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... trees , and by the stars of heaven , and to endure fatigue , and cold , and famine , and every privation . He commenced his career of - blood by hunting the wild beasts of the woods , and after learning the dexterous use of the weapons ...
... trees , and by the stars of heaven , and to endure fatigue , and cold , and famine , and every privation . He commenced his career of - blood by hunting the wild beasts of the woods , and after learning the dexterous use of the weapons ...
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... trees were to be seen , which , from the number of the concentric circles , must have been standing one hundred and fifty , two hundred and sixty , and three hundred years ; and there were evident indications , not only that they had ...
... trees were to be seen , which , from the number of the concentric circles , must have been standing one hundred and fifty , two hundred and sixty , and three hundred years ; and there were evident indications , not only that they had ...
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... tree , decayed at the centre ; and there are likewise the strongest marks of a former growth of a similar size . This would make those works near a thou- sand years old . But there is another consideration which has never before been ...
... tree , decayed at the centre ; and there are likewise the strongest marks of a former growth of a similar size . This would make those works near a thou- sand years old . But there is another consideration which has never before been ...
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... trees of peace , which were the limits of our country . They have hunted beavers on our land . They had acted contrary to the customs of all Indians ; for they left none of the beavers alive : they killed both male and female . They ...
... trees of peace , which were the limits of our country . They have hunted beavers on our land . They had acted contrary to the customs of all Indians ; for they left none of the beavers alive : they killed both male and female . They ...
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... tree of peace in the same place , to be there carefully pre- served , that in place of a retreat for soldiers , that fort might be a rendezvous for merchants ; that in place of arms and ammunition of war , beavers and merchandize should ...
... tree of peace in the same place , to be there carefully pre- served , that in place of a retreat for soldiers , that fort might be a rendezvous for merchants ; that in place of arms and ammunition of war , beavers and merchandize should ...
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Seite 40 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Seite 147 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Seite 148 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; Camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Seite 147 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Seite 53 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
Seite 85 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Seite 102 - ... company of soldiers, who speaks as if he were dreaming. He says, that he only came to the lake to smoke on the great calumet with the Onondagas. But Grangvla says, that he sees the contrary.; that it was to knock them on the head, if sickness had not weakened the arms of the French.
Seite 98 - ... considering the wonderful events of the past and present times, and the inscrutable dispensations of an over-ruling Providence, may we not look forward into futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendent genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature*, may rally...
Seite xi - An Act instituting a lottery for the promotion of literature and for other purposes,