This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 Excerpt: ... and the gentlemen accompanying him, had brought from the Notch. They found the road, though a turnpike, in such a state, that they were obliged to walk to the house of this family, a distance of six miles. All the bridges over the Ammonoosuc, five in number, those over the Saco, and those over the tributary streams of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 Excerpt: ... and the gentlemen accompanying him, had brought from the Notch. They found the road, though a turnpike, in such a state, that they were obliged to walk to the house of this family, a distance of six miles. All the bridges over the Ammonoosuc, five in number, those over the Saco, and those over the tributary streams of both, were gone. In the Notch, and along the deep defile below it, for a mile and a half to the Notch House, and as far as could be seen beyond it, no appearance of the road, except in one place for two or three rods, could be discovered. The steep sides of the mountains, first on one hand, then on the other, and then on both, had slid down into this narrow passage, kazms. av'-a-lantsh. loo'-snd. Majesty, dignity, grandeur, power, title of kings. Height of 5,000feet. How many feet make a mile? Chasms, clefts, gaps, openings, vacuities. On the summits and in the sides. Of what? Omnipotence, almighty power, God. Supremacy, superiority, state of being supreme.-Frown. What figure is here used? Explain it. Landscape, region, prospect of country, picture. Amazing velocity, astonishing swiftness.-Slide. What do you understand by the expression? In the rear of. Give a synonymous phrase. Providence, Divine superintendence, foresight. JOoes God, by his providence, direct all thi?igs, both great and small? What should this teach you? Fall of a sparrow. To what is there an allusion here? From what do we learn the doctrine of a Divine Providence? Course of the avalanche, movement of the slide. Have told the tale. Why would they never have told it? Rushing, moving with tumultuous rapidity. Unfortunate, calamitous, afflicted. Whence derived? Repeated falling. How many slides were there? Anxious, solicitous, very desirous, full of inquietude. Information, in...
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