A Geographical Present: Being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the WorldWilliam Burgess, Jun., 1829 - 200 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 119 - ... of their friends and relations ; they warn them of the vengeance that awaits them on account of what they are now doing, and excite their ferocity by the most provoking reproaches and threats. To display undaunted fortitude in such...
Σελίδα 156 - An east south central state bordered north by Tennessee, east by Alabama, south by the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana, and west by the Mississippi River, separating it from Louisiana and Arkansas.
Σελίδα 160 - Lawrence ; on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, the Bay of Fundy, and the Province of New Brunswick.
Σελίδα 12 - Ocean, lying to the west of Great Britain, from which it is separated by the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. Its length from Mal'in Head, the northernmost point, to Cape Clear, its southernmost point, is 280 miles.
Σελίδα 119 - ... to respect their species, and to melt into tenderness at the sight of human sufferings. The prisoners are tied naked to a stake, but so as to be at liberty to move round it. All who are present, men, women, and children, rush upon them like furies. Every species of torture is applied that the rancour of revenge can invent. Some burn their limbs with red-hot irons, some mangle their bodies...
Σελίδα 119 - This barbarous scene is often succeeded by one no less shocking. As it is impossible to appease the fell spirit of revenge which rages in the heart of a savage, this frequently prompts the Americans to devour those unhappy persons, who have been the victims of their cruelty. In...