The new American cyclopædia, ed. by G. Ripley and C.A. Dana, المجلد 8 |
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... north of Europe by children , under the name of St. John's bread , without any such result . Pickling and salting renders many innocuous . Agaricus mus- carius is one of the most injurious ; yet it is used as a means of intoxication by ...
... north of Europe by children , under the name of St. John's bread , without any such result . Pickling and salting renders many innocuous . Agaricus mus- carius is one of the most injurious ; yet it is used as a means of intoxication by ...
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... north- " from the land of darkness . " In 1337 the use of furs , which had become common in England , was prohibited by Edward III . to all persons not able to expend £ 100 per annum . The early trade of western Europe in furs was ...
... north- " from the land of darkness . " In 1337 the use of furs , which had become common in England , was prohibited by Edward III . to all persons not able to expend £ 100 per annum . The early trade of western Europe in furs was ...
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... north to the Arctic ocean , excepting that occupied by the French and Russians . They soon formed settlements upon the rivers which empty into Hudson's bay , and carried on their operations with great vigor and success . Though opposed ...
... north to the Arctic ocean , excepting that occupied by the French and Russians . They soon formed settlements upon the rivers which empty into Hudson's bay , and carried on their operations with great vigor and success . Though opposed ...
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... north and west . The vast Indian territories bordering the great tributaries of the Missouri and the Missis- sippi opened a boundless and almost unexplored field for the operations of the fur traders . Hostile tribes were often ...
... north and west . The vast Indian territories bordering the great tributaries of the Missouri and the Missis- sippi opened a boundless and almost unexplored field for the operations of the fur traders . Hostile tribes were often ...
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... north and the Rus- sians on the north - west . He sought an associa- tion with the north - west company of Canada , to whom he could offer a means of shipment of furs from the Pacific coast to China , a privilege which was monopolized ...
... north and the Rus- sians on the north - west . He sought an associa- tion with the north - west company of Canada , to whom he could offer a means of shipment of furs from the Pacific coast to China , a privilege which was monopolized ...
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الصفحة 241 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
الصفحة 239 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
الصفحة 68 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
الصفحة 268 - Imagine now the centre of such a continent, occupied through nearly its whole extent by a deep unbroken sea of ice, that gathers perennial increase from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking outlets at every fiord and valley, rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it...
الصفحة 174 - the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great preponderance of good — that I ever saw in any character in my life.
الصفحة 245 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
الصفحة 334 - I am fond of people, and that every one feels directly — young and old. I pass without pretension through the world, and that gratifies men. I never bemoralise any one — always seek out the good that is in them, and leave what is bad to him who made mankind, and knows how to round off the angles. In this way I make myself happy and comfortable.
الصفحة 142 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
الصفحة 107 - He was a member of the convention to revise the constitution of Pennsylvania, in 1789, and for two succeeding years he was representative of the State legislature.
الصفحة 90 - Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor ; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persons of all colors,