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" Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of these... "
The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. ...: Madoc - Page 249
by Robert Southey - 1815
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An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volume 3

William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...hlmfelf into an oratorical attitude, and with a pomp fuited te the fuppofed elevation of his fubjeil informed him, t,hat it was ,a tradition handed down..." That in ancient times a herd of them came to the Big-bone licks, and began an univerfal deftruftion of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp fuited to what he conceived the elevation, of his fubjeft, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from...their fathers, * That in ancient * times a herd of thefe tremendous animals came tq ' the big-bone licks, and began an vmiverfal deftruc* tion of the...
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Geography Made Easy: Being an Abridgment of the American Universal Geography ...

Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1802 - 452 pages
...oraiorial attitude, and, with a pomp fuited to the fuppofed elevation of his fubject, informsd him that 4t was a. tradition handed down from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of them came tp the Big-bone licks, _and began an vjniverfal deitruflion of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes, and...
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him that it...from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone lick, and began an universal destruction of the bear,deer,elks,buffaloes,...
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Madoc, Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1807 - 260 pages
...and, with a pomp suited to -ths elevation of his subject, informed him, that it was a tradition banded down from their fathers, that in ancient times a herd of them came to the Big-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals...
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Gertrude of Wyoming: A Pennsylvanian Tale. And Other Poems

Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Massacre, 1778 - 1809 - 148 pages
...imme90 diately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it...from their fathers, that in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear,...
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Gertrude of Wyoming: And Other Poems

Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 266 pages
...speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it...from their fathers, that in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear,...
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Poems in Two Volumes: Containing Gertrude of Wyoming and ..., Volumes 1-2

Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...speaket immediately put himself into an. attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it...from their fathers, that in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear,...
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The American Preceptor: Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and ...

Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1811 - 264 pages
...into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp fuited to what he conceived the elevation of his fubjtft, informed him, that it was a tradition handed down...their fathers, " That in ancient times, a herd of thefe tremendous animals came to the Big-bone-licks, and began a univerfal deftruiflion of the bears,...
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Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, Volume 1

Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - Science - 1815 - 616 pages
...During the revolution a delegation of warriors from the Delaware tribe told the governor of Virginia that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers, " that, in ancient times, a herd of these tremendous animals came to the big bone licks and began an universal destruction of the bear,...
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