Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, Conduit-Street., 1838 |
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Page 20
... spirit drops anchor amidst the turbulence of the outward world , and the very power of the elements seems to shed stillness into the soul . sea . There must be many a set off against such hours , however , or the whole world would be ...
... spirit drops anchor amidst the turbulence of the outward world , and the very power of the elements seems to shed stillness into the soul . sea . There must be many a set off against such hours , however , or the whole world would be ...
Page 42
... spirits of my companions and myself were in a holiday dance while we were receiving our first impressions ; and New York always afterwards bore an air of gaiety to me from the association of the early pleasures of foreign travel ...
... spirits of my companions and myself were in a holiday dance while we were receiving our first impressions ; and New York always afterwards bore an air of gaiety to me from the association of the early pleasures of foreign travel ...
Page 51
... spirit of the three great divisions of the United States , the north , south , and west ; explained the principles on which the letting of land proceeds ; described the Germans and other agricultural popu- lation of the country , and ...
... spirit of the three great divisions of the United States , the north , south , and west ; explained the principles on which the letting of land proceeds ; described the Germans and other agricultural popu- lation of the country , and ...
Page 63
... spirit is roving abroad after schemes of pleasure or ambi- tion , or even of piety and benevolence , which are not the appointed duty of the time . But I have wandered from my new acquaintance in Kosciusko's garden . I was surprised to ...
... spirit is roving abroad after schemes of pleasure or ambi- tion , or even of piety and benevolence , which are not the appointed duty of the time . But I have wandered from my new acquaintance in Kosciusko's garden . I was surprised to ...
Page 74
... spirits . Within a month of that evening , he was seized with pleurisy , which would in all probability have yielded to treat- ment ; but he refused medicine , and was carried off , after a very short illness . - Dr . Hosack died some ...
... spirits . Within a month of that evening , he was seized with pleurisy , which would in all probability have yielded to treat- ment ; but he refused medicine , and was carried off , after a very short illness . - Dr . Hosack died some ...
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