Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1W. Blackwood and Sons, 1851 - 415 páginas |
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... side of the bit , alternately , and giving a corresponding pressure with his leg , which forces the animal to move either the two off or the two near legs simultaneously , producing thereby an easy glissade step . It has been compared ...
... side of the bit , alternately , and giving a corresponding pressure with his leg , which forces the animal to move either the two off or the two near legs simultaneously , producing thereby an easy glissade step . It has been compared ...
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... side of the sea . Before reaching Windsor , we passed , at a short distance on our left , a Church of England college , also finely situated , but said not to be so well frequented , or in so flourishing a condition , as its friends ...
... side of the sea . Before reaching Windsor , we passed , at a short distance on our left , a Church of England college , also finely situated , but said not to be so well frequented , or in so flourishing a condition , as its friends ...
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... side of this desert are some most royal farms - some of the best , perhaps , in the pro- vince - containing the rich lowlands under the mountain ; but the plain is given up to the geese , who are so wretched poor that the foxes won't ...
... side of this desert are some most royal farms - some of the best , perhaps , in the pro- vince - containing the rich lowlands under the mountain ; but the plain is given up to the geese , who are so wretched poor that the foxes won't ...
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... the Digby Gut , formed a long narrow island , having the Bay of Fundy on one side and the Strait of Annapolis on the other . But the natural entrance of the tide into the strait OF THE VALLEY OF ANNAPOLIS . 27 between the two.
... the Digby Gut , formed a long narrow island , having the Bay of Fundy on one side and the Strait of Annapolis on the other . But the natural entrance of the tide into the strait OF THE VALLEY OF ANNAPOLIS . 27 between the two.
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... side , or which the tides themselves might tear from them . Thus a growing sandbank , and finally a bar , would be estab- lished in the strait , which would be a virtual water - shed , separating , as now , the tidal waters of the Bay ...
... side , or which the tides themselves might tear from them . Thus a growing sandbank , and finally a bar , would be estab- lished in the strait , which would be a virtual water - shed , separating , as now , the tidal waters of the Bay ...
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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.