Travels in Some Parts of North America in the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806B. & T. Kite, 1812 - 289 pagina's This volume recounts the journey of English merchant, Robert Sutcliff, as he traveled throughout New York, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland during the early 19th century. |
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Travels in Some Parts of North America in the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806 Robert Sutcliff Volledige weergave - 1812 |
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Pagina 84 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love, That plann'd, and built, and still upholds, a world So clothed with beauty for rebellious man...
Pagina 83 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers : his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all.
Pagina 99 - Sometimes a couple of horses, mules, or cows would be dragging a hogshead of tobacco, with a pivot or axle driven into each end of the hogshead, and something like a shaft attached, by which it was drawn or rolled along the road. I have seen two oxen and two slaves pretty fully employed in getting along a single hogshead; and some of these come from a great distance inland.
Pagina 98 - States is quite the reverse of this. We sometimes meet a ragged black boy or girl, driving a team consisting of a lean cow and a mule; sometimes a lean bull or an ox, and a mule ; and I have aeen a mule, a bull, and a cow, each miserable in its appearance, composing one team, with a halfnaked black slave or two, riding or driving, as occasion suited.
Pagina 134 - And why (he cried) did I forsake 'My native wood for gloomy walls; 'The silver stream, the limpid lake 'For musty books and college halls. 'A little could my wants supply 'Can wealth and honour give me more; ' Or, will the sylvan god deny "The humble treat he gave before?
Pagina 98 - Pennsylvania," said Robert Sutcliffe, an English Friend who published travels made in 1804-1806, "we meet great numbers of wagons drawn by four or more fine fat horses, the carriages firm and well made, and covered with stout good linen, bleached almost white; and it is not uncommon to see ten or fifteen together travelling cheerfully along the road, the driver riding on one of his horses. Many of these come more than...
Pagina 203 - The boy recovered. His good conduct had gained him the favour and respect of the whole family, and I have no doubt that the care bestowed upon his education, will, in due time, afford him a brighter prospect of a future state, than that of returning to Africa.
Pagina 236 - Conestogoe, which they might not part with; there they have lived many years in friendship with their white neighbours, who loved them for their peaceable inoffensive behaviour. " It has always been observed, that Indians, settled in the neighbourhood of white people, do not increase, but diminish continually. This tribe accordingly went on diminishing, till there remained in their town on the manor but twenty persons, namely, seven men, five women, and eight children, boys and girls.
Pagina 193 - ... liberty on any condition, alleging that he could not meet with another in whom he could so confide. The poor man had greatly flattered himself with hopes, that considering his time of life, being now about...
Pagina 197 - Drawing up his men near the spot, he ordered them to halt, in order to make arrangements for the execution of his dreadful purpose. At this moment an awful silent pause took place, in which he felt his mind so powerfully smitten with conviction, that he not only drew off his men, but conceived very favourable sentiments of the Society : and continuing to yield to his convictions, he afterwards joined in communion with Friends, and continued faithful to the principle of Truth professed by them.
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