America: Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1841 - Atlantic States |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 12
... miles in length and 304 miles in breadth . It contains 47,000 square miles , or 31,080,000 acres . It is therefore larger in area than England , Wales , and the Isle of Man united , as these are computed by Arrowsmith , in his Geography ...
... miles in length and 304 miles in breadth . It contains 47,000 square miles , or 31,080,000 acres . It is therefore larger in area than England , Wales , and the Isle of Man united , as these are computed by Arrowsmith , in his Geography ...
Page 13
... which Albany may be regarded as the principal port of inlet and outlet , extend over a length of 655 miles ; they have 343 locks , with 3037 feet of lockage . Their ac- tual cost was 11,962,712 dollars , or about 2,500,000l . 2.
... which Albany may be regarded as the principal port of inlet and outlet , extend over a length of 655 miles ; they have 343 locks , with 3037 feet of lockage . Their ac- tual cost was 11,962,712 dollars , or about 2,500,000l . 2.
Page 42
... miles along the banks of the river , and 24 miles inland , at that time an uncleared wilderness , but now a princely domain . This has descended , by the custom of primogeniture , to the present pos- sessor ; but a law of the State of ...
... miles along the banks of the river , and 24 miles inland , at that time an uncleared wilderness , but now a princely domain . This has descended , by the custom of primogeniture , to the present pos- sessor ; but a law of the State of ...
Page 51
... miles from Albany , dated on the 6th of July : " DREADFUL DISASTER AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE 4TH INST . - Ever since we paid any attention to the subject , we have noticed that evey anniver- sary of our national independence for many ...
... miles from Albany , dated on the 6th of July : " DREADFUL DISASTER AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE 4TH INST . - Ever since we paid any attention to the subject , we have noticed that evey anniver- sary of our national independence for many ...
Page 69
... miles northeast from Cincinnati , which con- tains nearly 600 members ; and one at Beaver Creek , in the county of Montgomery , six miles southeast from Dayton , which contains 100 members . In Kentucky there are also two societies ...
... miles northeast from Cincinnati , which con- tains nearly 600 members ; and one at Beaver Creek , in the county of Montgomery , six miles southeast from Dayton , which contains 100 members . In Kentucky there are also two societies ...
Contents
255 | |
265 | |
277 | |
290 | |
318 | |
353 | |
366 | |
372 | |
111 | |
123 | |
130 | |
137 | |
147 | |
157 | |
163 | |
176 | |
207 | |
219 | |
233 | |
246 | |
384 | |
390 | |
396 | |
406 | |
421 | |
432 | |
442 | |
448 | |
455 | |
461 | |
504 | |
512 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agreeable Albany American appeared attended Auburn Auburn system Ballston banks beautiful Boston breadth British Buffalo building called canal Canandaigua church colony convicts crime dollars dwellings England English Episcopalian Erie Erie Canal established exercise Falls favourable feet female formed furnished Genesee Genesee River governor Hall hills honour increase Indians inhabitants institution intemperance King's Chapel labour Lake Lake Champlain Lake Erie Lake George Lake Ontario land lectures Legislature Massachusetts ment miles moral nation nearly New-Bedford New-England New-York Niagara o'clock party passed persons Pilgrim Pilgrim Fathers Plymouth population present prison Quakers religious remarkable residence River Rochester rock Saratoga Schenectady schools seamen seen settlers Shakers ships side society spirit spot taste temperance tion town tribe Union Unitarians United Utica village Whig whole worship young
Popular passages
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.
Page 313 - They nourished up ~by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
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...
Page 23 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
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.
Page 23 - To the security of a free constitution it contributes in various ways: by convincing those who are intrusted with the public administration, that every valuable end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people; and by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights...
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.