. The hunter-naturalist; romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Hunting; Natural history. 26 WILD SCENES AND WILD The pomp of her heroic games, And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the clarion's call, In some pi'oud castle's high arched hall" —we have tlie most illustrious period of our race, in which, through the expansion of the higher virtues, woman emerged to her true place, and stood forth in light—the angel of the fireside! Though the feudal age was partial in its immediate eflfects, and the masses were still held in rude vassalage, yet such de
. The hunter-naturalist; romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Hunting; Natural history. 26 WILD SCENES AND WILD The pomp of her heroic games, And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the clarion's call, In some pi'oud castle's high arched hall" —we have tlie most illustrious period of our race, in which, through the expansion of the higher virtues, woman emerged to her true place, and stood forth in light—the angel of the fireside! Though the feudal age was partial in its immediate eflfects, and the masses were still held in rude vassalage, yet such developments as came to and for the few, were large and grand. Then came the accession, though it was much confined to the privileged classes, of that bold individuality which dared to question any despotism, or hoary precedent for truth, and out of which emancipation, sprung those liberal opinions which have so far through blood and " terror" worked out the modern ideas of liberty and equality. Thence came, too, those regal impulses—those mild and liberal sentiments, which in their open-handed dispensations fell like the benedic- tion of blessed dews from heaven, upon the feverish embittered struggle of man with man; and which cooled down their heat, restoring that calm, mutual faith, that is the basis of any. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Webber, Charles W. (Charles Wilkins), 1819-1856. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo
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