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Author: John Alexander McClung
Page Count: 138 pages
Published Date: 12 Sep 2013
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781230323107
File Name: Sketches.of.Western.Adventure;.Containing.an.Account.of.the.Most.Interesting.Incidents.Connected.with.the.Settlement.of.the.West,.from.1755.to.1794;.W.pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...held among them. Hd deeply regretted the injury which he had inflicted upon his countrymen, and wished to be restored to their society. In order to convince them of the sincerity of his regard, he had directed him to warn all boats of the snares spread for them. Every eff rt would be made to draw passengers ashore. While men would appear on the bank, and chilhen would be heard to supplicate for mercy. But," continued he, "do you keep the middle of the river, and steel your heart against every mournful application which you may receive." The colonel thanked him for his intelligence, and continued his course. From this it would appear, that Girty's situation was by no means enviable. The superior intelligence which had first given him influence, gradually attracted envy. Combinations were probably formed against him, as thay are in civilized life, against every man who is guiliy of the unpardonable offense of mounting rapidly above his fellows. Ambition, jealousy, intrigue, combinations for particular objects, prevail as strongly among savages as among civilized beings, and spring in each from the same source--a tender, passionate, inordinate love of self--a passion the most universal, deeply rooted, and infinitely diversified in ils operations, of any in existence--a passion as strong and easily offended in the degraded Hottentot, as in the Emperor Napoleon, in the superannuated old woman as in the blooming belle--the only human passion which age can not tame, or misery extinguish, or experience cure, or philosophy expel; which flutters as strongly in the jaws of death as in the vigor of life, and is as buoyant and ridiculous in the breast of the philosopher, as in that of a village beauty. Nothing more was ever heard of Girty's wish to be...
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Sketches of Western Adventure; Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794; W. John Alexander McClung
Author: John Alexander McClung
Page Count: 138 pages
Published Date: 12 Sep 2013
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781230323107
File Name: Sketches.of.Western.Adventure;.Containing.an.Account.of.the.Most.Interesting.Incidents.Connected.with.the.Settlement.of.the.West,.from.1755.to.1794;.W.pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...held among them. Hd deeply regretted the injury which he had inflicted upon his countrymen, and wished to be restored to their society. In order to convince them of the sincerity of his regard, he had directed him to warn all boats of the snares spread for them. Every eff rt would be made to draw passengers ashore. While men would appear on the bank, and chilhen would be heard to supplicate for mercy. But," continued he, "do you keep the middle of the river, and steel your heart against every mournful application which you may receive." The colonel thanked him for his intelligence, and continued his course. From this it would appear, that Girty's situation was by no means enviable. The superior intelligence which had first given him influence, gradually attracted envy. Combinations were probably formed against him, as thay are in civilized life, against every man who is guiliy of the unpardonable offense of mounting rapidly above his fellows. Ambition, jealousy, intrigue, combinations for particular objects, prevail as strongly among savages as among civilized beings, and spring in each from the same source--a tender, passionate, inordinate love of self--a passion the most universal, deeply rooted, and infinitely diversified in ils operations, of any in existence--a passion as strong and easily offended in the degraded Hottentot, as in the Emperor Napoleon, in the superannuated old woman as in the blooming belle--the only human passion which age can not tame, or misery extinguish, or experience cure, or philosophy expel; which flutters as strongly in the jaws of death as in the vigor of life, and is as buoyant and ridiculous in the breast of the philosopher, as in that of a village beauty. Nothing more was ever heard of Girty's wish to be...
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