Debow's Review: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress and Resources, Nide 5James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell J. D. B. DeBow., 1848 |
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... called the Everglades , of immense extent , filled with islands , and which , it is supposed , may be rendered available by drainage . The central portion of the Peninsula is somewhat elevated , the high- est point being about 171 feet ...
... called the Everglades , of immense extent , filled with islands , and which , it is supposed , may be rendered available by drainage . The central portion of the Peninsula is somewhat elevated , the high- est point being about 171 feet ...
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... called for the interposition of Con- gress for the adjustment of land claims growing out of foreign juris- diction , was that of the Natchez District of West Florida . The surrender of this country by his Catholic Majesty , left the ...
... called for the interposition of Con- gress for the adjustment of land claims growing out of foreign juris- diction , was that of the Natchez District of West Florida . The surrender of this country by his Catholic Majesty , left the ...
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... called , is mostly conducted by Eastern vessels . The business of navigation is in some degree distinct from that of commerce , inasmuch as the former may be carried on by a country that has no productions , while the latter depends ...
... called , is mostly conducted by Eastern vessels . The business of navigation is in some degree distinct from that of commerce , inasmuch as the former may be carried on by a country that has no productions , while the latter depends ...
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... called Croton lake , covering 400 acres and containing 500,000,000 gallons , by the aqueduct , at a distance of 33 miles from Harlem river . That whole distance is connected by an uninterrupted conduit of stone and brick masonry . The ...
... called Croton lake , covering 400 acres and containing 500,000,000 gallons , by the aqueduct , at a distance of 33 miles from Harlem river . That whole distance is connected by an uninterrupted conduit of stone and brick masonry . The ...
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... the utmost satisfaction amongst those called together to witness the experiment . The action of the instrument was such as to give the earth left behind it the appearance of a field not 46 J. P. BENJAMIN'S ADDRESS ON AGRICULTURE .
... the utmost satisfaction amongst those called together to witness the experiment . The action of the instrument was such as to give the earth left behind it the appearance of a field not 46 J. P. BENJAMIN'S ADDRESS ON AGRICULTURE .
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Sivu 272 - Now, learn a parable of the fig-tree : when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors." Whatever the career and the fortunes of the
Sivu 307 - their extravagances, from the third book of the Dunciad : "All sudden gorgons hiss and dragons glare And ten horned fiends and giants rush to war; Hell rises, heaven descends and dance on earth, Gods, imps and monsters, music, rage and mirth. A fire, a jig, a battle and a ball, Till one wide conflagration swallows all.
Sivu 120 - An Act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing Land Offices in the districts east of the Island of Orleans. " The first section ratified all titles and claims derived from complete Spanish grants, and complete titles emanating from the British authorities in West Florida prior to the year 1783. which had been
Sivu 345 - every plant of the ßeld before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew.
Sivu 344 - [CONTINUED.] In the first chapter of Genesis we are told that "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." He then created " the grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit, whose seed is in itself, each after its kind.
Sivu 282 - us, there is a regulation that " No scholar shall take tobacco unless permitted by the President, with the consent of their parents and guardians, and on good reason first given by a physician, and then in a sober and private manner.
Sivu 310 - we have quoted, he continues: " But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks passage brings them in their own tongue, our sense, genius, and science in bales and hogsheads. Prairies,
Sivu 282 - by the President, with the consent of their parents and guardians, and on good reason first given by a physician, and then in a sober and private manner." We can't undertake to say how it is at Harvard University now,
Sivu 94 - (and this is a hint to those who think their own common sense is law.) that " nothing is law that is not reason;" a maxim, says Jones, " in theory excellent but in practice dangerous, as many rules true in the abstract are false in the concrete ; for since the
Sivu 66 - Wet with dew. • ...... Under any letter, denotes an extraordinary degree. By the combination of these letters, all the ordinary phenomena of the weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity. EXAMPLES. bcm Denotes Blue sky with detached opening clouds, but