 | Francis Parkman - 1875 - 406 pages
...divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration ; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in life, or a desire...seven or eight days we had brought our preparations nearly to a close. Meanwhile our friends had completed theirs, and, becoming tired of Westport, they... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1892 - 410 pages
...divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration ; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in life, or a desire...certain it is, that multitudes bitterly repent the journej, and, after they have reached the land of promise, are happy enough to escape from it. In the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1898 - 286 pages
...divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in life, or a desire...seven or eight days we had brought our preparations nearly to a close. Meanwhile our friends had completed theirs, and, becoming tired of Westport, they... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1900 - 542 pages
...to this migration; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in lifo, or a desire of shaking off restraints of law and society,...seven or eight days we had brought our preparations nearly to a close. Meanwhile our friends had completed theirs, and, becoming tired of Wostport, they... | |
 | George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes - 1900 - 248 pages
...various motives that give impulse to this strange migration ; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in life, or a desire...land of promise are happy enough to escape from it. I. Definitions: (1) e quip'ments, necessary supplies ; (1) lev'ee (-e), an embankment to prevent the... | |
 | Clinton A. Snowden - 1909 - 650 pages
...but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in life, or a desire to shake off restraints of law and society, or mere restlessness,...of promise, are happy enough to escape from it."* Having chosen their officers and completed their organization, these parties moved away, one after... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1910 - 574 pages
...the various motives that give impulse to this strange migration; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in life, or a desire...journey, and after they have reached the land of promise 2 are happy enough to escape from it. In the course of seven or eight days we had brought our preparations... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1910 - 402 pages
...of a better condition in life, or a desire of shaking off restraints of law and society, or mere 15 restlessness, certain it is, that multitudes bitterly...seven or eight days we had brought our preparations nearly to a close. Meanwhile our friends had 20 completed theirs, and, becoming tired of Westport,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1912 - 464 pages
...the various motives that give impulse to this strange migration; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in life, or a desire of shaking off restraint of law and society, or mere restlessness, certain it is that multitudes bitterly repent the... | |
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The emigrants, however, are not all of this stamp. Among them are some of the vilest outcasts in the country. I have often perplexed myself to divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration ; but whatever they may be, whether an insane... 
