An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volumen 3compiler ; H.D. Symonds and J. Ridgeway, 1791 - 510 páginas |
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... fall down in beau- tiful cafcades , through the public gardens weft of the capitol into the canal . In various parts of the city , places are allotted for market houfes , churches , colleges , theatres , & c . In order to execute the ...
... fall down in beau- tiful cafcades , through the public gardens weft of the capitol into the canal . In various parts of the city , places are allotted for market houfes , churches , colleges , theatres , & c . In order to execute the ...
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... fall , only when undermined , and then in large bodies , from one to twenty tons weight . They have the appearance on the fhore of large rocks . * These appearances continue in a greater or lefs degree in the banks , of James river ...
... fall , only when undermined , and then in large bodies , from one to twenty tons weight . They have the appearance on the fhore of large rocks . * These appearances continue in a greater or lefs degree in the banks , of James river ...
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... falls of the great rivers . But the courfes of the great rivers are at right angles with thefe . James and the Potomack penetrate through all the ridges of mountains eastward of the Allegany , which is broken by no water- courfe . It is ...
... falls of the great rivers . But the courfes of the great rivers are at right angles with thefe . James and the Potomack penetrate through all the ridges of mountains eastward of the Allegany , which is broken by no water- courfe . It is ...
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... falls , which in a courfe of fix miles defcend about eighty feet perpendicu lar : above thefe it is refumed in canoes and batteaux , and is profe- cuted fafely and advantageoufly to within ten miles of the Ble Ridge ; and even through ...
... falls , which in a courfe of fix miles defcend about eighty feet perpendicu lar : above thefe it is refumed in canoes and batteaux , and is profe- cuted fafely and advantageoufly to within ten miles of the Ble Ridge ; and even through ...
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... falls , extends through a vast tract of inhabited country towards its fource . These falls are , ift , The Little Falls , three miles above tide water , in which distance there is a fall of thirty - fix feet ; 2d , The Great Falls , fix ...
... falls , extends through a vast tract of inhabited country towards its fource . These falls are , ift , The Little Falls , three miles above tide water , in which distance there is a fall of thirty - fix feet ; 2d , The Great Falls , fix ...
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