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... leaving the province in considerable numbers , was construed into an indication that the province was inferior , as a place of residence , to the states and provinces to which they emi- grated . Alarmists made it a topic of melancholy ...
... leaving the province in considerable numbers , was construed into an indication that the province was inferior , as a place of residence , to the states and provinces to which they emi- grated . Alarmists made it a topic of melancholy ...
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... Leaving Mr Gray's , we continued our drive up the river . Hitherto we had been upon the grey sandstones , some beds of which , from the quantity of earthy felspar cement they contain , are capable of yielding soils of fair quality . We ...
... Leaving Mr Gray's , we continued our drive up the river . Hitherto we had been upon the grey sandstones , some beds of which , from the quantity of earthy felspar cement they contain , are capable of yielding soils of fair quality . We ...
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... leaving the straw in the field uncut extensively prevails . Besides the grain , as much as three tons of excellent fodder may be generally reaped from an acre of Indian corn of the taller varieties . The advantage of this , not only in ...
... leaving the straw in the field uncut extensively prevails . Besides the grain , as much as three tons of excellent fodder may be generally reaped from an acre of Indian corn of the taller varieties . The advantage of this , not only in ...
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... leaving the town we turned to the left , forsaking the river , and taking an inland road , for the purpose of passing through some of the new settlements in this county . Jacksontown , at the distance of five or six miles , was the ...
... leaving the town we turned to the left , forsaking the river , and taking an inland road , for the purpose of passing through some of the new settlements in this county . Jacksontown , at the distance of five or six miles , was the ...
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... leaving the province , was too brittle for casting , but it was said to make good malleable bars and steel . I visited the works on my return down the river , and it appeared to me , considering all the circumstances , that the company ...
... leaving the province , was too brittle for casting , but it was said to make good malleable bars and steel . I visited the works on my return down the river , and it appeared to me , considering all the circumstances , that the company ...
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Página 419 - Every step in Scotland Is historical; the shades of the dead arise on every side; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and song."— Mtackwwid'e Mayasiite.
Página 196 - Having provided himself with a home, he commenced translating the record, by the gift and power of God, through the means of the Urim and Thummim ; and being a poor writer, he was under the necessity of employing a scribe to write the translation as it came from his mouth.
Página 195 - a curious instrument, called by the ancients the Urim and Thummim, which consisted of two transparent stones, clear as crystal, set in the two rims of a bow.
Página 421 - An extraordinary work, which has earned for itself a lasting place in the literature of the country, and within a few years found innumerable readers in every part of the globe. There is no book extant that treats so well of the period to the illustration of which Mr Alison's labours have been devoted. It exhibits great knowledge, patient research, indefatigable industry, and vast power.
Página 419 - Miss Strickland has not only been fortunate in the selection of her subject, but she has sustained to the full the high reputation for research which her previous writings have acquired. Her choice has indeed been evidently directed to that period when Scottish history assumes the highest interest, and connects itself most closely with the sympathies of the present day.