The Tales of Peter Parley about AmericaCarter, Hendee & Babcock, 1830 - 160 σελίδες |
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... waves were white with foam . 5. They rose very high , and seemed agita- ted with desperate fury : sometimes several of ... wave ; now she slid deep into a trough formed in the sea ; now she was struck violently on the side , and nearly ...
... waves were white with foam . 5. They rose very high , and seemed agita- ted with desperate fury : sometimes several of ... wave ; now she slid deep into a trough formed in the sea ; now she was struck violently on the side , and nearly ...
Σελίδα 58
... waves . 11. At length a strong wave took the vessel on its top , and bore her along with astonishing force , and cast her high on the point of a rock . 12. What was our joy to find , that , 58 PETER PARLEY .
... waves . 11. At length a strong wave took the vessel on its top , and bore her along with astonishing force , and cast her high on the point of a rock . 12. What was our joy to find , that , 58 PETER PARLEY .
Σελίδα 72
... waves rose and fell violently . The ships of Columbus were tossed about , and the water dashed over them in such a manner , that the sailors , who were with Columbus were frightened , and thought they should all be drowned . 11. They ...
... waves rose and fell violently . The ships of Columbus were tossed about , and the water dashed over them in such a manner , that the sailors , who were with Columbus were frightened , and thought they should all be drowned . 11. They ...
Σελίδα 141
... wave . In fourteen hundred ninety - two , He came far o'er the ocean blue , Where ne'er a ship had sailed before , And found a wild and savage shore , Where naked men in forests prowled , And bears and PETER PARLEY . 141 -The Story of ...
... wave . In fourteen hundred ninety - two , He came far o'er the ocean blue , Where ne'er a ship had sailed before , And found a wild and savage shore , Where naked men in forests prowled , And bears and PETER PARLEY . 141 -The Story of ...
Σελίδα 144
... wave . The scene was wild , for hill and dale Were clothed in winter's snowy veil , And all the shore the eye could mark Was covered thick with forests dark , Within whose gloomy shades afar Was heard the Indian whoop 144 PETER PARLEY .
... wave . The scene was wild , for hill and dale Were clothed in winter's snowy veil , And all the shore the eye could mark Was covered thick with forests dark , Within whose gloomy shades afar Was heard the Indian whoop 144 PETER PARLEY .
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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.