The Pioneer Preacher, Or, Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-bags, and Other LecturesDerby & Jackson, 1858 - 309 páginas The symbols of early western character and civilization: The rifle. The axe. The saddle-bags.--Songs in the night; or, The triumphs of genius over blindness.--An hour's talk about women.--French chivalry in the Southwest. |
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... six families and forty armed men , he starts to take possession of his paradise . The teams are slowly laboring up the dif ficult side of Cumberland Gap , when , unexpected as a bolt from a cloudless heaven , an iron sleet.
... six families and forty armed men , he starts to take possession of his paradise . The teams are slowly laboring up the dif ficult side of Cumberland Gap , when , unexpected as a bolt from a cloudless heaven , an iron sleet.
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... side ; its western termination rising abruptly from the river's edge , in a perpendicular cliff several hun- dred feet high , and its bare and lofty summit com- manding a wide prospect over the extensive bottom . This point being gained ...
... side ; its western termination rising abruptly from the river's edge , in a perpendicular cliff several hun- dred feet high , and its bare and lofty summit com- manding a wide prospect over the extensive bottom . This point being gained ...
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... side . At such times the spies secreted themselves in the deep fis- sures of the rocks on the west , coming forth from their hiding - places when their unwelcome visitors had disappeared . For food they depended on jerked venison and ...
... side . At such times the spies secreted themselves in the deep fis- sures of the rocks on the west , coming forth from their hiding - places when their unwelcome visitors had disappeared . For food they depended on jerked venison and ...
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... side to the westward , and all hope of escape was cut off . In this perilous condition nothing was left but to sell their lives as dearly as possible , and this they resolved to do ; advising the girl to escape to the Indians and tell ...
... side to the westward , and all hope of escape was cut off . In this perilous condition nothing was left but to sell their lives as dearly as possible , and this they resolved to do ; advising the girl to escape to the Indians and tell ...
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... side of it to the other , they must be exposed for a short time ; and a moment was enough for the unerring rifles of the spies . The Indians , being entirely ignorant of the number of their adversaries in ambuscade , were the more cau ...
... side of it to the other , they must be exposed for a short time ; and a moment was enough for the unerring rifles of the spies . The Indians , being entirely ignorant of the number of their adversaries in ambuscade , were the more cau ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 119 - The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content though blind, had I no better guide.
Página 88 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Página 119 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?
Página 121 - Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Página 144 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world!
Página 145 - No matter how coldly The rough river ran — Over the brink of it: Picture it — think of it, Dissolute Man! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care: Fashion'd so slenderly, Young and so fair!
Página 89 - That wash thy hallowed feet and warbling flow, Nightly I visit: nor sometimes forget Those other two, equalled with me in fate So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old.
Página 143 - Who was her father? Who was her mother? Had she a sister? Had she a brother? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet than all other? Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh! it was pitiful! Near a whole city full Home she had none.
Página 88 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the Sun,— Before the Heavens thou wert ; and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 111 - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.