In the middle of the sixteenth century, Spain was the incubus of Europe. Gloomy and portentous, she chilled the world with her baneful shadow. — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri. — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
The young nobles, of whom there were many, were volunteers, who had paid their own expenses in expectation of a golden harvest, and they… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him. — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded. — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days. — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
If any pale student, glued to his desk, here seek an apology for a way of life whose natural fruits is that pallid and… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte. — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses. — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
The monk, the inquisitor, and the Jesuit were lords of Spain,- sovereigns of her sovereign, for they had formed the dark and narrow mind… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
“Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. The narrator must seek to imbue… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
