De Bow's Review, Band 11James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, Robert Gibbes Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell J.D.B. De Bow, 1851 |
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... miles ; its breadth varies in the eastern part from 120 to 180 miles ; in the western , from 100 to 20 miles . The western boundary line , as determined by the act of cession of the west- ern territory to the Union , ( 1790 , ) runs ...
... miles ; its breadth varies in the eastern part from 120 to 180 miles ; in the western , from 100 to 20 miles . The western boundary line , as determined by the act of cession of the west- ern territory to the Union , ( 1790 , ) runs ...
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... miles from Black River , and 14 miles south of Tensas River . Besides these , there are numerous other smaller collections of water all through the parish , some of them never going dry , and furnishing plenty of fish , and a retreat ...
... miles from Black River , and 14 miles south of Tensas River . Besides these , there are numerous other smaller collections of water all through the parish , some of them never going dry , and furnishing plenty of fish , and a retreat ...
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... miles square , circumjacent to Trinity , during the last ten years , together with an average census during the same space of time . I have down now an average population of 1793 ( there are some few places not yet embraced ) -and the ...
... miles square , circumjacent to Trinity , during the last ten years , together with an average census during the same space of time . I have down now an average population of 1793 ( there are some few places not yet embraced ) -and the ...
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... miles from my house ; and although built by the joint contributions of the neigh- bors , is tacitly considered a Methodist Episcopal Church , and has never been preached in by any other denomination . As to schools , we have only three ...
... miles from my house ; and although built by the joint contributions of the neigh- bors , is tacitly considered a Methodist Episcopal Church , and has never been preached in by any other denomination . As to schools , we have only three ...
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... miles an hour , for ten hours in twenty - four . Yet it must be remembered that the dynamic effort of a horse , or total power which he is capable of exerting on a dead pull , is much greater . Dr. Gregory assumes it to be equal to 420 ...
... miles an hour , for ten hours in twenty - four . Yet it must be remembered that the dynamic effort of a horse , or total power which he is capable of exerting on a dead pull , is much greater . Dr. Gregory assumes it to be equal to 420 ...
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Seite 29 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Seite 29 - If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Seite 355 - I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so ; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward.
Seite 355 - There is, however, a circumstance attending these colonies, which, in my opinion, fully counterbalances this difference, and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward. It is, that in Virginia and the Carolinas they have a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege.
Seite 118 - A school or schools shall be established in each county by the legislature for the convenient instruction of youth, with such salaries to the masters paid by the public as may enable them to instruct youth at low prices: And all useful learning shall be duly encouraged and promoted in one or more universities.
Seite 355 - ... the removal of the causes of this spirit of American Liberty be, for the greater part, or rather entirely, impracticable; if the ideas of Criminal Process be inapplicable, or, if applicable, are in the highest degree inexpedient, what way yet remains? No way is open, but the third and last - to comply with the American Spirit as necessary; or, if you please, to submit to it, as a necessary Evil.
Seite 355 - Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found. Liberty inheres in some sensible object ; and every nation has formed to itself some favorite point, which by way of eminence becomes the criterion of their happiness.
Seite 156 - We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.
Seite 149 - ... they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured, four feet deep, and floating with mud, only from a wet summer.
Seite 319 - This act may be amended or repealed, at the pleasure of the legislature, and every corporation created, under this act shall be bound by such amendment...