America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive: By J. S. Buckingham, Band 2Fisher, Son & Company, 1841 - 521 Seiten |
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... officers of all nations ........... 313 CHAP . XVII . Population of Albany - Numbers and classes - Character of Mr. Van Ran- salear , the patroon - Influence of Dutch descent on social manners - Early hours , and general gravity of ...
... officers of all nations ........... 313 CHAP . XVII . Population of Albany - Numbers and classes - Character of Mr. Van Ran- salear , the patroon - Influence of Dutch descent on social manners - Early hours , and general gravity of ...
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... officers , exhibits an interesting scene of almost constant and systematic industry . " It is true , that prisoners being received , under the law , into this prison , for crimes of the inferior grades , are usually sentenced by the ...
... officers , exhibits an interesting scene of almost constant and systematic industry . " It is true , that prisoners being received , under the law , into this prison , for crimes of the inferior grades , are usually sentenced by the ...
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... officer has been chosen out of the body of the citizens generally . As he is paid a salary of 2,000 dollars , or 400l . a year , and has the patronage of appointing nearly all the officers of the corporation except the city treasurer ...
... officer has been chosen out of the body of the citizens generally . As he is paid a salary of 2,000 dollars , or 400l . a year , and has the patronage of appointing nearly all the officers of the corporation except the city treasurer ...
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... officers were on the ground , and no impediment would be offered by those in authority to their lawless proceedings - an impunity as unexpected as it was disgraceful in the heart of a populous city , and at an early hour in the evening ...
... officers were on the ground , and no impediment would be offered by those in authority to their lawless proceedings - an impunity as unexpected as it was disgraceful in the heart of a populous city , and at an early hour in the evening ...
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... officers , and a separate department for the insane . In the wings are the general dormitories , of which there are 180 in number ; these capable of accom- modating 400 persons ; and being all vaulted , they are spacious and airy , as ...
... officers , and a separate department for the insane . In the wings are the general dormitories , of which there are 180 in number ; these capable of accom- modating 400 persons ; and being all vaulted , they are spacious and airy , as ...
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Seite 70 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 164 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Seite 394 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage : but they which nhall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage : neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Seite 8 - LAWS of this government, to the great end of all government, viz: to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration: for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Seite 380 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Seite 394 - These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Seite 393 - But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Seite 545 - ... that all the instructors and teachers in the College shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow creatures, and a love of truth, sobriety, and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer.
Seite 397 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Seite 545 - I would have them taught facts and things, rather than words or signs: And, especially, I desire, that by every proper means a pure attachment to our republican institutions and to the sacred rights of conscience, as guaranteed by our happy constitutions, shall be formed and fostered in the minds of the scholars.