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" The prevailing character of the Mississippi is that of solemn gloom. I have trodden the passes of Alp and Apennine, yet never felt how awful a thing is nature, till I was borne on its waters through regions desolate and uninhabitable. Day after day, and... "
Men and Manners in America - Page 337
by Thomas Hamilton - 1843 - 454 pages
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1834 - 850 pages
...surface. It is the traveller of five thousand miles, more than two-thirds of the diameter of the globe. The prevailing character of the Mississippi is that...the eternal forest with the smoke of her nostrils. Conversation became odious, and I passed my time in a sort of dreamy contemplation. At night, I ascended...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History ..., Volume 6; Volume 75

History - 1834 - 850 pages
...surface. It is the traveller of live thousand miles, more tlitm two-thirds of the diami ter of the globe. The prevailing character of the Mississippi is that...vessel, like some huge demon of the wilderness, bearing lire in her hosoin, and canopying the eternal forest with the smoke of lier nostrils. Conversation...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7

1835 - 538 pages
...character of the Mississippi is that of solemn gloom. I have trodden the passes of Alp and Appenine, yet never felt how awful a thing is nature, till I...night, we continued driving right downward to the oouth ; our vessel, like some huge demon of the wilderness, bearing fire in her bosom, and canopying...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 6

1835 - 298 pages
...character of the Mississippi is that of solemn gloom. I have trodden the passes of Alp and Appenine, yet never felt how awful a thing is nature, till I...uninhabitable. Day after day, and night after night, we contimied driving right downward to the south ; our vessel, like some huge demon of the wilderness,...
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The church scholar's reading-book, selected from the Saturday magazine

Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...character of the Mississippi is that of solemn gloom. I have trodden the passes of Alp and A pennine, yet never felt how awful a thing is nature, till I...night, we continued driving right downward to the south ; onr vessel, like some huge demon of the wilderness, bearing fire in her bosom, and canopying the...
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The Tragedy of the Seas; Or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from ...

Charles Ellms - Shipwrecks - 1841 - 606 pages
...tributaries, they flow into an ocean yet vaster, the whole body of which acknowledges their influence. The prevailing character of the Mississippi is that...a thing is nature, till I was borne on its waters, in a steamboat, through regions desolate and uninhabitable. Day after day, and night after night, we...
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A Pictorial Description of the United States

Robert Sears - United States - 1854 - 668 pages
...trodden the passes of Alp and Apennine, yet never felt how awful a thing is nature, till I was borne OD its waters through regions desolate and uninhabitable....the eternal forest with the smoke of her nostrils. ... I passed my time in a sort of dreamy contemplation. . At night I ascended to the highest deck,...
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The Standard First[-fifth] Reader ...

Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 320 pages
...can be produced by a combination of objects of discordant character, however grand in themselves. 4. The prevailing character of the Mississippi is that...wilderness, bearing fire in her bosom, and canopying the Leroal forest with the smoke of her nostrils. 5. The navigation of the Mississippi is not unaccompanied...
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The Standard Fourth Reader for Public and Private Schools: Containing a ...

Epes Sargent - American literature - 1855 - 348 pages
...grand in themselves. 4. The prevailing character of the Mississippi is that of solemn gloom. I hate trodden the passes of Alp and Apennine, yet never...the eternal forest with the smoke of her nostrils. 5. The navigation of the Mississippi is not unaccompanied by danger, arising from what are called planters...
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The Standard Fourth Reader for Public and Private Schools: Containing a ...

Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 350 pages
...character of the Mississippi is that of Bolemn gloom. I have trodden the passes of Alp aud Apenniue, yet never felt how awful a thing is nature, till I...waters, through regions desolate and uninhabitable. Daj after day, and night after night, we continued driving right downward to the south; our vessel,...
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