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... horse talk, and could do it in American if I had speech. I know some of the Indian signs — the signs they make with their hands, and by signal fires ... ...p ac count of days or anything else where she is! Mother, she did what the Indians were never able to do. She took the Fort — took it the first day!... ...is scouts; took the garrison — to the last man; and in forty eight hours the Indian encamp ment was hers, illustrious old Thunder Bird and all. Do I ... ... is soon over, the passion goes as quickly as it comes. Of course she has an Indian name already; Indians always rechristen a stranger early. Thunder ... ...hristen a stranger early. Thunder Bird attended to her case. He gave her the Indian equivalent for firebug, or fire fly. He said: “‘Times, ver’ quiet,... ...s; we have to take what comes and be thankful it is no worse. It is the true philosophy.” “For those others?” “Stick to the subject, please. Did it tu...

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... onward into the land whose last warlike disturbance had been when the red Indians trod it. Septimius heard it, and knew, like the rest, that it was t... ...nd; the heavy harquebus, which per haps had levelled one of King Philip’s Indians; the old King gun, that blazed away at the French of Louisburg or Q... ...had passed on account of his rudeness to Rose Garfield. Septimius’s fierce Indian blood stirred in him, and gave a murderous excitement. “Ah, it is yo... ...weapon, and come with me as prisoner.” “A prisoner!” cried Septimius, that Indian fierceness that was in him arousing itself, and thrusting up its mal... ...h his life, and that it was himself that did it, so deeply was Septimius’s Indian nature of revenge and blood 35 Hawthorne incorporated with that of ... ...e rules of yours, which, cold as they are, have been drawn out of a subtle philosophy, and might, were it possible to follow them out, suffice to do a... ... least, the last seems to answer all his purposes.” “This is a comfortable philosophy of yours,” said Septimius, rather contemptuously, and yet enviou...

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...of meeting, and Sego, or Sago, the ordinary term of salutation used by the Indians of this region. There is a tradition which says that the neighborin... ...ngthen their alliances, and which refers the name to this practice. As the Indian agent of New Y ork had a log dwelling at the foot of the lake, howev... ...ffice of a smoke-house. In 1779 an expedition was sent against the hostile Indians, who dwelt about a hundred miles west of Otsego, on the banks of th... ...kin moccasins, ornamented with porcupines’ quills, after the manner of the Indians, and his limbs were guarded with long leggings of the same material... ... rifle bullet in my thigh, and then cut it out with my own jack-knife. Old Indian John knows the time well. I met him with a party of the Dela- wares,... ... the skirts, began to whistle a tune; but the desire to reply overcame his philosophy, and with great heat he exclaimed: “You may affect to smile, Jud... ...de. Let him give an account of how it is made there, and you will hear the philosophy of the thing. Well, monsieur, how is it that you make sugar in t... ...rifle bullets were projected into the air, in nearly a perpendicular line. Philosophy teaches us that the atmos-phere will not retain lead; and two po... ...gnation im- mediately got the better, not only of her religion, but of her philosophy. “Why , sargeant! is it flying ye are?” she cried—” that I shoul...

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...ng country stretched away upon all sides. Locust trees and a single field of Indian corn gave it a foreign grace and interest; but the contours of the... ...n, in the horror and isolation of a plague. Old, red Manhattan lies, like an Indian arrowhead under a steam factory, below anglified New York. The nam... ...hemselves form a chorus of sweet and most romantic vocables: Delaware, Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Dakota, Iowa, Wyoming, Minnesota, and the Carolinas; th... ...as read aloud to me by my nurse. It narrated the doings of one Custaloga, an Indian brave, who, in the last chapter, very obligingly washed the paint ... ... trick I never forgave him. 10 Across the Plains The idea of a man being an Indian brave, and then giving that up to be a baronet, was one which my m... ... Stevenson ligions so old that our language looks a halfing boy along- side; philosophy so wise that our best philosophers find things therein to wond... ...ks, a sense of humour or, if such a thing is to be had, a little religion or philosophy, are the means of treatment. It will be time enough to think o... ...rous and pure. They walked separate: the Cigarette plodding behind with some philosophy, the lean Arethusa posting on ahead. Thus each enjoyed his own...

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...tera- ture: nor is there any subdivision of the work in which the severest philosophy is not invested with the grace of poetry, and the driest statist... ...heir native land, the French formerly called this river the St. Louis. The Indians, in their pompous language, have named it the Father of Waters, or ... ...ist between the physical conformation, the language, and the habits of the Indians of North America, and those of the T ongous, Mantchous, Mongols, T ... ...“Conjecture sur l’Origine des Americains”; Adair, “History of the American Indians.” 31 Tocqueville neither white like the Europeans, nor yellow like... ... new combinations, and bespoke an effort of the understanding of which the Indians of our days would be incapable.* The social state of these tribes d... ... advanc- ing to civilization, have relapsed into a state of barbarism. The Indian was indebted to no one but himself; his virtues, his vices, and his ... ...hink that in no country in the civilized world is less atten- tion paid to philosophy than in the United States. The Ameri- cans have no philosophical... ...ding alone. America is therefore one of the coun- tries in the world where philosophy is least studied, and where the precepts of Descartes are best a... ...enth century, Bacon in the natural sciences, and Descartes in the study of philosophy in the strict sense of the term, abolished recognized formulas, ...

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...of pistols; chewing bits of glass so that the blood ran down his chin, and brandishing a dirk. I do not know if he had taken these manners from the In... ...d we were safer than we could have dared to hope. The town of Albany was at that time much concerned in contraband trade across the desert with the In... ...that fall to be made upon our escape, how providen- tially our steps were conducted to the very end. What a hu- miliation to the dignity of man! My ph... ...st, it was in the course of our revelry that we made the acquaintance of a spirited youth by the name of Chew. He was one of the most daring of the In... ... giddy to re- member. These paths were in ordinary times entirely desert; but the country was now up, the tribes on the war-path, the woods full of In... ... listen. But for my part I have always found such information highly tedious; and beyond the fact that we were now in the country of the Adirondack In...

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...a “ha’p’orth the worse.” And their creditors have found a balm in time and philosophy. Bankruptcy is only painful and destructive to small people and ... ...at never get from “exercises” to practice. There is a pretence of studying philosophy based on Greek texts that few of the teachers and none of the ta... ...on. But the essence of the higher education is now, as it always has been, philosophy; not the antiquated pretence of “reading” Plato and Aristotle, b... ...ly, surely , and exactly . For that we want less debating society and more philosophy, fewer prizes for forensic ability and more for strength and vig... ...exities arising out of those British dependencies of non- British race—the Indian states, for example, whose interests are sometimes in conflict with ... ...ciple, for example. South Africa again takes a line with regard to British Indian subjects which is highly em- barrassing to Great Britain. There is a... ...Latin black culture should not extend across equatorial Africa to meet the Indian influence at the coast, and reach out to join hands with Madagascar.... ... prevail. The new population of Mesopotamia will be neither Euro- pean nor Indian; it will be Arabic; and with its concentra- tion Arabic will lay hol... ...ays going to be an Egypt, a Poland, 135 H G Wells an Armenia. There is no Indian nation, there never has been, but there are manifestly a Bengal and ...

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...ghs, with Ellery Channing; after talking with Thoreau about pine trees and Indian relics in his hermitage at Walden; after growing fastidious by sympa... ... would have af fected me with the same pleasure as when I used to pick up Indian arrow heads in the field near the Old Manse. But, one idle and rainy... ...orations which the white men used to contrive in order to take the eyes of Indians—I happened to place it on my breast. It seemed to me—the reader may... ...dox religionist, was to be scourged out of the town, or an idle or vagrant Indian, whom the white man’s firewater had made riotous about the streets, ... ...the crowd, a figure which irresistibly took possession of her thoughts. An Indian in his native garb was standing there; but the red men were not so i... ...Nay; it would be sinful, in such a question, to follow the clue of profane philosophy,” said Mr. Wilson. “Better to fast and pray upon it; and still b...

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...American Notes – Dickens 56 like one, has its root in the true wisdom or philosophy of the matter. I hope I may not be misunderstood on this subject... ...eive, prompt to act, lions in energy, Crichtons in varied accomplishments, Indians in fire of eye and gesture, Americans in strong and generous impuls... ...lls, is a valley known as ‘Bloody Run, ’ from a terrible conflict with the Indians which once occurred there. It is a good place for such a struggle, ... ...o matter of relief or self congratulation to the driver, for his immovable philosophy is perfectly undisturbed by anything that happens in the coach. ... ..., the first settler here (afterwards buried under it), was tied by hostile Indians, with his funeral pile about him, when he was saved by the timely a... ..., shreds of dried beef, complicated entanglements of yellow pickle; maize, Indian corn, apple sauce, and pumpkin. Some people fancy all these little d... ...h, American Notes – Dickens 170 one would think, to waken up the host of Indians who lie buried in a great mound yonder: so old, that mighty oaks an...

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...therto little or nothing of a fundamental character, whether in the way of Philosophy or History, has been written on the subject of Clothes. Our Theo... ...sh culture and endeavor, cramps the free flight of Thought,—that this, not Philosophy of Clothes, but recognition even that we have no such Philosophy... ...st months, did the above very plain considerations, on our total want of a Philosophy of Clothes, occur to him; and then, by quite foreign sugges- tio... ... and will exalt the almost new name of Teufelsdrockh to the first ranks of Philosophy, in our Ger- man Temple of Honor.” Mindful of old friendship, th... ...eliber- ate inspection, it became apparent that here a quite new Branch of Philosophy, leading to as yet undescried ulte- rior results, was disclosed;... ...like case, might do? Or how would Monsieur Ude prosper among those Orinoco Indians who, according to Humboldt, lodge in crow-nests, on the branches of... ...is Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo- Jumbo and Indian Pawaw be utterly abolished. For all things, even Celestial Luminarie... ...sing: all this you cannot see, but only imagine. I say, there is not a red Indian, hunting by Lake Winnipeg, can quarrel with his squaw, but the whole...

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...of the several organized Territories is gener- ally satisfactory, although Indian disturbances in New Mexico have not been entirely suppressed. The m... ...rsements there were for the civil service $23,253,922.08, for pensions and Indians $4,216,520.79, for interest on public debt $24,729,846.51, for the ... ... you, for useful and varied infor- mation in relation to the public lands, Indian affairs, patents, pensions, and other matters of public concern pert... ...tes. The measures provided at your last session for the removal of certain Indian tribes have been carried into effect. Sundry treaties have been neg... ...h. I suggested in my last annual message the propriety of remod- eling our Indian system. Subsequent events have satisfied me of its necessity. The d... ...ise, as bad and as good. Let us, therefore, study the incidents of this as philosophy to learn wisdom from, and none of them as wrongs to be re- venge...

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...larly commanded people who were well to do. “He don’t care – ain’t it?” was their highest word of commendation to an individual fate; and here I seem ... ...s and the brooks of Europe, in that dry and songless land; brave old names and wars, strong cities, cymbals, and bright armour, in that nook of the mo... ...nd coun- selled her in the making of a patchwork quilt, always, as she thought, wrongly, but to the more educated eye, always with bizarre and admirab... ...d to his imagination. His hunting-suit, for instance, had cost I should be afraid to say how many bucks – the currency in which he paid his way: it wa... ...they poured one avalanche of stones after another, waking the echoes of the glen. Meantime we elders sat together on the platform, Hanson and his frie... ...e, and thrice I tried to slide the subject in, but was discouraged by the stoic apathy of Rufe, and beaten down before the pouring verbiage of his wif...

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...e lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy, who not long before our story opens had made experience of a sp... ...e may yet be passing through an unseen multitude. “There may be a devilish Indian behind every tree,” said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fe... ...your father a pitch pine knot, kindled at my own hearth, to set fire to an Indian village, in King Philip’s war. They were my good friends, both; and ... ...yond, and others from Connecticut and Rhode Island, besides several of the Indian powwows, who, after their fashion, know almost as much deviltry as t... ...nds—the creaking of the trees, the howling of wild beasts, and the yell of Indians; while some times the wind tolled like a distant church bell, and ... ...shed by the saints. Scattered also among their pale faced enemies were the Indian priests, or powwows, who had often scared their native forest with m... ...wing into the slough some editions of books of morality, volumes of French philosophy and Ger man rationalism; tracts, sermons, and essays of modern ...

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...h in the bottomless gulf of his paunch.” Holland’s Plutarch’s Morals. “The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are: among which th... ...ere now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs — commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right an... ... little tinkling tags something like the stained porcupine quills round an Indian moccasin. There was a hole or slit in the middle of this mat, the sa... ...m to smell almost as musky; he cannot have been three days landed from his Indian voyage. That man next him looks a few shades lighter; you might say ... ... these brave houses and flowery gardens came from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. One and all, they were harpooned and dragged up hither from ... ...n companionship; always equal to him self. Surely this was a touch of fine philosophy; though no doubt he had never heard there was such a thing as th... ...he perils of whaling to breed this free and easy sort of genial, desperado philosophy; and with it I now regarded this whole voyage of the Pequod, and... ...so outlandish a thing that one must needs go a little into the history and philosophy of it. It is upon record, that three centuries ago the tongue of...

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...n the bottomless gulf of his paunch.” —Holland’ s Plutarch’ s Morals. “The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are: among which t... ...ere now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs—commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and ... ...ittle tinkling tags something like the stained porcu- pine quills round an Indian moccasin. There was a hole or slit in the middle of this mat, as you... ...m to smell almost as musky; he cannot have been three days landed from his Indian voyage. That man next him looks a few shades lighter; you might say ... ...d flowery gardens came from 43 Herman Melville the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. One and all, they were harpooned and dragged up hither from ... ... com- panionship; always equal to himself. Surely this was a touch of fine philosophy; though no doubt he had never heard there was such a thing as th... ... As for Peleg himself, he took it more like a philosopher; but for all his philosophy, there was a tear twinkling in his eye, when the lantern came to... ...he perils of whaling to breed this free and easy sort of genial, desperado philosophy; and with it I now regarded this whole voyage of the Pequod, and...

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...ued force Of meditation on the inhuman deeds Of those who conquered first the Indian Isles, Went single in his ministry across INTRODUCTION—CHILDHOOD ... ...with deepest radiance, stood alone Beneath the sky, as if I had been born On Indian plains, and from my mother’s hut Had run abroad in wantonness, to ... ...ing tales! we bless you then, 525 Impostors, drivellers, dotards, as the ape Philosophy will call you: ‘then’ we feel With what, and how great might y... ...n the threshold, there I found Both elevation and composed delight: 120 With Indian awe and wonder, ignorance pleased With its own struggles, did I me... ... lorded over and possessed By naked huts, wood built, and sown like tents Or Indian cabins over the fresh lawns And by the river side. That very day, ... ...sinian privacy. I spake Of thee, thy chestnut woods, and garden plots 665 Of Indian corn tended by dark eyed maids; Thy lofty steeps, and pathways roo... ...g, And o’er the brawling beds of unbridged streams. 132 The Prelude of 1850 Philosophy, methinks, at Fancy’s call, Might deign to follow him through ... ...hat neither these nor aught Of wild belief engrafted on their names By false philosophy had caused the woe, 480 But a terrific reservoir of guilt And i...

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...as thus far ap propriate, that our Zenobia, however humble looked her new philosophy, had as much native pride as any queen would have known what to ... ...ppose. Blithedale was neither good nor bad. We should have resumed the old Indian name of the premises, had it possessed the oil and honey flow which ... ...moral as well as bodily faint heartedness, to observe the hardihood of her philosophy. She made no scruple of oversetting all human institutions, and ... ...ilking with the other. They further averred that we hoed up whole acres of Indian corn and other crops, and drew the earth carefully about the weeds; ... ...e venerable Apostle Eliot had preached there, two centuries gone by, to an Indian auditory. The old pine forest, through which the Apostle’s voice was... ...act of woodland as the great great great great grandson of one of Eliot’s Indians (had any such posterity been in existence) could have desired for t... ...se of the imagination widely opened) I used to see the holy Apostle of the Indians, with the sunlight flickering down upon him through the leaves, and...

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...d chief, to whom the defeats of our troops were ascribed. She rode like an Indian woman, astride, wearing a broad-rimmed man’s hat and a dark poncho. ... ...nd running short of ammunition, found his death at the hands of the Arauco Indians, the allies and auxiliaries of Gaspar Ruiz. This was the fatal affa... ...officer was pre- sented to her by Peneleo, the Araucanian chief; for these Indians, struck by her aspect, the deathly pal- lor of her face, which no e... ...e loose—eh? But the doctor, an observant Scotsman with much shrewdness and philosophy in his char- acter, told me that it was a very curious case of p... ...par Ruiz, though he had managed to raise all the Araucanian nation of wild Indians against us. Then a year or more later our Government became aware t... ... during a reconnaissance, my escort of a few troopers being speared by the Indians of his body- guard. I was saved from the same fate because he recog...

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...inued force Of meditation on the inhuman deeds Of the first conquerors of the Indian Isles, Went single in his ministry across The ocean, not to comfor... ... with a deep radiance, stood alone Beneath the sky, as if I had been born On Indian Plains, and from my Mother’s hut 305 Had run abroad in wantonness,... ...ess tales, we bless you then— 550 Impostors, drivellers, dotards, as the ape Philosophy will call you—then we feel With what, and how great might ye a... ...on this—but there I found 140 Enough to exalt, to chear me and compose. With Indian awe and wonder, ignorance Which even was cherished, did I meditate... ...ded over and possessed 450 By naked huts, wood built, and sown like tents Or Indian cabins over the fresh lawns And by the river side. That day we firs... ...yssinian privacy—I spake 595 Of thee, thy chestnut woods and garden plots Of Indian corn tended by dark eyed maids, Thy lofty steeps, and pathways roo... ...was neither these nor aught Of wild belief engrafted on their names By false philosophy, that caused the woe, But that it was a reservoir of guilt And... ... it. This was the time when, all things tending fast 810 To depravation, the philosophy That promised to abstract the hopes of man Out of his feelings... ...s their aim Plans without thought, or bottomed on false thought 75 And false philosophy; having brought to test Of solid life and true result the book...

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...any chance of distinction. No need to say much of his mastering the picked Indian swordsmen in single combat: he knew their trick, and was quick to sa... ...nearly black in their minds. Well, and Englishmen have been known to marry Indian princesses: some have a liking for negresses. There are Nubians rath... ... to condemn Lord Ormont in his quarrel with the Commissioner of one of the Indian provinces, who had the support of the Governor of his Presidency and... ...es- tablishment: one party for our modern English magisterial methods with Indians, the other for the decisive Oriental at the early time, to suit the... ...val of the sharp and summary of the sword in air when we have to deal with Indians. They chose to regard it as a matter of the dealing with Indians, a... ...as flung, and sees it gone while fortune is undecided; and he catches at a philosophy nothing other than his hug of a mod- est little background pleas...