A System of Universal Geography, Popular and Scientific: Comprising a Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions ...Carter, Hendee, 1832 - 920 páginas |
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... square miles . The shipping of this port in 1827 amounted to 49,035 tons , estimated at a value of 2,000,000 dollars . The coasting tonnage in 1827 was 15,822 tons , much of the foreign imports at this place being carried coastwise to ...
... square miles . The shipping of this port in 1827 amounted to 49,035 tons , estimated at a value of 2,000,000 dollars . The coasting tonnage in 1827 was 15,822 tons , much of the foreign imports at this place being carried coastwise to ...
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... square miles . It embosoms above 60 islands , and discharges its waters northward through the river Sorel into the St Lawrence . From the 20th of April to the 20th of June , the waters of the lake generally rise from 4 to 8 feet . Early ...
... square miles . It embosoms above 60 islands , and discharges its waters northward through the river Sorel into the St Lawrence . From the 20th of April to the 20th of June , the waters of the lake generally rise from 4 to 8 feet . Early ...
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... square in the southern part . It is a pleasant but irregular town , and the views of the city , with the harbor and the neighboring country , which are exhibited from the elevated parts , are exceedingly beautiful . The Bunker Hill ...
... square in the southern part . It is a pleasant but irregular town , and the views of the city , with the harbor and the neighboring country , which are exhibited from the elevated parts , are exceedingly beautiful . The Bunker Hill ...
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... bushels of salt are yearly made in this place and the neighborhood . The vats cover a space of 1,800,000 square feet . Pop . 7,592 . In the interior of Massachusetts are several towns worthy of 8 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY . 57.
... bushels of salt are yearly made in this place and the neighborhood . The vats cover a space of 1,800,000 square feet . Pop . 7,592 . In the interior of Massachusetts are several towns worthy of 8 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY . 57.
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... square miles , including the waters of Narraganset Bay , which contain about 130 square miles . Rhode Island is the smallest state in the Union . 2. RIVERS . There are no rivers of importance ; the largest is the Paw- tucket , which at ...
... square miles , including the waters of Narraganset Bay , which contain about 130 square miles . Rhode Island is the smallest state in the Union . 2. RIVERS . There are no rivers of importance ; the largest is the Paw- tucket , which at ...
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Página 327 - The Electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves...
Página 513 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on every thing on earth and the waters under the earth...
Página 14 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Página 110 - ... saith the LORD of hosts- According to the word that I covenanted with you, when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you, fear ye not. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Página 608 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Página 181 - By his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Página 201 - It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Página 314 - And shall have exclusively all such jurisdiction of suits or proceedings against ambassadors or other public ministers, or their domestics, or domestic servants, as a court of law can have or exercise consistently with the law of nations; and original, but not exclusive jurisdiction of all suits brought by ambassadors or other public ministers, or in which a consul or vice-consul shall be a party.
Página 236 - ... of enthusiasm, seeming not only to sing, but to dance, keeping time to the measure of his own music. Both in his native and domesticated state, during the solemn stillness of night, as soon as the moon rises in silent majesty, he begins his delightful solo ; and serenades us the livelong night with, a full display of his vocal powers, making the whole neighbourhood ring with his inimitable medley...
Página 641 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.