America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive: By J. S. Buckingham, Volume 3Fisher, Son & Company, 1841 - Atlantic States |
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... surrounded by thick forests ; and from about 1800 , the period of its first settlement by any white inhabitant , its progress had been so slow , that there were not more than 200 dwellings in it , and these all small , and tenanted by ...
... surrounded by thick forests ; and from about 1800 , the period of its first settlement by any white inhabitant , its progress had been so slow , that there were not more than 200 dwellings in it , and these all small , and tenanted by ...
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... surrounded by a colonnade of 16 pillars , 4 feet 2 in diameter , and 32 feet high ; dome above this , 60 feet diameter , and 34 feet high ; entire height , from the side pavement to the centre of the dome 222 feet . Those who are ...
... surrounded by a colonnade of 16 pillars , 4 feet 2 in diameter , and 32 feet high ; dome above this , 60 feet diameter , and 34 feet high ; entire height , from the side pavement to the centre of the dome 222 feet . Those who are ...
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... surrounding objects . It takes no note of other interests -- it forms no plans for the relief of human misery . But when this pursuit is relieved , by a day periodically set apart for other duties , involving other interests , other ...
... surrounding objects . It takes no note of other interests -- it forms no plans for the relief of human misery . But when this pursuit is relieved , by a day periodically set apart for other duties , involving other interests , other ...
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... surrounded with the din of war without being engaged in it . " The treaty here referred to was made by General Schuyler with the Indian council assembled at German Flats on the 14th of June , 1776 , pursuant to an act of Congress of the ...
... surrounded with the din of war without being engaged in it . " The treaty here referred to was made by General Schuyler with the Indian council assembled at German Flats on the 14th of June , 1776 , pursuant to an act of Congress of the ...
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... surrounded by gardens in the neighbourhood . Here , as every where else throughout the inland towns of America , the streets are of ample width , never less than 100 feet and often 150 - with excellent side - walks shaded by rows of ...
... surrounded by gardens in the neighbourhood . Here , as every where else throughout the inland towns of America , the streets are of ample width , never less than 100 feet and often 150 - with excellent side - walks shaded by rows of ...
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Page 509 - 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 277 - 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 446 - 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 270 - 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 270 - 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 276 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Page 242 - The whole earth is the Lord's garden, and he hath given it to the sons of Adam, to be tilled and improved by them; why then should we stand starving here for places of habitation, and in the mean time suffer whole countries, as profitable for the use of man, to lie waste without any improvement?
Page 271 - God knows I do not at this time speak from motives of party heat ; what I deliver are the genuine sentiments of my heart. However superior to me in general. knowledge and experience the respectable body of this house may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.
Page 278 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 277 - 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.