Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge..., Volume 4Redfield and Lindsay, 1837 |
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... kind ever executed in the United States . The views of CHARLESTON , ALBANY , AUBURN , and COOPERSTOWN , have been pronounced , by all acquainted with those places , to be extremely accurate . The different heads given in the work , as ...
... kind ever executed in the United States . The views of CHARLESTON , ALBANY , AUBURN , and COOPERSTOWN , have been pronounced , by all acquainted with those places , to be extremely accurate . The different heads given in the work , as ...
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... kind of nutriment ; but their into four parts . Their base is formed by a light fuli- more general predilection is in favour of the acorn , ginous down , which is followed by a dusky portion . on which they rapidly fatten . When an ...
... kind of nutriment ; but their into four parts . Their base is formed by a light fuli- more general predilection is in favour of the acorn , ginous down , which is followed by a dusky portion . on which they rapidly fatten . When an ...
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... kind of bridge about a foot in breadth . The conceive my surprise when I saw my own favourite trap being now finished , the owner places a quantity bird , and discovered that it had recognised the dog , of Indian corn in its centre , as ...
... kind of bridge about a foot in breadth . The conceive my surprise when I saw my own favourite trap being now finished , the owner places a quantity bird , and discovered that it had recognised the dog , of Indian corn in its centre , as ...
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... kind of dwarf - camel , which is a native of Peru ; and it was the only beast of burden employed by the ancient inhabitants of that country . It is easily tamed , feeds on moss , and being admirably adapted for traversing its usual ...
... kind of dwarf - camel , which is a native of Peru ; and it was the only beast of burden employed by the ancient inhabitants of that country . It is easily tamed , feeds on moss , and being admirably adapted for traversing its usual ...
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... kind of fish- ing ; the squaws paddling the canoes with admirable skill and dexterity . There is another mode of fish- ing in which these people also excel : this is fishing on the ice when the lakes are frozen over - a sport that ...
... kind of fish- ing ; the squaws paddling the canoes with admirable skill and dexterity . There is another mode of fish- ing in which these people also excel : this is fishing on the ice when the lakes are frozen over - a sport that ...
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Page 171 - But you who are wise must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.
Page 313 - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 300 - Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 223 - In thus admitting their separation from the crown of these kingdoms, I have sacrificed every consideration of my own to the wishes and opinion of my people. I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire...
Page 88 - ... two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got his head in her armes, and laid her owne upon his to save him from death...
Page 171 - ... several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good for nothing.
Page 50 - She told me that there was plenty of venison and jerked buffalo meat, and that on removing the ashes I should find a cake. But my watch had struck her fancy, and her curiosity had to be gratified by an immediate sight of it.
Page 223 - I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God, that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire; and that America may be free from...
Page 443 - ... the west, stretching away to the north and the south, it commands a view of the Blue Ridge for a hundred and fifty miles, and brings under the eye one of the boldest and most beautiful horizons in the world; while, on the east, it presents an extent of prospect bounded only by the spherical form of the earth, in which...
Page 246 - Shoals), flanked by numerous gunboats, four frigates, and a battery of guns and mortars on an Island in their Van ; but nothing could withstand the Squadron your Lordship did me the honour to place under my command.