The North American Review, Volume 22University of Northern Iowa, 1826 - North American review and miscellaneous journal Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... result is , that the quantity of water which flowed in the river , when these de- posits were made , was such as to fill the whole valley to that elevation , and as the water for some cause became dimin- ished in quantity , it gathered ...
... result is , that the quantity of water which flowed in the river , when these de- posits were made , was such as to fill the whole valley to that elevation , and as the water for some cause became dimin- ished in quantity , it gathered ...
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... result . The only additional proof , now required , is that mentioned by Dr Drake as having been applied by Von Buck ... results could be derived from a course of observations of this sort , which should be of uniform and permanent ...
... result . The only additional proof , now required , is that mentioned by Dr Drake as having been applied by Von Buck ... results could be derived from a course of observations of this sort , which should be of uniform and permanent ...
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... result of the efforts of the government to survey the coast of the United States , has been a source of serious regret to many , and of wonder to all , who have known anything of the subject . How many thousands have been expended in ...
... result of the efforts of the government to survey the coast of the United States , has been a source of serious regret to many , and of wonder to all , who have known anything of the subject . How many thousands have been expended in ...
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space of one year , from April 1823 to April 1824. Tables of results are also added to the memoir . Whether we regard the accuracy of the instruments , or the scientific skill of the author in using them , we presume Mr de Wallenstein's ...
space of one year , from April 1823 to April 1824. Tables of results are also added to the memoir . Whether we regard the accuracy of the instruments , or the scientific skill of the author in using them , we presume Mr de Wallenstein's ...
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... result of strict integrity ; such as left no favorable jurc- ture unimproved , through ignorance or treachery ; such as ever had their due effects , as far as the judgment and abilities of one man could prove effectual . But if some ...
... result of strict integrity ; such as left no favorable jurc- ture unimproved , through ignorance or treachery ; such as ever had their due effects , as far as the judgment and abilities of one man could prove effectual . But if some ...
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Page 389 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 390 - He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Page 390 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.
Page 370 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 61 - All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Page 438 - Take thy banner ! and, beneath The battle-cloud's encircling wreath, Guard it ! — till our homes are free ! Guard it ! — God will prosper thee ! In the dark and trying hour, In the breaking forth of power, In the rush of steeds and men, His right hand will shield thee then.
Page 384 - What can be your reasons?" "Reason first - You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second - I am obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third - You can write ten times better than I can." "Well," said Jefferson, "If you are decided, I will do as well as I can.
Page 391 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Page 433 - To banquet on the dead ; Nor how, when strangers found his bones, They dressed the hasty bier, And marked his grave with nameless stones, Unmoistened by a tear. But long they looked, and feared, and wept, Within his distant home ; And dreamed, and started as they slept, For joy that he was come. So long they looked — but never spied His welcome step again, Nor knew the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen.
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