The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page 9
He surveyed and made a drawing of the country around Coire , and performed numerous physical observations in the mountains of that country . In 1752 , he began to keep a regular journal of his daily occupations , which he uninteruptedly ...
He surveyed and made a drawing of the country around Coire , and performed numerous physical observations in the mountains of that country . In 1752 , he began to keep a regular journal of his daily occupations , which he uninteruptedly ...
Page 59
Yet a few moons had passed away and whole nations of invincible warriors , and of hunters that fearless swept the forest and the mountain , perished vainly opposing their triumphant invaders ; or quietly dwindled into slaves and ...
Yet a few moons had passed away and whole nations of invincible warriors , and of hunters that fearless swept the forest and the mountain , perished vainly opposing their triumphant invaders ; or quietly dwindled into slaves and ...
Page 60
The poor Indians shook their heads , and informed him that the Great Spirit was angry at their apostacy , and had sent a prophet for the summit of the Alleghany mountain , to warn them against the admission of new doctrines ; that there ...
The poor Indians shook their heads , and informed him that the Great Spirit was angry at their apostacy , and had sent a prophet for the summit of the Alleghany mountain , to warn them against the admission of new doctrines ; that there ...
Page 62
and melodious sounds that steal through the deep vallies , or along the mountain sides like the song of echo ? These are the wailings of those spirits whose bones have been turned up by the sacrilegious labours of the white men ...
and melodious sounds that steal through the deep vallies , or along the mountain sides like the song of echo ? These are the wailings of those spirits whose bones have been turned up by the sacrilegious labours of the white men ...
Page 67
... mind his work , and forever abandon the wicked custom of lounging on the banks of the lake which lay at some little distance among the mountains . These truces did not last in general longer than those of the English and Scotish ...
... mind his work , and forever abandon the wicked custom of lounging on the banks of the lake which lay at some little distance among the mountains . These truces did not last in general longer than those of the English and Scotish ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American ancient appear attention beauty become believe called cause character Chinese common consequence considered continued course death duty earth effect equally excellent expression fair feel French frequently genius give hand happy head heart honour hope hour human important island kind knowledge known labour language learning leave less letters light live look lord manner means mind mountain nature never object observed once opinion original pass perhaps period person pleasure political PORT FOLIO possessed present prince principle produced reason received regard remarkable rendered respect seems sentiments side soon soul speak spirit sufficient taste thing thought tion town true truth turn virtue whole writing young youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Port Folio, Volume 5 Volumes 40-42; Volumes 220-227 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Contributors | Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins, John Elihu Hall |
| Publisher | Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2019 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |