Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volumen 3F. Hunt, 1840 |
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... miles . The Mississippi , which is much the longest , al- though not the broadest river upon the earth , taking its rise in the remote north , opens a highway to the ocean through the Gulf of Mexico , for the distance of about three ...
... miles . The Mississippi , which is much the longest , al- though not the broadest river upon the earth , taking its rise in the remote north , opens a highway to the ocean through the Gulf of Mexico , for the distance of about three ...
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... miles of the northwestern frontier , were attacked nearly at the same time ; the old fortification of Michilimackinac , upon the northern part of the peninsula of Michigan , was burned to its foundations , after one of the most ghastly ...
... miles of the northwestern frontier , were attacked nearly at the same time ; the old fortification of Michilimackinac , upon the northern part of the peninsula of Michigan , was burned to its foundations , after one of the most ghastly ...
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... miles from a bank . He transacts his business with it every week , and is not required to keep on hand more money than is necessary for that period . Another is distant a single mile . He visits it three times a week , and requires no ...
... miles from a bank . He transacts his business with it every week , and is not required to keep on hand more money than is necessary for that period . Another is distant a single mile . He visits it three times a week , and requires no ...
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... miles of coast were restored to our knowledge of geography ; and all this , one would suppose , was enough to entitle the gallant officer to the gratitude of the people he represented ; but it was not so . He did not do all that it was ...
... miles of coast were restored to our knowledge of geography ; and all this , one would suppose , was enough to entitle the gallant officer to the gratitude of the people he represented ; but it was not so . He did not do all that it was ...
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... miles of coast to be surveyed be - ween Behring's Strait and Point Turnagain . Let the reader refer again to the map , and he will see that of the whole northern coast of America , between Cape Garry , in Prince Regent's Inlet , and Icy ...
... miles of coast to be surveyed be - ween Behring's Strait and Point Turnagain . Let the reader refer again to the map , and he will see that of the whole northern coast of America , between Cape Garry , in Prince Regent's Inlet , and Icy ...
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Página 504 - And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald ; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite ; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure...
Página 363 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold ; that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and restingplace...
Página 331 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Página 363 - We know, that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this...
Página 403 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Página 376 - And bended dolphins play ; part huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean...
Página 403 - King, defender of the faith, &c., 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...
Página 461 - Washington within three months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible. In faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention, and thereto affixed the seals of their arms.
Página 500 - Resolved therefore, That the General Assembly of this Colony have the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this Colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever other than the General Assembly aforesaid has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.
Página 403 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.