The Foreign Quarterly Review, Volume 15Treuttel and Würtz, Treuttel, Jun, and Richter, 1835 |
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... feet of what was probably the principal trunk ; the individual branches were from thirty to forty feet long , and about the same thickness as the main stem from which they issued . The entire length of the plant may be estimated at ...
... feet of what was probably the principal trunk ; the individual branches were from thirty to forty feet long , and about the same thickness as the main stem from which they issued . The entire length of the plant may be estimated at ...
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... feet above the level of the sea during the last great earthquake in 1822. The millions of plants and animals which once animated the surface of these cliffs , while they were yet covered by the waves , have all dried up . The beautiful ...
... feet above the level of the sea during the last great earthquake in 1822. The millions of plants and animals which once animated the surface of these cliffs , while they were yet covered by the waves , have all dried up . The beautiful ...
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... feet high , where they collected a great number of new plants , among which were a rose and a parmelia , both of extraordinary beauty . The rock consists of green porphyry , with large masses of felspar , which occasionally stands out ...
... feet high , where they collected a great number of new plants , among which were a rose and a parmelia , both of extraordinary beauty . The rock consists of green porphyry , with large masses of felspar , which occasionally stands out ...
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... feet deep , and great masses of rock impend over the foot - path , fragments of which occasionally rolled down . At length , about four in the afternoon , we reached the limit of eternal snow on the Monte Impossible . The boulders on ...
... feet deep , and great masses of rock impend over the foot - path , fragments of which occasionally rolled down . At length , about four in the afternoon , we reached the limit of eternal snow on the Monte Impossible . The boulders on ...
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... feet . We subjoin an account of some remarkable petrifactions . " Towards three o'clock we left the Quesaria , and entered upon the most fatiguing road which we had yet had to travel ; it lasted above two hours , and ran along the ...
... feet . We subjoin an account of some remarkable petrifactions . " Towards three o'clock we left the Quesaria , and entered upon the most fatiguing road which we had yet had to travel ; it lasted above two hours , and ran along the ...
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Página 250 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Página 252 - The industry of the society can augment only in proportion as its capital augments, and its capital can augment only in proportion to what can be gradually saved out of its revenue.
Página 256 - Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Página 55 - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
Página 289 - And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Página 49 - Mentre che io canto, o Iddio redentore, Vedo la Italia tutta a fiama ea foco Per questi Galli, che con gran valore Vengon per disertar non so che loco...
Página 183 - ... and for wages which are little more than sufficient to support a somewhat cheerless and hopeless life. Agriculture has in this way been destroyed in some of the Eastern States, and, what is worse, so has commerce. Touching the effects of protection on New England, Mr. Atkinson says, in the admirable pamphlet the title of which stands at the head of this article : — " I think Boston to-day affords a good illustration of the evils of protection. The conditions of soil, climate, and coast indicated...
Página 256 - Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Página 250 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our oWn industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage.
Página 325 - It is, in fine, the table land between the waters of Hudson's Bay and the Mexican Gulf. It also gives rise to the remotest tributaries of the River St. Louis, which, through Lake Superior and its connecting chain, may be considered as furnishing the head waters of the St. Lawrence.