Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 6F. Hunt, 1842 |
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... existence . Hence it is , that philosophers in all ages have devoted their time and energies to the laborious task of ascer- taining the laws by which the world of matter and the world of mind are governed , and the truths which they ...
... existence . Hence it is , that philosophers in all ages have devoted their time and energies to the laborious task of ascer- taining the laws by which the world of matter and the world of mind are governed , and the truths which they ...
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... existence by our commerce ! The inhabitants of Barbary can be enumerated under three heads , Moors , Arabs , and Berbers ; in manners , customs , and religion , they are similar . The Moors form the greater proportion of city population ...
... existence by our commerce ! The inhabitants of Barbary can be enumerated under three heads , Moors , Arabs , and Berbers ; in manners , customs , and religion , they are similar . The Moors form the greater proportion of city population ...
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... existence of a new world west of the Atlantic ; and during the sixteenth century , the coasts of those territories were frequently examined in search of passages of communication between that ocean and the Pacific . In the course of ...
... existence of a new world west of the Atlantic ; and during the sixteenth century , the coasts of those territories were frequently examined in search of passages of communication between that ocean and the Pacific . In the course of ...
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... existence of shoals . Although these islands afford no vegetable substances for the direct use of man , they are , on the other hand , covered with luxuriant grasses , ad- mirably adapted for the support of cattle . Before the ...
... existence of shoals . Although these islands afford no vegetable substances for the direct use of man , they are , on the other hand , covered with luxuriant grasses , ad- mirably adapted for the support of cattle . Before the ...
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... existence of the islands which can be considered as distinct , is contained in the account of the voyage of John Davis , the commander of one of the vessels in the English squadron sent to the Pa- cific under Cavendish in 1591 , written ...
... existence of the islands which can be considered as distinct , is contained in the account of the voyage of John Davis , the commander of one of the vessels in the English squadron sent to the Pa- cific under Cavendish in 1591 , written ...
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Página 28 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Página 28 - No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of...
Página 203 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Página 202 - And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones : there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Página 258 - All notes in writing, made and signed by any person, whereby he shall promise to pay to any other person, or his order, or to the order of any other person, or unto the bearer, any sum of money therein mentioned, shall be due and payable as therein expressed ; and shall have the same effect, and be negotiable in like manner, as inland bills of exchange, according to the custom of merchants.
Página 28 - We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries ; no climate that is not witness to their toils.
Página 28 - Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles.
Página 240 - The question in this case is, whether the intelligence of extrinsic circumstances, which might influence the price of the commodity, and which was exclusively within the knowledge of the vendee, ought to have been communicated by him to the vendor. The court is of opinion that he was not bound to communicate it. It would be difficult to circumscribe the contrary doctrine within proper limits, where the means of intelligence are equally accessible to both parties. But at the same time, each party...
Página 356 - Keb., 115, 132, which was an action by the indorsee against the drawer of a bill of exchange. 'The...
Página 312 - After we had rounded the promontory, a large bay, as we had imagined, opened to our view, that bore a very promising appearance, and into which we steered with every encouraging expectation.