Footprints of the Pioneers in the Ohio Valley a Centennial Sketch
Footprints of the Pioneers in the Ohio Valley a Centennial Sketch
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In whispers soft, and softer still, From hill to plain, . And ph^in to hill; Till e'en the thoughtless frolic bov, Elate with hope and wild with joy, Who gamboled by the river side And sported with the fretting tide. Feels something r. Ew pervade his breast, Change his light step, repress his jest, Bends o'er the flood his eager ear To catch the sounds far olT, yet dear — Drinks the sweet draft, but knows not why The tear of rapture fills his eye. '' For the sake of variety, let us place beside... these poetic and sentimental extracts a pen picture quite as realistic, drawn by our traveling acquaintance, Chris- tian Schultz. For idiomatic force, local color, and sublimity of slang, literature has scarcely a match for this once famous anecdote: "On the levee at Natchez two boatmen were engaged in a drunken quarrel, in- cited by the charms of a Choctaw inamorata. One said, ' I am a man ; I am a horse ; I am a team ; I can whip any man in all Kentucky, by ! ' The other replied, 'I am an alligator; half man, half horse; can whip any man on the Mississippi, l)v !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In whispers soft, and softer still, From hill to plain, . And ph^in to hill; Till e'en the thoughtless frolic bov, Elate with hope and wild with joy, Who gamboled by the river side And sported with the fretting tide. Feels something r. Ew pervade his breast, Change his light step, repress his jest, Bends o'er the flood his eager ear To catch the sounds far olT, yet dear — Drinks the sweet draft, but knows not why The tear of rapture fills his eye. '' For the sake of variety, let us place beside... these poetic and sentimental extracts a pen picture quite as realistic, drawn by our traveling acquaintance, Chris- tian Schultz. For idiomatic force, local color, and sublimity of slang, literature has scarcely a match for this once famous anecdote: "On the levee at Natchez two boatmen were engaged in a drunken quarrel, in- cited by the charms of a Choctaw inamorata. One said, ' I am a man ; I am a horse ; I am a team ; I can whip any man in all Kentucky, by ! ' The other replied, 'I am an alligator; half man, half horse; can whip any man on the Mississippi, l)v !
What to read after Footprints of the Pioneers in the Ohio Valley a Centennial Sketch?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Venable William Henry to read onlineMoreLess
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