The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, المجلد 8George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... river and E. Can- ada creek ; area , about 530 sq . m .; pop . in 1855 , 23,284 . The soil is fertile and the surface uneven , with several mountainous elevations . The productions in 1855 were 33,903 tons of hay , 11,145 bushels of ...
... river and E. Can- ada creek ; area , about 530 sq . m .; pop . in 1855 , 23,284 . The soil is fertile and the surface uneven , with several mountainous elevations . The productions in 1855 were 33,903 tons of hay , 11,145 bushels of ...
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... river , a branch of the Maumee ; area , about 337 sq . m .; pop . in 1850 , 7,781 . It has an undulating surface and a fertile soil , suitable for grain and pastu- rage . The productions in 1850 were 81,847 bushels of wheat , 136,310 of ...
... river , a branch of the Maumee ; area , about 337 sq . m .; pop . in 1850 , 7,781 . It has an undulating surface and a fertile soil , suitable for grain and pastu- rage . The productions in 1850 were 81,847 bushels of wheat , 136,310 of ...
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... river , and several boats for steamboat companies in different parts of the United States , some of them for the Ohio and Mississippi rivers . In 1811 he was made one of the commissioners appointed by the legislature to explore the ...
... river , and several boats for steamboat companies in different parts of the United States , some of them for the Ohio and Mississippi rivers . In 1811 he was made one of the commissioners appointed by the legislature to explore the ...
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... rivers , lakes , and forests of these vast territories . They collected the skins in abundance , and found an increas- ing ... river , on the N. shore of Lake Superior . Their clerks and servants , of whom the former were mostly young ...
... rivers , lakes , and forests of these vast territories . They collected the skins in abundance , and found an increas- ing ... river , on the N. shore of Lake Superior . Their clerks and servants , of whom the former were mostly young ...
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... river and Hudson's bay . In 1844 an effort was made from St. Paul to get the furs of the Red river valley . The first year only $ 1,400 worth came that way ; in 1856 the value amounted to $ 75,000 . From Pembina , in 1857 , there were ...
... river and Hudson's bay . In 1844 an effort was made from St. Paul to get the furs of the Red river valley . The first year only $ 1,400 worth came that way ; in 1856 the value amounted to $ 75,000 . From Pembina , in 1857 , there were ...
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الصفحة 70 - 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 237 - 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. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
الصفحة 235 - 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 58 - County as a member of the convention to revise the constitution of the State.
الصفحة 170 - 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 264 - 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 237 - 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 140 - 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 237 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
الصفحة 242 - We hesitate not to say that Annexation, effected by any act or proceeding of the Federal Government, or any of its departments, would be identical with, dissolution.