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... miles , and its number of inhabitants at something more than 230,000,000 , averaging seventy - six to the square mile . Though the smallest in extent , and second in number , yet in its riches , power , improvements in the arts , and in ...
... miles , and its number of inhabitants at something more than 230,000,000 , averaging seventy - six to the square mile . Though the smallest in extent , and second in number , yet in its riches , power , improvements in the arts , and in ...
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... miles , and varying in breadth from 370 to 50 miles . It is separated from the continent by the English channel , thirty miles in width at its narrowest point , between Calais and Dover . Its superficies is computed at 87,000 square miles ...
... miles , and varying in breadth from 370 to 50 miles . It is separated from the continent by the English channel , thirty miles in width at its narrowest point , between Calais and Dover . Its superficies is computed at 87,000 square miles ...
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... miles , and in others not more than twelve miles in width , between latitude 51 ° and 55 ° north . Its length is 280 miles , and breadth 160 , and superficies 30,000 square miles . Its population is estimated at 7,767,401 . The history ...
... miles , and in others not more than twelve miles in width , between latitude 51 ° and 55 ° north . Its length is 280 miles , and breadth 160 , and superficies 30,000 square miles . Its population is estimated at 7,767,401 . The history ...
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... mile . The soil is fertile , producing great quantities of grain , butter , beef , and cattle for exportation . Until of late years the raising of flax , and ... miles IRELAND . in diameter , and receives at its head. 62 EUROPE .
... mile . The soil is fertile , producing great quantities of grain , butter , beef , and cattle for exportation . Until of late years the raising of flax , and ... miles IRELAND . in diameter , and receives at its head. 62 EUROPE .
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... miles wide , at the entrance of the Mediterranean , in latitude 36 ° north . The promontory is 1200 feet above the level of the sea , seven miles in length from north to south , and half a mile in breadth ; it is every where precipitous ...
... miles wide , at the entrance of the Mediterranean , in latitude 36 ° north . The promontory is 1200 feet above the level of the sea , seven miles in length from north to south , and half a mile in breadth ; it is every where precipitous ...
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Page 418 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
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