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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... fate of the Indians , and nobly and fearlessly stand for- ward in their defence . The other subjects here discussed have all a reference to the main object I had in view ; as it appeared to me highly important to demonstrate , ( from ...
... fate of the Indians , and nobly and fearlessly stand for- ward in their defence . The other subjects here discussed have all a reference to the main object I had in view ; as it appeared to me highly important to demonstrate , ( from ...
第 20 頁
... fate , by representing to the Narragansets , the necessity of laying aside their mutual animosities , and joining in de- fence of their common country . They rep- resented the English as strangers , who began to overspread the country ...
... fate , by representing to the Narragansets , the necessity of laying aside their mutual animosities , and joining in de- fence of their common country . They rep- resented the English as strangers , who began to overspread the country ...
第 29 頁
... fate greatly more to to be dreaded than death ? What can exceed the distress of those mothers , who , after witnessing the destruction of their fathers and husbands and brothers , saw their young sons forced from them , and sent to a ...
... fate greatly more to to be dreaded than death ? What can exceed the distress of those mothers , who , after witnessing the destruction of their fathers and husbands and brothers , saw their young sons forced from them , and sent to a ...
第 43 頁
... fate appears rapidly approaching should no generous and decided effort be made to preserve the sad remnant of this once powerful and noble race of men . Nevertheless , as there are some highly distinguished men who have powerfully ...
... fate appears rapidly approaching should no generous and decided effort be made to preserve the sad remnant of this once powerful and noble race of men . Nevertheless , as there are some highly distinguished men who have powerfully ...
第 44 頁
... neigh- bouring tribes , who so soon shared the fate of the Pequods . Mother . The next opportunity , I will per- form that promise , but at present it must be deferred . CONQUEST OF THE NARRAGANSETS . Mother . I WILL now 44 THE PEQUODS .
... neigh- bouring tribes , who so soon shared the fate of the Pequods . Mother . The next opportunity , I will per- form that promise , but at present it must be deferred . CONQUEST OF THE NARRAGANSETS . Mother . I WILL now 44 THE PEQUODS .
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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.