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... objects save pleasure and health in view . Although now a town of some standing , containing about 14,000 inhabitants , it is only of late years that Mobile has sprung into impor- It is a thriving , bustling , and improving place , and ...
... objects save pleasure and health in view . Although now a town of some standing , containing about 14,000 inhabitants , it is only of late years that Mobile has sprung into impor- It is a thriving , bustling , and improving place , and ...
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... objects , and future prospects , that there was no idea in his mind that the detail could be anything save grateful to my feelings ; and not unfrequently did I discover that the person whose obtrusiveness , when on the river or the road ...
... objects , and future prospects , that there was no idea in his mind that the detail could be anything save grateful to my feelings ; and not unfrequently did I discover that the person whose obtrusiveness , when on the river or the road ...
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... object is not to laud my native land , but to give a fair exposition of my experiences when travelling in the United States of America . But it is only a duty , and a compliance with the principle set out with , to add , that in many ...
... object is not to laud my native land , but to give a fair exposition of my experiences when travelling in the United States of America . But it is only a duty , and a compliance with the principle set out with , to add , that in many ...
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... objects connected with a river or sea view- a host of vessels under canvass . In lieu of such , but a very poor substitute , the Mississippi has her flat - boats or floating storehouses her travelling shops and family moving mansions ...
... objects connected with a river or sea view- a host of vessels under canvass . In lieu of such , but a very poor substitute , the Mississippi has her flat - boats or floating storehouses her travelling shops and family moving mansions ...
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... object now is to illustrate , by the mention of a few indisputable facts , the general truth of the remark , that the state governments of the American Union have shown themselves most wisely provident , and alive to the best interests ...
... object now is to illustrate , by the mention of a few indisputable facts , the general truth of the remark , that the state governments of the American Union have shown themselves most wisely provident , and alive to the best interests ...
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Page 91 - It was not until I came on Table Rock, and looked — Great Heaven, on what a fall of bright green water ! — that it came upon me in its full might and majesty. Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing, the first effect, and the enduring one — instant and lasting — of the tremendous spectacle, was peace. Peace of mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the dead, great thoughts of Eternal rest and happiness : nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart,...
Page 231 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
Page 183 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 244 - Oh yes ! his fatherland must be As the blue heaven wide and free ! Is it alone where freedom is, Where God is God and man is man ? Doth he not claim a broader span For the soul's love of home than this...
Page 180 - I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said College ; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college...
Page 306 - This is my own, my native land"? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand?
Page 180 - In making this restriction, I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever; but as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them...
Page 216 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless ; Minions of...
Page 290 - Where'er a human heart doth wear Joy's myrtle-wreath or sorrow's gyves, Where'er a human spirit strives After a life more true and fair, There is the true man's birthplace grand, His is a world-wide fatherland...
Page 180 - I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce ; my desire is, that all the instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may, from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow-creatures, and a love...