Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Volym 3Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 |
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... feet above the level of tide water ; and the latter , 3718 feet . The Catskill mountains present scenery of singular beauty and grandeur , and have become a noted resort of travellers during the sum- mer . On a level tract of about 7 ...
... feet above the level of tide water ; and the latter , 3718 feet . The Catskill mountains present scenery of singular beauty and grandeur , and have become a noted resort of travellers during the sum- mer . On a level tract of about 7 ...
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... feet high . The Casi- beg is 17,388 feet high . The most ele- vated summit ( the Snowy mountain ) is on the eastern side , west of the Cuban . It was first ascended by a European traveller in 1810. It is also called Schah- dagh ( King's ...
... feet high . The Casi- beg is 17,388 feet high . The most ele- vated summit ( the Snowy mountain ) is on the eastern side , west of the Cuban . It was first ascended by a European traveller in 1810. It is also called Schah- dagh ( King's ...
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... feet higher than the rest of the works . It is most commonly situated within the bastion , and made much in the same form . Sometimes the cavaliers are placed in the gorges , or on the middle of the curtain ; they are then made in the ...
... feet higher than the rest of the works . It is most commonly situated within the bastion , and made much in the same form . Sometimes the cavaliers are placed in the gorges , or on the middle of the curtain ; they are then made in the ...
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... of great depth , as that of Fredericshall , in Norway , which is calcu- lated to be 11,000 feet in depth . One of the grandest natural caverns known is Fingal's cave , in Staffa , one of the Western 14 CAVALRY - CAVE .
... of great depth , as that of Fredericshall , in Norway , which is calcu- lated to be 11,000 feet in depth . One of the grandest natural caverns known is Fingal's cave , in Staffa , one of the Western 14 CAVALRY - CAVE .
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... feet long , and hung with festoons of various forms and brilliant appearance . In some parts , immense columns descend to the floor ; others present the appear- ance of trees and brooks turned to marble . The Peak cavern , in Derbyshire ...
... feet long , and hung with festoons of various forms and brilliant appearance . In some parts , immense columns descend to the floor ; others present the appear- ance of trees and brooks turned to marble . The Peak cavern , in Derbyshire ...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 3 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1835 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 3 Francis Lieber Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1836 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 3 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1836 |
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Sida 216 - With a more riotous appetite. Down from the waist they are centaurs, Though women all above: But to the girdle do the gods inherit, Beneath is all the fiends; there's hell, there's darkness, there is the sulphurous pit, burning, scalding, stench, consumption; — Fie, fie, fie! pah; pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination: there's money for the'e.
Sida 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Sida 392 - This unwritten, or common law, is properly distinguishable into three kinds: 1. General customs; which are the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law, in its stricter and more usual signification. 2. Particular customs; which for the most part affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. 3. Certain particular laws ; which by custom are adopted and used by some particular courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction.
Sida 436 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
Sida 2 - An Act supplementary to an act, entitled, ( An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author* and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints.
Sida 326 - The object, to which its attention is to be exclusively directed, is to promote and execute a plan for colonizing (with their consent) the free people of color residing in our country in Africa, or such other place as Congress shall deem most expedient.
Sida 149 - For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth ; Likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. He sealeth up the hand of every man ; That all men may know his work.
Sida 436 - ... been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining Witnesses in his faVor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved...
Sida 439 - Great Creator and Preserver of the Universe, and their right to render that worship in the mode most consistent with the dictates of their consciences, no person shall by law be compelled to join or support, nor be classed with, or associated to, any congregation, church, or religious association.
Sida 149 - And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth : for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.