America: Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1841 - Atlantic States |
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... half the other states are equal to it in size , and some of them , as Virginia , are still larger . The length of the territory belonging to the United States , and over which the government of Washington has lawful jurisdiction , is ...
... half the other states are equal to it in size , and some of them , as Virginia , are still larger . The length of the territory belonging to the United States , and over which the government of Washington has lawful jurisdiction , is ...
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... half a barrel of powder received from Sybrant G. Van Schaick , in lieu of the powder he borrowed from the corporation when the governor was here last . " In 1748 they ordered " Mr. Santvoort to pay Robert Lottridge for two gallons of ...
... half a barrel of powder received from Sybrant G. Van Schaick , in lieu of the powder he borrowed from the corporation when the governor was here last . " In 1748 they ordered " Mr. Santvoort to pay Robert Lottridge for two gallons of ...
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... half the evils occa- sioned by intemperance are removed ; and the example of these states will , it is believed , be speedily followed by others . In connexion with the state of education in Albany , it should be mentioned that , in ...
... half the evils occa- sioned by intemperance are removed ; and the example of these states will , it is believed , be speedily followed by others . In connexion with the state of education in Albany , it should be mentioned that , in ...
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... half the population of such places ; and it is doubtful whether there is any town in England in which one third of the entire pop- ulation really attend regularly any place of worship ; while here at Albany two thirds of the whole ...
... half the population of such places ; and it is doubtful whether there is any town in England in which one third of the entire pop- ulation really attend regularly any place of worship ; while here at Albany two thirds of the whole ...
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... concert at Troy , six miles off , with only half the population of Albany , was unable to give a * This venerable and excellent man has since descended to the grave . concert here , because the only eligible room for that.
... concert at Troy , six miles off , with only half the population of Albany , was unable to give a * This venerable and excellent man has since descended to the grave . concert here , because the only eligible room for that.
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Page 445 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 316 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 410 - Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us.
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Page 313 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
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Page 316 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
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Page 83 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Page 84 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.