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... appears in this region to have given place to the Silurian slates , and the soil resembles in some degree those of the upper Silurian slates , which I afterwards saw in the wheat region of western New York . The president of the county ...
... appears in this region to have given place to the Silurian slates , and the soil resembles in some degree those of the upper Silurian slates , which I afterwards saw in the wheat region of western New York . The president of the county ...
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... These Irish settlers struck me as representing industry personified . I saw many others of the same nation , afterwards , of whom I could not speak so well . The THE GRAND FALLS . 65 labour they undergo appears severe.
... These Irish settlers struck me as representing industry personified . I saw many others of the same nation , afterwards , of whom I could not speak so well . The THE GRAND FALLS . 65 labour they undergo appears severe.
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James Finlay Weir Johnston. THE GRAND FALLS . 65 labour they undergo appears severe ; but I am told , by those who have themselves gone through it , that it is not really so severe as it appears to be , and that it is by no means ...
James Finlay Weir Johnston. THE GRAND FALLS . 65 labour they undergo appears severe ; but I am told , by those who have themselves gone through it , that it is not really so severe as it appears to be , and that it is by no means ...
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... appears rising about twenty feet above the river bed , and dipping down the stream at a high angle . But , above the section of rock , a deep bed of what appeared to be rolled slate - drift fills up the break - as if the ledge of rock ...
... appears rising about twenty feet above the river bed , and dipping down the stream at a high angle . But , above the section of rock , a deep bed of what appeared to be rolled slate - drift fills up the break - as if the ledge of rock ...
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... appear a gross exaggeration to a European eye which has never witnessed the inimit- able splendour of the reality . The bright gold of the American elm mingles in these landscapes with the red , crimson , and orange of the poplar and ...
... appear a gross exaggeration to a European eye which has never witnessed the inimit- able splendour of the reality . The bright gold of the American elm mingles in these landscapes with the red , crimson , and orange of the poplar and ...
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Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1 James Finlay Weir Johnston Visualização integral - 1851 |
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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.