of peace, they prepared a hospitable welcome. The next day, a long, wooden canoe,...
第 47 頁 - What a glorious new Scandinavia might not Minnesota become ! Here would the Swede find again his clear, romantic lakes, the plains of Scania rich in corn, and the vallies of Norrland; here would the Norwegian find his rapid rivers, his lofty mountains, for I include the Rocky Mountains and Oregon in the new kingdom; and both nations, their hunting-fields and their fisheries. The Danes might here pasture their flocks and herds, and lay out their farms on richer and less misty coasts than those of...
第 61 頁 - They were industrious and frugal, and all things prospered under their hands. But soon wolves came near the fold, in the shape of reckless, unprincipled adventurers; believers in force and cunning, who acted according to their creed. The colony of practical Christians spoke of their depredations in terms of gentlest remonstrance, and repaid them with unvarying kindness. They went farther — they openly announced, "You may do us what evil you choose, we will return nothing but good.
第 175 頁 - It was buried in that darkness which was upon the face of the deep; but the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters...