The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States: Embracing a View of Their Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, Slave and Free Labor, Slavery Institutions, Products, Etc., of the South : Together with Historical and Statistical Sketches of the Different States and Cities of the Union : Statistics of the United States Commerce and Manufactures, from the Earliest Periods, Compared with Other Leading Powers : the Results of the Different Census Returns Since 1790, and Returns of the Census of 1850, on Population, Agriculture and General Industry, Etc. : with an Appendix, Volym 2Office of De Bow's review, 1852 |
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... greater part of its course the Missouri is a rapid and turbid stream , and in the upper part of its course , flows through an arid and sterile country . It is over half a mile wide at its mouth , and through a greater part of its course ...
... greater part of its course the Missouri is a rapid and turbid stream , and in the upper part of its course , flows through an arid and sterile country . It is over half a mile wide at its mouth , and through a greater part of its course ...
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... greater fall than the main river ; and their channels not being so deep , the velocity of their currents is greater at the bottom , conse- quently they are experiencing a gradual but steadily progressive deepening of their beds , and ...
... greater fall than the main river ; and their channels not being so deep , the velocity of their currents is greater at the bottom , conse- quently they are experiencing a gradual but steadily progressive deepening of their beds , and ...
Sida 12
... greater eleva- so is the velocity diminished , and vice versa . tion in time of a flood than it would if the From this arises the fact , that in a straight mouths of the passes were deep enough to reach of equal cross sections , where ...
... greater eleva- so is the velocity diminished , and vice versa . tion in time of a flood than it would if the From this arises the fact , that in a straight mouths of the passes were deep enough to reach of equal cross sections , where ...
Sida 13
... greater weight ; and when it does break through , pours from a greater height , and makes its ravages more sudden and widely extended . Neither has any attention been paid to giv ing a proper direction to the course of the river , or to ...
... greater weight ; and when it does break through , pours from a greater height , and makes its ravages more sudden and widely extended . Neither has any attention been paid to giv ing a proper direction to the course of the river , or to ...
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... greater than the actual expense of all that have ever been undertaken , successful or unsuccessful . very means used operate against the intended object . To increase the convex banks and the levees , also building new and raising the ...
... greater than the actual expense of all that have ever been undertaken , successful or unsuccessful . very means used operate against the intended object . To increase the convex banks and the levees , also building new and raising the ...
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The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States, Volym 2 James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States ..., Volym 2 James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1853 |
The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States ..., Volym 2 James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
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Sida 241 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Sida 197 - And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Sida 210 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Sida 210 - It / is the order of nature and of God, that the being of superior faculties and knowledge, and therefore of superior power, should control and dispose of those who are inferior. It is as much in the order of nature, that men should enslave each other, as that other animals should prey upon each other.
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Sida 259 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Sida 241 - Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Sida 440 - We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.
Sida 390 - They know better than any other people upon earth how to value, at the same time, these three great advantages — religion, commerce and liberty.
Sida 83 - ... the passage of a law, by the Congress of the United States, directing the Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Navy, to make annual contracts for the transportation of the mails, troops, and military and naval...