Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge..., Volume 4Redfield and Lindsay, 1837 |
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... surface of snow . They are harnessed in a line , sometimes to the number of eight or ten , and they perform their work with speed , steadiness , and perseverance . Captain Lyon , when he visited the Arctick regions , had nine of these ...
... surface of snow . They are harnessed in a line , sometimes to the number of eight or ten , and they perform their work with speed , steadiness , and perseverance . Captain Lyon , when he visited the Arctick regions , had nine of these ...
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... surface of the prairies . They are usually called by the inhabitants " lost rocks . " They weigh from one thousand to ten or twelve thousand pounds are entirely detached , and are frequently found at the distance of several miles from ...
... surface of the prairies . They are usually called by the inhabitants " lost rocks . " They weigh from one thousand to ten or twelve thousand pounds are entirely detached , and are frequently found at the distance of several miles from ...
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... surface can be seen farthest in a dark night , with the hope of discovering something which would give assurance of its safety . Still no boat came , and no signal was given ; and the unwelcome conclusion was at last forced upon us ...
... surface can be seen farthest in a dark night , with the hope of discovering something which would give assurance of its safety . Still no boat came , and no signal was given ; and the unwelcome conclusion was at last forced upon us ...
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... surface of the water . One person stands up in the middle of the boat with his fish- spear a sort of iron trident , ready to strike at the fish that he may chance to see gliding in the still waters , while another with his paddle steers ...
... surface of the water . One person stands up in the middle of the boat with his fish- spear a sort of iron trident , ready to strike at the fish that he may chance to see gliding in the still waters , while another with his paddle steers ...
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... surface of the somewhat larger vertebra upon which it rests . natural or artificial caves , great numbers of which are still to be found in Palestine , Syria , Egypt , and Persia . In the mountainous country of southern Palestine there ...
... surface of the somewhat larger vertebra upon which it rests . natural or artificial caves , great numbers of which are still to be found in Palestine , Syria , Egypt , and Persia . In the mountainous country of southern Palestine there ...
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Page 171 - But you who are wise must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.
Page 313 - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 300 - Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 223 - In thus admitting their separation from the crown of these kingdoms, I have sacrificed every consideration of my own to the wishes and opinion of my people. I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire...
Page 88 - ... two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got his head in her armes, and laid her owne upon his to save him from death...
Page 171 - ... several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good for nothing.
Page 50 - She told me that there was plenty of venison and jerked buffalo meat, and that on removing the ashes I should find a cake. But my watch had struck her fancy, and her curiosity had to be gratified by an immediate sight of it.
Page 223 - I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God, that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire; and that America may be free from...
Page 443 - ... the west, stretching away to the north and the south, it commands a view of the Blue Ridge for a hundred and fifty miles, and brings under the eye one of the boldest and most beautiful horizons in the world; while, on the east, it presents an extent of prospect bounded only by the spherical form of the earth, in which...
Page 246 - Shoals), flanked by numerous gunboats, four frigates, and a battery of guns and mortars on an Island in their Van ; but nothing could withstand the Squadron your Lordship did me the honour to place under my command.