An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Mind and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which is Prefixed, Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the MindPublished and sold by David Hogan, 1816 - 230 pages |
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Page 49
... savage . This warrior , availing himself of the indefensible attitude of his adversary , with a tremendous war - whoop , sprung forward with his lifted hatchet , and compelled him to sur- render ; and having disarmed and bound him fast ...
... savage . This warrior , availing himself of the indefensible attitude of his adversary , with a tremendous war - whoop , sprung forward with his lifted hatchet , and compelled him to sur- render ; and having disarmed and bound him fast ...
Page 50
... savage chose an odd way of disco- vering his humour . He found Putnam bound . He might have despatched him at a blow . But he loved better to excite the terrors of the prisoner , by hurling a tomahawk at his head - or rather it should ...
... savage chose an odd way of disco- vering his humour . He found Putnam bound . He might have despatched him at a blow . But he loved better to excite the terrors of the prisoner , by hurling a tomahawk at his head - or rather it should ...
Page 51
... savage chief again returned to the care of the wounded , and the Indians , about two hundred in number , went before the rest of the party to the place where the whole were that night to encamp They took with them major Putnam , on whom ...
... savage chief again returned to the care of the wounded , and the Indians , about two hundred in number , went before the rest of the party to the place where the whole were that night to encamp They took with them major Putnam , on whom ...
Page 52
... savage , unwilling to see another human sa- crifice immolated , had run and communicated the tidings . 25. That commandant spurned and severely reprimanded the barbarians , whose nocturnal powwas he suddenly ended . Putnam did not want ...
... savage , unwilling to see another human sa- crifice immolated , had run and communicated the tidings . 25. That commandant spurned and severely reprimanded the barbarians , whose nocturnal powwas he suddenly ended . Putnam did not want ...
Page 53
... savage brutality he ap- plied the scalping knife , and hastened away with this trophy of his horrid cruelty , leaving the officer for dead , and none to relieve or console him but his faithful dog . 3. The afflicted creature gave every ...
... savage brutality he ap- plied the scalping knife , and hastened away with this trophy of his horrid cruelty , leaving the officer for dead , and none to relieve or console him but his faithful dog . 3. The afflicted creature gave every ...
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