Travels in New-England and New-York, Volume 4W. Barnes and Son, 1823 - New England |
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... succession , and abutting upon the river in the form of huge promontories . The appearance of these heights , and of the whole neighbouring region , is singularly shaggy , wild , and horrid ; nor is the prospect cheered by a smiling ...
... succession , and abutting upon the river in the form of huge promontories . The appearance of these heights , and of the whole neighbouring region , is singularly shaggy , wild , and horrid ; nor is the prospect cheered by a smiling ...
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... succession formed by rich intervals , divided into meadow and arable , and covered alternately with a lively verdure , and good crops of maize , and other species of corn ; the river winding through them with a course elegant and ...
... succession formed by rich intervals , divided into meadow and arable , and covered alternately with a lively verdure , and good crops of maize , and other species of corn ; the river winding through them with a course elegant and ...
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... succession , finds that he can get nothing for his horse , and nothing for himself . At the same time he is molested , by night and by day , by a collection of dram - drinkers , who offend his eye by their drunk- enness , and his ear ...
... succession , finds that he can get nothing for his horse , and nothing for himself . At the same time he is molested , by night and by day , by a collection of dram - drinkers , who offend his eye by their drunk- enness , and his ear ...
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... succession of easy rising grounds and open expansions . To us this change was peculiarly plea- sant . We were wearied by labouring down rapid descents and climbing steep acclivities ; and our eyes , long straitened in their excursions ...
... succession of easy rising grounds and open expansions . To us this change was peculiarly plea- sant . We were wearied by labouring down rapid descents and climbing steep acclivities ; and our eyes , long straitened in their excursions ...
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... succession of brooks and springs , watering the farms of the inhabitants as in New - England . A stream , called Mud creek , on which there are several pretty intervals , waters the whole of the eastern side of this township . Another ...
... succession of brooks and springs , watering the farms of the inhabitants as in New - England . A stream , called Mud creek , on which there are several pretty intervals , waters the whole of the eastern side of this township . Another ...
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Page 364 - Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Page 293 - Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 476 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns...
Page 481 - AND the people of this Commonwealth have also a right to, and do, invest their legislature with authority to enjoin upon all the subjects an attendance upon the instructions of the public teachers aforesaid, at stated times and seasons, if there be any on whose instructions they can conscientiously and conveniently attend.
Page 480 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the Universe.
Page 486 - The muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme, In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame. In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true. In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides, and virtue rules; Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry...
Page 481 - And all moneys paid by the subject to the support of public worship, and of the public teachers aforesaid, shall, if he require it, be uniformly applied to the support of the public teacher or teachers of his own religious sect or denomination, provided there be any on whose instructions he attends; otherwise it may be paid towards the support of the teacher or teachers of the parish or precinct in which the said moneys are raised.
Page 399 - In the administration of church power, it belongs to the pastors and other elders of every particular church, if such there be to rule and govern, and to the brotherhood to consent according to the rule of the gospel.
Page 249 - The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay : they whose aggregate constitutes, the people, are found in the streets, and the villages, in the shops and farms; and from them collectively considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken.
Page 486 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past, A fifth shall close the Drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring...