America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive, Volume 1

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Harper & Brothers, 1841

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Page 417 - and by his command to the apostles and disciples : " And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand ; heal the sick, cleanse the lepers." And again,
Page 484 - either with indifference or contempt, as a visionary scheme. My friends, indeed, were civil, but they were shy ; they listened with patience to my explanations, but with a settled cast of incredulity on their countenances. I felt the full force of the lamentation of the poet,
Page 322 - to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power, that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration; for
Page 76 - medicine man" being himself on these occasions so disfigured with the skins of various animals placed over and around him, that he may be said to be as remote as possible from " the likeness of anything that is in the heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth;
Page 405 - the 28th of May, 1755. It bears the following inscription: " In the year of CHRIST MDCCLV George the Second happily Reigning (For he sought the happiness of his people), • PHILADELPHIA Flourishing (For its inhabitants were public-spirited), This Building, By the Bounty of the Government, And of many private persons,
Page 14 - New-Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana/ Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan; navigating the great lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, embracing the whole country between
Page 76 - anything that is in the heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth;" and when Mr. Catlin presented himself to his audience so arrayed, it was difficult to suppose that
Page 361 - tombstone : BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer (like the cover of an old book, ' The body of its contents torn out, and stripped of its lettering and gilding), lies here, food for worms ; but

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