Life as it is: Or, Matters and Things in General: Containing, Amongst Other Things, Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee; Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; Their Wars with the Indians; Battle of King's Mountain; History of the Harps (two Noted Murderers;) a Satirical Burlesque Upon the Practice of Electioneering; Legislative, Judicial, and Ecclesiastical Incidents; Descriptions of Natural Curiosities; a Collection of Anecdotes, &c |
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... give to its inhabitants imper- ishable fame . While the historian perpetuates the chiv- alry , science and enterprise of his countrymen , and the moralist enforces the obligations of virtue , the satirist scourges vice from the ...
... give to its inhabitants imper- ishable fame . While the historian perpetuates the chiv- alry , science and enterprise of his countrymen , and the moralist enforces the obligations of virtue , the satirist scourges vice from the ...
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... give them battle . When this little army arrived at the Long Island flats , a small body of Indians was discovered and fired upon ; they instantly fled , and were pursued by the whites , but they made good their retreat . Another ...
... give them battle . When this little army arrived at the Long Island flats , a small body of Indians was discovered and fired upon ; they instantly fled , and were pursued by the whites , but they made good their retreat . Another ...
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... them , and refuse to give sure- ties for their appearance before the committee . Some of the ringleaders were shot , and others bound over , and punished with severity by the committee . These mea- sures 32 LIFE AS IT IS .
... them , and refuse to give sure- ties for their appearance before the committee . Some of the ringleaders were shot , and others bound over , and punished with severity by the committee . These mea- sures 32 LIFE AS IT IS .
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... of Tamotlee , and thence to the Hiwassee town . The Hiwassee town was evacuated , but one Indian being found , and he was shot by the spies . He was placed on the summit of a ridge with a drum , to give signals to the 36 LIFE AS IT IS .
... of Tamotlee , and thence to the Hiwassee town . The Hiwassee town was evacuated , but one Indian being found , and he was shot by the spies . He was placed on the summit of a ridge with a drum , to give signals to the 36 LIFE AS IT IS .
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... give signals to the other Indians , as was supposed . The troops then marched to the Chick- amauga towns and encamped near the towns . The next day they marched into the towns ; where they took a Capt . Rogers , four negroes , one squaw ...
... give signals to the other Indians , as was supposed . The troops then marched to the Chick- amauga towns and encamped near the towns . The next day they marched into the towns ; where they took a Capt . Rogers , four negroes , one squaw ...
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Page 7 - To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield...
Page 2 - Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned ; and also to an Act entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such •Copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 3 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 7 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 13 - ... buckram until compressed within the circumference of six inches — her snow white bosom peeping over the top of her outer garments, protected only by the slight covering of gauze, ribbons and lace — a monstrous staked and ridered bonnet upon her head, streaming with flounces and furbelows — a green veil, half as long as her whole person, hanging over her face and fluttering its ample folds in the winds as she journeyed onward — a bunch of jewelry, as large as a wagoner's horse bells, suspended...
Page 166 - If any here chance to behold himself, Let him not dare to challenge me of wrong ; For, if he shame to have his follies known, First he should shame to act 'em : my strict hand Was made to seize on vice, and with a gripe Squeeze out the humour of such spongy souls, As lick up every idle vanity.
Page 155 - Stegall then passed the knife around his neck, cutting to the bone; and then wrung off his head, in the same manner a butcher would that of a hog.
Page 12 - ... of an inch wide upon his head, and right and left calf-skin boots upon his feet, they would have caught and caged him, and carried him about as a natural curiosity. And if the old ladies of that day had met with one of our slender, pale-faced, fashionable belles, rattling in silks and satin — her clothing drawn over her delicate limbs as tight as the skin upon a lean weasel — her waist belted up in buckram until compressed...