The Work of Francis Parkman: The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian war after the conquest of CanadaLittle, Brown, 1898 |
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... camp - fire , or in the canoe , I gained familiar acquaintance with the men and scenery of the wilderness . In 1846 , I visited various primitive tribes of the Rocky Mountains , and was , for a time , domesticated in a village of the ...
... camp - fire , or in the canoe , I gained familiar acquaintance with the men and scenery of the wilderness . In 1846 , I visited various primitive tribes of the Rocky Mountains , and was , for a time , domesticated in a village of the ...
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... camp - fire crackles on the grass - plat , reclines beneath the trees , and smokes and laughs away the sultry hours in a lazy luxury of enjoyment . But when winter descends upon the north , sealing up the fountains , fettering the ...
... camp - fire crackles on the grass - plat , reclines beneath the trees , and smokes and laughs away the sultry hours in a lazy luxury of enjoyment . But when winter descends upon the north , sealing up the fountains , fettering the ...
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... camp . The shadows of his wilderness home , and the darker mantle of his own inscrutable reserve , have made the Indian warrior a wonder and a mystery . Yet to the eye of rational observation there is nothing unintel- ligible in him ...
... camp . The shadows of his wilderness home , and the darker mantle of his own inscrutable reserve , have made the Indian warrior a wonder and a mystery . Yet to the eye of rational observation there is nothing unintel- ligible in him ...
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... camp , where an army lay at rest , ready for the march or the battle , and where war and adventure , not trade and tillage , seemed the chief aims of life . The lords of the soil were petty nobles , for the most part soldiers , or the ...
... camp , where an army lay at rest , ready for the march or the battle , and where war and adventure , not trade and tillage , seemed the chief aims of life . The lords of the soil were petty nobles , for the most part soldiers , or the ...
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... camp - fire , they wasted half the night with jests and laughter , then the Cana- dian was in his element . His footsteps explored the farthest hiding - places of the wilderness . In the evening dance , his red cap mingled with the ...
... camp - fire , they wasted half the night with jests and laughter , then the Cana- dian was in his element . His footsteps explored the farthest hiding - places of the wilderness . In the evening dance , his red cap mingled with the ...
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The Works of Francis Parkman: The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian war ... Francis Parkman Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1898 |
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Sida 145 - So much the better," he said; "I am happy that I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." Officers from the garrison came to his bedside to ask his orders and instructions. "I will give no more orders," replied the defeated soldier; "I have much business that must be attended to, of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country. My time is very short; therefore, pray leave me.
Sida 111 - ... in disposition. He had a sister, who, having gamed away all her little fortune at Bath, hanged herself with a truly English deliberation, leaving only a note upon the table with those lines, ' To die is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, ' Poor Fanny II always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.
Sida 118 - In short, the dastardly behavior of those they call regulars exposed all others, that were inclined to do their duty, to almost certain death ; and, at last, in despite of all the efforts of the officers to the contrary, they ran, as sheep pursued by dogs, and it was impossible to rally them.
Sida 91 - Reasons we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you the Liberty to think about it. You are Women. Take the Advice of a wise Man, and remove immediately.
Sida 86 - pretend right of inheritance to all or any part of the lands granted in our patent, we pray you endeavor to purchase their tytle, that we may avoid the least scruple of intrusion.
Sida 21 - This cabin is about eighty feet long and seventeen broad, the common passage six feet wide, and the apartments on each side five feet, raised a foot above the passage by a long sapling hewed square, and fitted with joists that go from it to the back of the house. On these joists they lay large pieces of bark, and on extraordinary occasions spread mats made of rushes, which favor we had.
Sida 145 - Almost at the same moment fell his great adversary, Montcalm, as he strove, with vain bravery, to rally his shattered ranks. Struck down with a mortal wound, he was placed upon a litter and borne to the General Hospital on the banks of the St. Charles. The surgeons told him that he could not recover. "I am glad of it," was his calm reply. He then asked how long he might survive, and was told that he had not many hours remaining. " So much the better, " he said ; " I am happy that I shall not live...
Sida 21 - ... sometimes at each end, but mostly at one ; they have a shed to put their wood into in the winter, or in the summer to set to converse or play, that has a door to the south ; all the sides and roof of the cabin are made of bark, bound fast to poles set in the ground, and bent round on the top, or set...
Sida 103 - The wine, as they dosed themselves pretty plentifully with it, soon banished the restraint which at first appeared in their conversation, and gave a licence to their tongues to reveal their sentiments more freely.
Sida 140 - At the point where the Highlanders landed, one of their captains, Donald Macdonald, apparently the same whose presence of mind had just saved the enterprise from ruin, was climbing in advance of his men, when he was challenged by a sentinel. He replied in French, by declaring that he had been sent to relieve the guard, and ordering the soldier to withdraw.