The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1846 - English literature |
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... Indians to be seen on the shore ; and thus we continued for five days , during which we passed the mouths of one or two rivers , and had gained , as we supposed , more than 150 miles along the coast , but how much to the northward we ...
... Indians to be seen on the shore ; and thus we continued for five days , during which we passed the mouths of one or two rivers , and had gained , as we supposed , more than 150 miles along the coast , but how much to the northward we ...
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... Indians near to the settlements who had obtained muskets . But whether it was an Indian or a white man who fired we ... Indians and the set- tlers , and that the Indians had ravaged the plantations ; but that was two years ago , and how ...
... Indians near to the settlements who had obtained muskets . But whether it was an Indian or a white man who fired we ... Indians and the set- tlers , and that the Indians had ravaged the plantations ; but that was two years ago , and how ...
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... Indians touched me on the shoulder , and said , " Ugh ! - white man paint like Indian . " They then examined the canoe and its contents , and having spoken a few words to each other , apparently relat- ing to the canoe , they put a ...
... Indians touched me on the shoulder , and said , " Ugh ! - white man paint like Indian . " They then examined the canoe and its contents , and having spoken a few words to each other , apparently relat- ing to the canoe , they put a ...
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... Indians had done before us in pursuit of us . We walked fast , as we knew the Indians would do the same , and they had the start of us , so that we were not likely to come up with them . It was severe work , but we did not slacken our ...
... Indians had done before us in pursuit of us . We walked fast , as we knew the Indians would do the same , and they had the start of us , so that we were not likely to come up with them . It was severe work , but we did not slacken our ...
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... Indians did not expect this manoeuvre it was clear . Still keeping the muskets in our possession , the butts on the sand , and the muzzles resting on our shoulders , we laid hold of the tow - rope , and by great exer- tion hauled the ...
... Indians did not expect this manoeuvre it was clear . Still keeping the muskets in our possession , the butts on the sand , and the muzzles resting on our shoulders , we laid hold of the tow - rope , and by great exer- tion hauled the ...
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Page 40 - To the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale :— Look back! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract...
Page 134 - Train up a child in the way he should go, and he will not depart from it...
Page 56 - His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surge foam around.
Page 40 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 163 - His legs bestrid the ocean: his rear'd arm Crested the world: his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in't; an autumn 'twas, That grew the more by reaping: His delights Were dolphin-like; they show'd his back above The element they liv'd in: In his livery Walk'd crowns, and crownets; realms and islands were As plates dropp'd from his pocket.
Page 56 - The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Page 56 - ... but man ; and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes, and ocean, deep below him, he appears indifferent to the...
Page 56 - Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
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Page 56 - ... glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes, and ocean, deep below him, he appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons ; as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth.