The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, المجلد 1Samuel Mills, 1809 |
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... SOCIETY IN GERMANY , OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN PHILADELPHIA , AND OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN MASSACHUSETTS . THE SECOND IN TWO VOLUMES , VOLUME I ; EDITION , CORRECTED AND MUCH ENLARGED . BURLINGTON , VT . PRINTED BY ...
... SOCIETY IN GERMANY , OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN PHILADELPHIA , AND OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN MASSACHUSETTS . THE SECOND IN TWO VOLUMES , VOLUME I ; EDITION , CORRECTED AND MUCH ENLARGED . BURLINGTON , VT . PRINTED BY ...
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... Society in Germany , of the " Philosophical Society in Philadelphia , and of the academy of arts and Sciences in Massachusetts . In two Volumes . Volume I. The second edition , corrected and much enlarged . " In conformity to the act of ...
... Society in Germany , of the " Philosophical Society in Philadelphia , and of the academy of arts and Sciences in Massachusetts . In two Volumes . Volume I. The second edition , corrected and much enlarged . " In conformity to the act of ...
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... ac- curate or impartial observations , on the manners , customs , language , abilities , or state of society , among the Indians . Prejudiced by their sordid manners , and enraged by their barbarities , the men PREFACE .
... ac- curate or impartial observations , on the manners , customs , language , abilities , or state of society , among the Indians . Prejudiced by their sordid manners , and enraged by their barbarities , the men PREFACE .
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... society , and what was disadvantageous and degrading . AN object of still higher magnitude and im- portance , has been presented to our view by the American Revolution . The first settlers in the British colonies were left in a great ...
... society , and what was disadvantageous and degrading . AN object of still higher magnitude and im- portance , has been presented to our view by the American Revolution . The first settlers in the British colonies were left in a great ...
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... society had before produced . HAVING assumed their rank among the na- tions of the earth , the states of America now present to the world a new state of society ; founded on principles , containing arrangements , and producing effects ...
... society had before produced . HAVING assumed their rank among the na- tions of the earth , the states of America now present to the world a new state of society ; founded on principles , containing arrangements , and producing effects ...
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الصفحة 152 - Chatsworth, with the print of the toad upon it, and tradition of the manner in which it was found. In the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, there is an account of a toad found alive and healthy in the heart of a very thick elm, without the smallest entrance or egress.
الصفحة 140 - Swallow was iu a torpid state, but being held in their hands, it revived in about half an hour. The place where this Swallow was dug up was every day covered with the salt water, which at every high tide, was four or five feet deep. The time when this Swallow was found was the latter part of the month of February...
الصفحة 24 - Champlain, thence through the middle of the deepest channel of Lake Champlain, to the eastward of the Islands called the Four Brothers, and the westward of the Islands called the...
الصفحة 317 - Canada; and immediately, in token of friendship, we hung up the kettle, and took up the hatchet, and with one consent, assisted Colonel Nicholson, in making preparations on this side the lake : but at length, we were told our great queen, by some important affairs, was prevented in her design at present, which made us sorrowful, lest the French, who had hitherto dreaded us, should now think us unable to make war against them.
الصفحة 22 - Declare the Western Banks of the River Connecticut, from where it enters the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, as far North as the forty-fifth Degree of Northern Latitude, to be the Boundary Line between the said two Provinces of New Hampshire and New York.
الصفحة 317 - We were mightily rejoiced when we heard our great queen had resolved to send an army to reduce Canada, and immediately, in token of friendship, we hung up the kettle, and took up the hatchet, and with one consent assisted Colonel Nicholson in making preparations on this side the lake; but at length we were told our great queen, by some important affairs, was prevented in her design at present, which made us sorrowful, lest the French, who had hitherto dreaded ut<, should now think us unable to make...
الصفحة 202 - In conversation they are sprightly ; but solemn and serious in their messages relating to public affairs. Their speakers deliver themselves with surprising force and great propriety of gesture. The fierceness of their countenances, the flowing blanket, elevated tone, naked arm, and erect stature, with a half circle of auditors seated on the ground, and in the open air, cannot but impress upon the mind a lively idea of the ancient orators of Greece and Rome.
الصفحة 392 - Here we were fully in expectation that the disturbance would have concluded; and our little army began to move; but in a short time we saw the front division driven back, and discovered that we were entirely encircled by the savages. We expected every moment that the guard, which the French, by the articles of capitulation, had agreed to allow us would have arrived, and put an end to our apprehensions; but none appeared.
الصفحة 24 - Champlain; then through the middle of deepest channel of Lake Champlain to the eastward of the islands called the Four Brothers, and the westward of the islands called the Grand Isle and Long Isle, or the Two Heroes, and to the westward of the Isle La Motte to the line in the 45th degree of north latitude; established by treaty for the boundary line between the United States and the British Dominions.
الصفحة 21 - River, at three miles distance, on the north side thereof, beginning at the Atlantic Ocean and ending at a point due north of Pautucket Falls, and a straight line drawn from thence, due west, till it meets with His Majesty's other Governments.