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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... trees , graved the cross , and took possession of these countries in the name of God . Often lifting up his voice in thanksgiving , con- soling himself in his sorrow with the thought that he alone , in that vast region , adored the true ...
... trees , graved the cross , and took possession of these countries in the name of God . Often lifting up his voice in thanksgiving , con- soling himself in his sorrow with the thought that he alone , in that vast region , adored the true ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... trees , now for the most part leafless , though the wild vines . are yet green . We are sailing between Wisconsin on the right and Iowa on the left . We have just passed the mouth of the Wisconsin River , by which Father Marquette ...
... trees , now for the most part leafless , though the wild vines . are yet green . We are sailing between Wisconsin on the right and Iowa on the left . We have just passed the mouth of the Wisconsin River , by which Father Marquette ...
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... trees , surround the waters of this lake like a leafy tabernacle above the cradle of the infant river . Afar up in the distant background lies that elevated range of country , called by the French " Hauteur des terres , " resembling a ...
... trees , surround the waters of this lake like a leafy tabernacle above the cradle of the infant river . Afar up in the distant background lies that elevated range of country , called by the French " Hauteur des terres , " resembling a ...
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... trees , and mountains , and rivers , fish and birds , and all kinds of animals , having their part in the delineations ; men and horses , however , in the most distorted proportions , being the principal actors . I have also seen Indian ...
... trees , and mountains , and rivers , fish and birds , and all kinds of animals , having their part in the delineations ; men and horses , however , in the most distorted proportions , being the principal actors . I have also seen Indian ...
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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...