American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... direction , innumerable islands scattered over an immense ocean , in the midst of which , as Malte - Brun observes , we find 1 We are indebted , for a part of our information , to the Foreign Quar- terly Review for 1834. See also the ...
... direction , innumerable islands scattered over an immense ocean , in the midst of which , as Malte - Brun observes , we find 1 We are indebted , for a part of our information , to the Foreign Quar- terly Review for 1834. See also the ...
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... direction on the windward side , so that , when they ap- proach the surface of the water where the rolling of the ocean would at times leave them naked , the waves are thus broken , and they can continue their labours to the leeward ...
... direction on the windward side , so that , when they ap- proach the surface of the water where the rolling of the ocean would at times leave them naked , the waves are thus broken , and they can continue their labours to the leeward ...
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... directions and prevail equally during the time of high and low water . During the year , whatever be the age or situation of the moon , the water is lowest at six in the morning and the same hour in the evening , and highest at noon and ...
... directions and prevail equally during the time of high and low water . During the year , whatever be the age or situation of the moon , the water is lowest at six in the morning and the same hour in the evening , and highest at noon and ...
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... directions . The fact is also confirmed by an intelligent correspondent in Professor Silliman's Journal of Science , ( Mr. John Ball , of Troy , New York , ) who states , that during his " three weeks ' stay at Tahiti the tide was ...
... directions . The fact is also confirmed by an intelligent correspondent in Professor Silliman's Journal of Science , ( Mr. John Ball , of Troy , New York , ) who states , that during his " three weeks ' stay at Tahiti the tide was ...
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... direction of their priests or sorcerers . The Ameri- cans endeavoured to induce them to take fish , which they might have done ; but their indolence and stupidity could not be overcome by any persuasion . The condition of these ...
... direction of their priests or sorcerers . The Ameri- cans endeavoured to induce them to take fish , which they might have done ; but their indolence and stupidity could not be overcome by any persuasion . The condition of these ...
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