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... give general satisfaction . Some require descriptions of habits and manners ; others of science and learning , agriculture and the arts ; some have a taste for the ancient character of countries , others reject antiquity for modern ...
... give general satisfaction . Some require descriptions of habits and manners ; others of science and learning , agriculture and the arts ; some have a taste for the ancient character of countries , others reject antiquity for modern ...
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... who travels in countries which are seldom visited , would give his ideas of men and things , would de- scribe people , habits , and manners , in his own way , free from the alloy or bias of other writers , we should be PREFACE .
... who travels in countries which are seldom visited , would give his ideas of men and things , would de- scribe people , habits , and manners , in his own way , free from the alloy or bias of other writers , we should be PREFACE .
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... give a strong and efficacious appearance to the port . We weighed anchor at day break , in company with the General Armstrong , with a light and favourable breeze . The rising sun gilded the spire of St. Michael's church , which serves ...
... give a strong and efficacious appearance to the port . We weighed anchor at day break , in company with the General Armstrong , with a light and favourable breeze . The rising sun gilded the spire of St. Michael's church , which serves ...
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... give you a cross of honour - you will not be the first dog to whom he has given a cross of honour . " This valedictory satisfied us that our passenger was no friend to Bonaparte , but rather attach- ed to the ancien regime . Passengers ...
... give you a cross of honour - you will not be the first dog to whom he has given a cross of honour . " This valedictory satisfied us that our passenger was no friend to Bonaparte , but rather attach- ed to the ancien regime . Passengers ...
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... give us chase . This little incident served to produce some caution in giving chase to strange vessels ; and as our schooner and cargo were not in- sured , in consequence of the excessive high premiums required , the captain resolved to ...
... give us chase . This little incident served to produce some caution in giving chase to strange vessels ; and as our schooner and cargo were not in- sured , in consequence of the excessive high premiums required , the captain resolved to ...
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Page 61 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 369 - Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Page 61 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing.
Page 61 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him!
Page 369 - As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of...
Page 47 - William the King friendly salutes William the Bishop and Godfrey the portreve, and all the burgesses within London, both French and English. And I declare that I grant you to be all law-worthy as you were in the days of King Edward ; and I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days ; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Page 338 - Caramalli, elder brother of the reigning Bashaw, and driven by him from his throne, meditated the recovery of his inheritance, and that a concert in action with us was desirable to him. We considered that concerted operations by those who have a common enemy were entirely justifiable, and might produce effects favorable to both without binding either to guarantee the objects of the other.
Page xiii - Nothing, I think, would be so likely to effect this, as to your sect particularly, as the more careful attention to education, which you recommend, and which, placing its members on the equal and commanding benches of science, will exhibit them as equal objects of respect and favor. I salute you with great respect and esteem. (Signed) THOMAS JEFFERSON. MM NOAH, Esq.