Quotes of Francis Parkman - somelinesforyou

“ The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue… ”

- Francis Parkman

“ The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue… ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue… ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Few passages of history are more striking than those which record the efforts of the earlier French Jesuits to convert the Indians. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ The raft was at length complete. We piled our goods upon it, with the exception of our guns, which each man chose to retain in his own keeping. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue… ”

- Francis Parkman

“ We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue… ”

- Francis Parkman

“ We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions. ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue… ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue… ”

- Francis Parkman

“ Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue… ”

- Francis Parkman

“ We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie. ”

- Francis Parkman
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3