Art, industry, and commerce, so long crushed and overborne, were stirring into renewed life, and a crowd of adventurous men, nurtured in war and incapable of repose, must seek employment for their restless energies in fields of peaceful enterprise.
Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves sud… - Francis Parkman
Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves sud…
- Francis Parkman
In one point the plan was fatally defective, since it involved the deadly enmity of a race whose character and whose power were as yet but ill unders… - Francis Parkman
In one point the plan was fatally defective, since it involved the deadly enmity of a race whose character and whose power were as yet but ill unders…
Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full. - Francis Parkman
Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.
We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us;… - Francis Parkman
We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us;…
Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a… - Francis Parkman
Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a…
Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him. - Francis Parkman
Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him.
Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days. - Francis Parkman
Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days.
America was still a land of wonder. The ancient spell still hung unbroken over the wild, vast world of mystery beyond the sea,-a land of romance, adv… - Francis Parkman
America was still a land of wonder. The ancient spell still hung unbroken over the wild, vast world of mystery beyond the sea,-a land of romance, adv…
It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shad… - Francis Parkman
It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shad…
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