An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volume 3editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 - America |
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... distance of three or four feet from each other , and are hilled and kept continually free of weeds when as many leaves have shot out as the foil will nourish to advantage , the top of the plant is broken off , which prevents its growing ...
... distance of three or four feet from each other , and are hilled and kept continually free of weeds when as many leaves have shot out as the foil will nourish to advantage , the top of the plant is broken off , which prevents its growing ...
Page 68
... distance from its banks next to the city , excepting about half a mile above the junction of the rivers , will nevertheless afford a capacious fummer harbour ; as an immenfe number of ships may ride in the great channel , oppofite to ...
... distance from its banks next to the city , excepting about half a mile above the junction of the rivers , will nevertheless afford a capacious fummer harbour ; as an immenfe number of ships may ride in the great channel , oppofite to ...
Page 76
... distances from the rivers . In one part of the State for feventy miles in length , by finking a well , you apparently come to the bottom of what was formerly a water- courfe . And even as high up as Botetourt county , among the Alle ...
... distances from the rivers . In one part of the State for feventy miles in length , by finking a well , you apparently come to the bottom of what was formerly a water- courfe . And even as high up as Botetourt county , among the Alle ...
Page 77
... distance as if covered with fhow , but on cxamination the white appearance is found to arife from a bed of clam fhells , which by repeated plowing have become fine and mixed with the earth . . It is worthy notice , that the mountains in ...
... distance as if covered with fhow , but on cxamination the white appearance is found to arife from a bed of clam fhells , which by repeated plowing have become fine and mixed with the earth . . It is worthy notice , that the mountains in ...
Page 81
... distance from the capes of Virginia to the termination of the tide water in this river is above three hundred miles , and navigable for fhips of the greatest burthen , nearly that distance . From thence this river , obftructed by four ...
... distance from the capes of Virginia to the termination of the tide water in this river is above three hundred miles , and navigable for fhips of the greatest burthen , nearly that distance . From thence this river , obftructed by four ...
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Page 48 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 48 - ... to be allowed counsel ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have process for his witnesses ; to examine the witnesses for and against him on oath ; and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury without whose unanimous consent he ought not to be found guilty.
Page 65 - Pennsylvania as a free and independent state, and that I will not at any time do or cause to be done any matter or thing that will be prejudicial or injurious to the freedom and independence thereof, as declared by Congress; and also that I will discover and make known to some...
Page 113 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 216 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Page 140 - That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bigbone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians...
Page 118 - History, by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men...
Page 118 - Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories ; and to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This indeed is not all that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary.
Page 220 - ... inhabitants of any one county within the state twelve months immediately preceding the day of any election, and possessed of a freehold within the same county of fifty acres of land, for six months next before and at the day of election, shall be entitled to vote for a member of the Senate ;
Page 64 - Judge), that I will not, directly or indirectly, receive the profits or any part of the profits, of any other office during the term of my acting as . SEC.