The United States and CubaPewtress & Company, 1857 - 476 Seiten |
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... JAMAICA : ITS PAST AND PRESENT STATE , " ETC. " Venient annis sæcula seris Quibus Oceanus vincula rerum Laxet novosque Tiphys detegat orbes , Atque ingens pateat tellus Nec sit terris Ultima Thule . ” Sen. Med . LONDON : PEWTRESS & CO ...
... JAMAICA : ITS PAST AND PRESENT STATE , " ETC. " Venient annis sæcula seris Quibus Oceanus vincula rerum Laxet novosque Tiphys detegat orbes , Atque ingens pateat tellus Nec sit terris Ultima Thule . ” Sen. Med . LONDON : PEWTRESS & CO ...
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... Jamaica , I have no doubt that his statements will be found eminently reliable and deeply interesting . I may also remark , in addition , that the success of Mr. Phillippo as a missionary in Jamaica , and the results of his labours for ...
... Jamaica , I have no doubt that his statements will be found eminently reliable and deeply interesting . I may also remark , in addition , that the success of Mr. Phillippo as a missionary in Jamaica , and the results of his labours for ...
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... Jamaica and other islands of the West Indies ; and the lower hills preserve an almost unvarying regularity of form , rounded on their summits , indicative of their geological formation , and following each other like massive rollers ...
... Jamaica and other islands of the West Indies ; and the lower hills preserve an almost unvarying regularity of form , rounded on their summits , indicative of their geological formation , and following each other like massive rollers ...
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... Jamaica has 40,000 dollars for governing 400,000 people , when the President of the United States receives only 25,000 for 25,000,000 of subjects ; 15,000 dollars for a Chief Justice in Jamaica , and 10,000 each for his associates ...
... Jamaica has 40,000 dollars for governing 400,000 people , when the President of the United States receives only 25,000 for 25,000,000 of subjects ; 15,000 dollars for a Chief Justice in Jamaica , and 10,000 each for his associates ...
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... Jamaica , less by a considerable space than any one of them , amounts to £ 400,000 per annum . The annual civil charges of the State of Maryland , four times the size of Jamaica , are but £ 26,000 : the police of Jamaica are supported ...
... Jamaica , less by a considerable space than any one of them , amounts to £ 400,000 per annum . The annual civil charges of the State of Maryland , four times the size of Jamaica , are but £ 26,000 : the police of Jamaica are supported ...
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Seite 471 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Seite 189 - PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD -*- from the heavens : praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, all ye stars of light.
Seite 26 - THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Seite 350 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Seite 190 - Let them praise the name of the Lord; for he commanded, and they were created.
Seite 403 - I candidly confess, that I have ever looked on Cuba . as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our / system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Seite 159 - Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The spectacle: sensation, soul, and form All melted into him; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he live, And by them did he live ; they were his life. In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not; in enjoyment it expired.
Seite 26 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Seite 222 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity. Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens.
Seite 26 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.