The Tales of Peter Parley about AmericaCarter, Hendee & Babcock, 1830 - 160 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 58
... danger . 9. At a short distance was the shore , bound with steep and ragged rocks , and the resistless gale was bearing us furiously upon them . We gave ourselves up for lost . Some knelt down to pray ; some cried aloud ; and one person ...
... danger . 9. At a short distance was the shore , bound with steep and ragged rocks , and the resistless gale was bearing us furiously upon them . We gave ourselves up for lost . Some knelt down to pray ; some cried aloud ; and one person ...
Σελίδα 59
... danger ! 13. We did so instantly , and our expecta- tions of immediate death were in a moment exchanged for a confidence of safety . See , here is a picture of the vessel on the rocks . 14. We found the place , where we had gone ashore ...
... danger ! 13. We did so instantly , and our expecta- tions of immediate death were in a moment exchanged for a confidence of safety . See , here is a picture of the vessel on the rocks . 14. We found the place , where we had gone ashore ...
Σελίδα 71
... dangerous to sail in them . What sort of ships are these packets ? How often do they sail from New York to England ? How long is it since Columbus sailed for America ? Why do we call the present year 1829 ? Was it dangerous to sail in ...
... dangerous to sail in them . What sort of ships are these packets ? How often do they sail from New York to England ? How long is it since Columbus sailed for America ? Why do we call the present year 1829 ? Was it dangerous to sail in ...
Σελίδα 145
... danger met . Long , long they strove , and much endured ; To sufferings were long inured ; But naught their courage could subdue : ' Mid want and war their sinews grew , Their towns increase , their numbers double , And soon they ...
... danger met . Long , long they strove , and much endured ; To sufferings were long inured ; But naught their courage could subdue : ' Mid want and war their sinews grew , Their towns increase , their numbers double , And soon they ...
Σελίδα 146
... dangers thus o'ercome , Others did seek this land for home , And came like birds in numbers o'er , Till , far along the eastern shore , That bounds the blue Atlantic tide , Village with village proudly vied ; While Swedes and Fins did ...
... dangers thus o'ercome , Others did seek this land for home , And came like birds in numbers o'er , Till , far along the eastern shore , That bounds the blue Atlantic tide , Village with village proudly vied ; While Swedes and Fins did ...
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Accordingly Adventures Africa army arrows ashore Asia Atahualpa Atlantic Ocean Bellows Falls Boston Brattleboro brave break the laws brig Yankee Burgoyne called CHAPTER Charleston charter of Connecticut COLUMBUS lived congress Connecticut River continent Cortez dashed to pieces deer discovered England English troops Europe father fire Fort Dummer French ship governor guns happened Hartford HARVARD COLLEGE heard hill Hurlgate Indians instantly James Jenkins killed king of Spain land legislature length Long Island Sound look Lord Cornwallis Mexico miles Montezuma moon morning Mount Holyoke mountains negroes Newport night Northampton o'er OVERDUE Parley say Parley tells Peru PETER PARLEY picture Pizarro president is chosen rocks sailed sailors shot side situated sixteen hundred soldiers soon South America squirrel story of Columbus told took town Twas United Vermont vessel Wampum Wampum's house Washington West Indies wicked wigwam wild woods wound York
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Σελίδα 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Σελίδα 23 - At length, the white men came in their ships from across the sea. The red men saw them, and told them they were welcome. They came ashore. The red men received them kindly.
Σελίδα 143 - And found a wild and savage shore, Where naked men in forests prowled, And bears and panthers roamed and howled. At length, when years had passed away, Some English came to Virginia ; 'Twas sixteen hundred seven ; be sure You let this in your mind endure; For 'twas the first bold colony Planted in North America; The first that laid the deep foundation, On which has since been built a nation. Well, here they raised a far-famed Town On James
Σελίδα 20 - on that high rock above us ! " I did so, but could see nothing. " Look again,
Σελίδα 18 - Do you see those houses ?" said Wampum to me. " When my grand-father was a boy, there was not a house where you now see so many. That valley, which now belongs to white men, then belonged to the red men.
Σελίδα 144 - Now let the laughing wags and jokers Say that the Dutch are stupid smokers; We only tell, that, dull or witty, They founded famous New- York city; The largest city in the west, For trade and commerce quite the best!
Σελίδα 17 - Wampum's wife roasted some bear's meat, and gave us some bread made of pounded corn, which made our supper. We sat on the floor and took the meat in our fingers, for the Indians had no knives and forks. I then went to bed on some bear skins, and slept very well. Early in the morning, Wampum called me from PETER PARLEY.
Σελίδα 19 - Then the red men were rich and happy; now they are poor and wretched. Then that beautiful river which you see running through the valley, and which is called the Connecticut, was theirs. They owned these fine mountains too, they hunted in these woods, and fished in that river, and were numerous and powerful, — now they are few and weak.
Σελίδα 9 - Here I am! My name is Peter Parley: I am an old man. I am very gray and lame. But I have seen a great many things, and had a great many adventures, and I love to talk about them. I love to tell stories to children, and very often they come to my house, and they get around me and I tell them stories of what I have seen, and of what I have heard. I live in Boston.
Σελίδα 2 - An act supplementary to an act, entitled, * An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,* and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.