The First Settlers of New-England, Or, Conquest of the Pequods, Narragansets and Pokanokets: As Related by a Mother to Her Childrenauthor, 1829 - 282 頁 |
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... cause and man- ner of their disaster and death . The Pequods sent messengers of peace , with gifts , to the Mas- sachusetts , explaining the cause of Stone's death , and alleged that he had been justly slain for having seized some of ...
... cause and man- ner of their disaster and death . The Pequods sent messengers of peace , with gifts , to the Mas- sachusetts , explaining the cause of Stone's death , and alleged that he had been justly slain for having seized some of ...
第 9 頁
... cause has been assigned for the death of Oldham ; but , from the temper of the man , it must be supposed he had done some great injury to those who had heretofore been his friends and benefactors . The Indians who committed this murder ...
... cause has been assigned for the death of Oldham ; but , from the temper of the man , it must be supposed he had done some great injury to those who had heretofore been his friends and benefactors . The Indians who committed this murder ...
第 13 頁
... to the Indians , whom they had barbarously destroyed . How- ever strong were their convictions of the jus- tice of their cause , however plausible were their arguments 2 THE PEQUODS . 13 Eliza. Of what use were the mats, which ...
... to the Indians , whom they had barbarously destroyed . How- ever strong were their convictions of the jus- tice of their cause , however plausible were their arguments 2 THE PEQUODS . 13 Eliza. Of what use were the mats, which ...
第 14 頁
As Related by a Mother to Her Children Lydia Maria Child. tice of their cause , however plausible were their arguments in defence of their usurpa- tions , they were unable to silence the voice of conscience ; and they vainly attempted to ...
As Related by a Mother to Her Children Lydia Maria Child. tice of their cause , however plausible were their arguments in defence of their usurpa- tions , they were unable to silence the voice of conscience ; and they vainly attempted to ...
第 15 頁
... cause . By this it is apparent that they were willing to do much to secure the friendship of the English , who on their part agreed to trade with them as friends , and mediate a peace between them and the Nar- ragansets . After the ...
... cause . By this it is apparent that they were willing to do much to secure the friendship of the English , who on their part agreed to trade with them as friends , and mediate a peace between them and the Nar- ragansets . After the ...
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第 35 頁 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord...
第 172 頁 - Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.
第 173 頁 - ... when dead. If, however, we consider even the prejudiced anecdotes furnished us by his enemies, we may perceive in them traces of amiable and lofty character sufficient to awaken sympathy for his fate, and respect for his memory. We find that, amidst all the harassing cares and ferocious passions of constant warfare, he was alive to the softer feelings of connubial love and paternal tenderness, and to the generous sentiment of friendship. The captivity of his "beloved wife and only son...
第 192 頁 - All these he pronounced mere harbingers of greater discoveries he had yet to make, which would add realms of incalculable wealth to the dominions of their majesties, and whole nations of proselytes to the true faith.
第 189 頁 - This letter was addressed to him by the title of " Don Christopher Columbus, our admiral of the ocean sea, and viceroy and governor of the islands discovered in the Indies ;" at the same time he was promised still further rewards. Columbus lost no time in complying with the commands of the sovereigns. He sent a memorandum of the ships, men, and munitions...
第 192 頁 - ... enjoyed the state and glory in which he came ; and certainly nothing could be more deeply moving, to a mind inflamed by noble ambition, and conscious of having greatly deserved, than these testimonials of the admiration and gratitude of a nation, or rather of a world. As Columbus approached, the sovereigns rose, as if receiving a person of the highest rank. Bending his knees, he...
第 190 頁 - The streets were almost impassable from the countless multitude; the windows and balconies were crowded with the fair; the very roofs were covered with spectators. It seemed as if the public eye could not be sated with gazing on these trophies of an unknown world; or on the remarkable man by whom it had been discovered. There was a sublimity in this event that mingled a solemn f eeling with the public joy. It was looked upon as a vast and signal dispensation of Providence...
第 193 頁 - Such was the solemn and pious manner in which the brilliant court of Spain celebrated this sublime event ; offering up a grateful tribute of melody and praise, and giving glory to God for the discovery of another world.
第 273 頁 - ... stifles both, which chokes all utterance, which has no aim or method. It is courage absorbed in despair. They linger but for a moment. Their look is onward. They have passed the fatal stream. It shall never be repassed by them — no, never. Yet there lies not between us and them an impassable gulf. They know and feel that there is for them still one remove farther, not distant nor unseen. It is to the general burial-ground of their race.
第 98 頁 - Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.