Brothers sometimes would differ : neither would he compare the Friendship between him and them to a Chain, for the rain might sometimes rust it, or a tree might fall and break it; but he should consider them as the same flesh and blood with the Christians,... The Herald of Peace - Page 2931821Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1858 - 482 pages
...you, I will not compare to a chain ; for the rains may rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts, — we are all one flesh and blood." 10. Touched by this warm-hearted and generous address, the Indians... | |
| William Hone - 1859 - 918 pages
...and brothers somttimes would differ: neither would he compare the friendship between him and them to a chain ; for the rain might sometimes rust it, or...presented it to the Sachem who wore the horn in the chaplet, and desired him and the other Sachems to preserve it carefully for three generations ; that... | |
| George Bancroft - 1855 - 516 pages
...will not compare to a chain ; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts; we are all one flesh and blood." This treaty of peace and friendship was made under the open sky, by... | |
| Thomas W. Kelly - 1861 - 212 pages
...them share " The hunter's joy, but not the hunter's carec ; • " I will not compare our friendship to a chain ; for the rain might sometimes rust it, or a tree might fall and break it." — W. Penn's Speech to the Indians. — See Edinburgh Review on Clarkson's Life of Penn. b See Colderis... | |
| 1861 - 308 pages
...I will not compare to a chain, for that the rains may rust, or tho falling tree may break : we are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts ; we are all one flesh and blood." The impression made upon the minds of the Indians by Penn, at this... | |
| Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 360 pages
...and brothers sometimes would differ ; neither would he compare the friendship between him and them to a chain, for the rain might sometimes rust it, or...might fall and break it ; but he should consider them the same flesh and blood with the Christians, and the same as if one man's body were to be divided... | |
| James Hamilton Fyfe - 1863 - 286 pages
...parents sometimes chide their children too severely; nor brothers only, for brothers differ. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts ; we are all one flesh and blood." The Indian king responded with grave enthusiasm. " We will live,"... | |
| Henry Howard Brownell - 1863 - 554 pages
...will not compare to a chain ; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts; we are all one flesh and blood." In reply, the chiefs said, "We will live in love with William Penn... | |
| Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...and brothers sometimes would differ; neither would he compare the friendship between him and them to a chain, for the rain might sometimes rust it, or...up the parchment, and presented it to the Sachem, and desired him and the other Sachems to preserve it carefully for three generations, that their children... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - 1864 - 200 pages
...I will not •compare to a chain, for that the rains might rust and the falling tree break: we are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts; we are all one flesh and blood." This plain talk, and the truthful spirit that prompted it, impressed... | |
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