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Page 102
... tail , following the curve , thirty - one feet ; length in a straight line , seventeen feet ; length of the tusks , ten feet seven inches ; weight of a grinder , four pounds ten ounces ; of the whole skeleton , one thousand pounds . In ...
... tail , following the curve , thirty - one feet ; length in a straight line , seventeen feet ; length of the tusks , ten feet seven inches ; weight of a grinder , four pounds ten ounces ; of the whole skeleton , one thousand pounds . In ...
Page 103
... tail , and no trunk . The skin , three fourths of which Mr. Adams took with him , is a deep gray , and covered with a reddish hair , and black bristles , and was of such extraordinary weight , that ten persons moved it with great ...
... tail , and no trunk . The skin , three fourths of which Mr. Adams took with him , is a deep gray , and covered with a reddish hair , and black bristles , and was of such extraordinary weight , that ten persons moved it with great ...
Page 104
... tail . The circumference of the neck seventeen feet , and of the body , in its most dilated part , about twenty - six feet . The legs are short , and about six feet in circumference ; the tail slen- der , and about six feet long . These ...
... tail . The circumference of the neck seventeen feet , and of the body , in its most dilated part , about twenty - six feet . The legs are short , and about six feet in circumference ; the tail slen- der , and about six feet long . These ...
Page 114
... tail shorter ; its hair longer , finer , and more abundant ; its liver , lungs , and heart , much larger , even in proportion to its size ; the heart particularly , being equal to that of a large ox ; its maw ten times larger ; its ...
... tail shorter ; its hair longer , finer , and more abundant ; its liver , lungs , and heart , much larger , even in proportion to its size ; the heart particularly , being equal to that of a large ox ; its maw ten times larger ; its ...
Page 132
... tail somewhat furcated . They were driven away by a heavy shower of rain . On the next day a swallow fluttered about the ship , and sometimes settled on the mast , and several times it approached the cabin windows , as if willing to ...
... tail somewhat furcated . They were driven away by a heavy shower of rain . On the next day a swallow fluttered about the ship , and sometimes settled on the mast , and several times it approached the cabin windows , as if willing to ...
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Page 36 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 107 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
Page 36 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation...
Page vi - York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever...
Page 100 - That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians; that the Great Man above, looking down and seeing this, was so enraged that he seized his lightning, descended...
Page 90 - And all philosophical Experiments that let Light into the Nature of Things, tend to increase the Power of Man over Matter, and multiply the Conveniences or Pleasure of Life.
Page 45 - Here then are the advantages of free states. Though a republic should be barbarous, it necessarily, by an infallible operation, gives rise to Law, even before mankind have made any considerable advances in the '.other sciences. From law arises security : From security curiosity : And from curiosity knowledge.
Page 323 - ... terrific. Darkness was only visible at eight o'clock; and the birth of May dawned like the day of judgment : a chaotic gloom enveloped the mountain, and an impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoria, and broken masses of volcanic matter. It was not until the afternoon, the muttering noise of the mountain sunk gradually into a solemn yet suspicious silence.
Page 107 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all "That system only, but the whole must fall.
Page 137 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.