Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge..., Volume 4Redfield and Lindsay, 1837 |
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... rocks or morasses ; in consequence of tised , and almost unknown . It was undoubtedly which the grant promoted but little the cause which owing to this unhappy state of affairs that , about the it was designed to subserve . commencement ...
... rocks or morasses ; in consequence of tised , and almost unknown . It was undoubtedly which the grant promoted but little the cause which owing to this unhappy state of affairs that , about the it was designed to subserve . commencement ...
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... rock five hun- dred feet high by a ladder - stairs in twenty minutes , or at the rate of twenty - five feet in a minute : his efforts are thus already impaired , and the performance re- duced to only 3875 in a minute . But , with the ...
... rock five hun- dred feet high by a ladder - stairs in twenty minutes , or at the rate of twenty - five feet in a minute : his efforts are thus already impaired , and the performance re- duced to only 3875 in a minute . But , with the ...
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... rock , of granite formation , and roundish in form , are scattered over the surface of the prairies . They are usually called by the inhabitants " lost rocks . " They weigh from one thousand to ten or twelve thousand pounds are entirely ...
... rock , of granite formation , and roundish in form , are scattered over the surface of the prairies . They are usually called by the inhabitants " lost rocks . " They weigh from one thousand to ten or twelve thousand pounds are entirely ...
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... Rock . ] tions were promptly made by him . Fifteen thousand was. AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES . THE cut above represents an inscription found upon a rock at Dighton , Massachusetts , which has given rise to much speculation , and to many ...
... Rock . ] tions were promptly made by him . Fifteen thousand was. AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES . THE cut above represents an inscription found upon a rock at Dighton , Massachusetts , which has given rise to much speculation , and to many ...
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... rocks , which might easily be formed into com- modious sepulchral vaults ; and where such natural caves were wanting , sepulchres were hewn in the rock for such families as were able to incur the necessary expense ; for this was the ...
... rocks , which might easily be formed into com- modious sepulchral vaults ; and where such natural caves were wanting , sepulchres were hewn in the rock for such families as were able to incur the necessary expense ; for this was the ...
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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.