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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第 4 頁
... ruin of their fellow - men . I have also endeavoured to show , by familiar instances , that , by the indulgence of a disposition to tyrannize over the weak , we deprive ourselves of all those social and best affections , which were ...
... ruin of their fellow - men . I have also endeavoured to show , by familiar instances , that , by the indulgence of a disposition to tyrannize over the weak , we deprive ourselves of all those social and best affections , which were ...
第 20 頁
... ruin , by helping to destroy the Pequods ; for after themselves were subdued , it would not be long ere the Narragansets themselves would be rooted out ; whereas if they would but join together against the English , they could de ...
... ruin , by helping to destroy the Pequods ; for after themselves were subdued , it would not be long ere the Narragansets themselves would be rooted out ; whereas if they would but join together against the English , they could de ...
第 43 頁
... com- passion , and take a lively interest in the fate of those unhappy ones who have survived the ruin of their race ; nor must you imagine that your exertions will be unavailing . Should you be able THE PEQUODS . 43.
... com- passion , and take a lively interest in the fate of those unhappy ones who have survived the ruin of their race ; nor must you imagine that your exertions will be unavailing . Should you be able THE PEQUODS . 43.
第 66 頁
... ruins of their fellow men . Caroline . But , mother , it would not have been very agreeable , I think , for white people to marry Indians . Mother . Whatever objections there may be for people of different colours to unite , it would ...
... ruins of their fellow men . Caroline . But , mother , it would not have been very agreeable , I think , for white people to marry Indians . Mother . Whatever objections there may be for people of different colours to unite , it would ...
第 68 頁
... ruins of this city , which have been discovered , more than realize the description of the poet , and are calculated to impress the mind with aston- ishment at the munificence and power of its projectors and ancient masters , whom many ...
... ruins of this city , which have been discovered , more than realize the description of the poet , and are calculated to impress the mind with aston- ishment at the munificence and power of its projectors and ancient masters , whom many ...
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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.