The United States and CubaPewtress & Company, 1857 - 476 pages |
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... flowers . Their peculiarities , as found in different sections of the country CHAPTER XIV . Their diversity . ZOOLOGY . — Animals peculiar to America . Their diversity . 116 141 151 Number . Indigenous and 161 foreign . Wild and ...
... flowers . Their peculiarities , as found in different sections of the country CHAPTER XIV . Their diversity . ZOOLOGY . — Animals peculiar to America . Their diversity . 116 141 151 Number . Indigenous and 161 foreign . Wild and ...
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... flowers , and matted over with a profusion of blossoming creepers ( convolvuli ) , and sometimes dotted with stunted trees , -the haunts of herds of wild horses , * deer , bisons , and other tenants of the wilderness . The vegetation of ...
... flowers , and matted over with a profusion of blossoming creepers ( convolvuli ) , and sometimes dotted with stunted trees , -the haunts of herds of wild horses , * deer , bisons , and other tenants of the wilderness . The vegetation of ...
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... flowers waving in the wind ! Above these , the vast scene paradisaic , splendid and rich , but silent and desolate ... flower - strewn earth . A western prairie , in a word , presents one of those unbounded lonely prospects , where the ...
... flowers waving in the wind ! Above these , the vast scene paradisaic , splendid and rich , but silent and desolate ... flower - strewn earth . A western prairie , in a word , presents one of those unbounded lonely prospects , where the ...
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... established in December , 1620 , by the Puritans , who arrived in the May Flower . These devoted men - the ' Pilgrim Fathers " -found the country a howling wilderness , CC C لا inhabited by wild and savage beasts , and by men.
... established in December , 1620 , by the Puritans , who arrived in the May Flower . These devoted men - the ' Pilgrim Fathers " -found the country a howling wilderness , CC C لا inhabited by wild and savage beasts , and by men.
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... flower of its youth withered in the prison- ship or on the battle field , -America , awoke to an almost instantaneous and marvellous display of enterprize and energy , suddenly sprang into the rank of the mightiest of the nations , and ...
... flower of its youth withered in the prison- ship or on the battle field , -America , awoke to an almost instantaneous and marvellous display of enterprize and energy , suddenly sprang into the rank of the mightiest of the nations , and ...
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Page 471 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 189 - PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD -*- from the heavens : praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, all ye stars of light.
Page 26 - THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 350 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 190 - Let them praise the name of the Lord; for he commanded, and they were created.
Page 403 - I candidly confess, that I have ever looked on Cuba . as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our / system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Page 159 - Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The spectacle: sensation, soul, and form All melted into him; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he live, And by them did he live ; they were his life. In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not; in enjoyment it expired.
Page 26 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 222 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity. Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens.
Page 26 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.