Life of W. J. McGee: Distinguished Geologist, Ethnologist, Anthropologist, Hydrologist, EtcPriv. print., 1915 - 240 páginas |
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... especially beautiful in springtime and in autumn when Jack Frost began to assert his sway and to leave his brilliant markings and harmonious blending of colors on the forest leaves . Beyond our woodland , hills and vales succeed each ...
... especially beautiful in springtime and in autumn when Jack Frost began to assert his sway and to leave his brilliant markings and harmonious blending of colors on the forest leaves . Beyond our woodland , hills and vales succeed each ...
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... especially the care of the trees , is one of the most important subjects that can engage the mind of man ; for truly they are one of the greatest benefactors of the human race . If their universal destruction should take place , this ...
... especially the care of the trees , is one of the most important subjects that can engage the mind of man ; for truly they are one of the greatest benefactors of the human race . If their universal destruction should take place , this ...
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... especially during the last years of his life , and in which he was always very much interested , we find methods of tilling the soil , the growing of cabbage , lettuce , melons , onions , turnips , beets , carrots , radishes , and par ...
... especially during the last years of his life , and in which he was always very much interested , we find methods of tilling the soil , the growing of cabbage , lettuce , melons , onions , turnips , beets , carrots , radishes , and par ...
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... This was especially noticeable during the last years of his life . On page 39 of his book he writes in 1838 , " Only one day more of school and I am glad of it . ” On page 242 , on the 20th of June , MORE REMOTE ANCESTRY 31.
... This was especially noticeable during the last years of his life . On page 39 of his book he writes in 1838 , " Only one day more of school and I am glad of it . ” On page 242 , on the 20th of June , MORE REMOTE ANCESTRY 31.
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... especially when you write a card . It is almost inhuman to postmas- ters and their clerks since it is their duty to read all the cards lest something vulgar may be written on them . We will keep that " curby " stone on the mantel for ...
... especially when you write a card . It is almost inhuman to postmas- ters and their clerks since it is their duty to read all the cards lest something vulgar may be written on them . We will keep that " curby " stone on the mantel for ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 91 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 25 - MY days are gliding swiftly by ; And I, a pilgrim stranger, Would not detain them as they fly, — Those hours of toil and danger. For, oh ! we stand on Jordan's strand ; Our friends are passing over ; And, just before, the shining shore We may almost discover.
Página 24 - Let every lamp be burning. 3 Should coming days be cold and dark, We need not cease our singing ; That perfect rest naught can molest, Where golden harps are ringing. 4 Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow, Each chord on earth to sever ; Our King says come, and there's our home, Forever, O forever ! CHORUS.
Página 205 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
Página 71 - Soil Erosion," published as a bulletin of the Bureau of Soils in the United States Department of Agriculture, is a complete and graphic refutation — if such were really needed — of this contention. His last work, completed less than a month before his death, and also...
Página 126 - The poison, however, had left its mark upon him. The skin rotted and fell off until it left the bones and sinews bare, with a horrible smell. The wound was in the wrist, and the poison had reached as far as the shoulder when he was cured. The skin on all this fell off.
Página 198 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Página 205 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Página 42 - Mix'd with dross the purest gold ; Seek we then for heavenly treasures, — Treasures never waxing old. Let our best affections centre On the things around the throne : There no thief can ever enter ; Moth and rust are there unknown. 2 Earthly joys no longer please us ; Here would we renounce them all ; Seek our only rest in Jesus, — Him our Lord and Master call.
Página 24 - Strand. 8s & 7s. (Trio, 83.) days are gliding swiftly by, And I, a pilgrim stranger, Would not detain them as they fly, — Those hours of toil and danger.