 | Francis Parkman - 1869 - 494 Seiten
...advance, The mystery of the Cross shines forth ; " and renewed shouts of Vive le Roi closed the ceremony. On that day, the realm of France received on parchment...of the Alleghanies to the bare peaks of the Rocky Mountains, — a region of savannahs and forests, sun-cracked deserts, and grassy prairies, watered... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1870 - 452 Seiten
...advance, The mystery of the Cross shines forth;" and renewed shouts of Vive le Roi closed the ceremony. On that day, the realm of France received on parchment...of the Alleghanies to the bare peaks of the Rocky Mountains, — a region of savannahs and forests, sun-cracked deserts, and grassy prairies, watered... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1879 - 530 Seiten
...advance, The mystery of the Cross shines forth ; " and renewed shouts of Vive le Hoi closed the ceremony. On that day, the realm of France received on parchment...of the Alleghanies to the bare peaks of the Rocky Mountains, — a region of savannahs and forests, suncracked deserts, and grassy prairies, watered... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1879 - 380 Seiten
...le Hoi and volleys of musketry responded to his words. Then a cross was planted beside the column. On that day the realm of France received on parchment a stupendous accession ; and all by virtue of a feeble human voice, inaudible at half a mile. Louisiana was the name bestowed... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1880 - 528 Seiten
...advance, The mystery of the Cross shines forth ; " and renewed shouts of Vive le Roi closed the ceremony. On that day, the realm of France received on parchment...of the Alleghanies to the bare peaks of the Rocky Mountains, — a region of savannahs and forests, suncracked deserts, and grassy prairies, watered... | |
 | John Charles Dent - 1881 - 360 Seiten
...France and an inscription to Louis Le Grand. " On that day," says the writer already quoted 'from, <: the realm of France received on parchment a stupendous...borders of the Gulf, from the woody ridges of the Rocky Mountains — a region of savannahs and forests, sun-cracked deserts and grassy prairies, inhabited... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1883 - 412 Seiten
...le Roi and volleys of musketry responded to his words. Then a cross was planted beside the column. On that day the realm of France received on parchment a stupendous accession ; and all by virtue of a feeble human voice, inaudible at half a mile. Louisiana was the name bestowed... | |
 | Augustus Lynch Mason - 1884 - 1056 Seiten
...people. Then La Salle proclaimed aloud the French dominion. " On that day," says Francis Parkman, " the realm of France received on parchment a stupendous accession. The fertile lalains of Texas; the vast basin of the Mississippi, from its frozen northern springs to the sultry... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1885 - 522 Seiten
...advance, The mystery of the Cross shines forth ;" and renewed shouts of Vive le Hoi closed the ceremony. On that day, the realm of France received on parchment...ridges of the Alleghanies to the bare peaks of the Kocky Mountains,— a region of savannahs and forests, suncracked deserts, and grassy prairies, watered... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - 1887 - 458 Seiten
...which was drained by the Mississippi and its tributaries. On that day the monarchy of France received a stupendous accession. The fertile plains of Texas;...its frozen northern springs to the sultry borders of Louisiana ; from the woody ridges of the Alleghenies to the bare peaks of the Rocky Mountains, a region... | |
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On that day, the realm of France received on parchment a stupendous accession. The fertile plains of Texas; the vast basin of the Mississippi, from its frozen northern springs to the sultry borders of the Gulf ; from the woody ridges of the Alleghanies... 
