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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
ancis, at Green Bay, on site of Fort Howard about 1718-21, is destroyed, to keep it from the Indians......1728 Expedition fitted against the Fox Indians by the Marquis de Beauharnois ascends the Fox River, burning deserted Indian villages......August, 1728 Expedition against the Fox Indians under De Villiers......1730 Fort La Baye built by the French on the site of Fort Howard......1730 Expedition against the Sacs and Foxes by the French under De Noyelle......1735 Legardeur Saint Pierre, commandant at Lake Pepin, evacuates his post, fearing massacre by the Indians......1737 Massacre of eleven Frenchmen at Green Bay, by the Menomonee Indians......1758 Wisconsin becomes English territory......Sept. 8, 1760 Captain Belfour and Lieutenant Gorrell with English troops occupy Green Bay, which Belfour names Fort Edward Augustus......Oct. 12, 1761 English abandon Fort Edward Augustus on account of the Pontiac War, cross Lake Michigan to L'Arbre Croche and thence to Mo
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 30: addresses before colleges and lyceums.—active interest in reforms.—friendships.—personal life.—1845-1850. (search)
me spirit is discerned. What he said was an effluence rather than a composition. His style was not formal or architectural in shape or proportion, but natural and flowing. Others seem to construct, to build; he bears us forward on an unbroken stream. If we seek a parallel for him as writer, we must turn our backs upon England, and repair to France. Meditating on the glowing thought of Pascal, the persuasive sweetness of Fenelon, the constant and comprehensive benevolence of the Abbe Saint Pierre, we may be reminded of Channing. . . . His eloquence had not the character and fashion of forensic effort or parliamentary debate; it mounted above these, into an atmosphere unattempted by the applauded orators of the world. Whenever he spoke or wrote, it was with loftiest purpose, as his works attest,—not for public display, not to advance himself, not on any question of pecuniary interest, not under any worldly temptation, but to promote the love of God and man. Here are untried founts
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 41: search for health.—journey to Europe.—continued disability.—1857-1858. (search)
ille, where I arrived about five o'clock; kindly received; chateau three or four centuries old; was warned particularly by M. de T. not to wear a white cravat at dinner,—that the habits of country life in France were less formal than in England. Nobody here but M. and Madame de T. and an elderly French lady. August 12. Dejeuner at half-past 10 o'clock; then a walk with M. de Tocqueville in the grounds; then conversation and reading at home; afterwards a drive to the neighboring town of St. Pierre, and a call at the Chateau de St. Pierre, now belonging to M. Blangy, with its beautiful park, where the Abbe St. Pierre was born; then home to dinner at seven o'clock; in the evening the ladies play at billiards. August 13. Another pleasant day. Mr. Hammond, the British consul at Cherbourg, came over with his two daughters to pass the day. M. de T. took us to visit Barfleur, and also the heights of Epernel, from which the whole country about could be seen; view admirable; caught in rai
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 1. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Narrative and legendary poems (search)
ng to the refectory, Rousseau said tome, with his heart overflowing, At this moment I experience what is said in the gospel: Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. There is here a feeling of peace and happiness which penetrates the soul. I said, If Fenelon had lived, you would have been a Catholic. He exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, Oh, if Fenelon were alive, I would struggle to get into his service, even as a lackey! In my sketch of Saint Pierre, it will be seen that I have somewhat antedated the period of his old age. At that time he was not probably more than fifty. In describing him, I have by no means exaggerated his own history of his mental condition at the period of the story. In the fragmentary Sequel to his Studies of Nature, he thus speaks of himself: The ingratitude of those of whom I had deserved kindness, unexpected family misfortunes, the total loss of my small patrimony through enterprises solely undertaken for t