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... Westmoreland from Camden under the name of Wollondilly , and the county of Cook from that of Camden under the name of Warragamba . It issues from the ravine where it begins to form the boundary between Cook and Cumberland , but its ...
... Westmoreland from Camden under the name of Wollondilly , and the county of Cook from that of Camden under the name of Warragamba . It issues from the ravine where it begins to form the boundary between Cook and Cumberland , but its ...
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... Westmoreland 435 184 619 * Wellington 837 98 935 * Bligh . 577 95 672 * Lachlan 994 251 1245 * Moneroo . 1509 374 1883 * Murrumbidgee 1258 281 1539 * Peel's River . 1424 167 1591 * New England 1003 112 1115 * Clarence River 343 73 416 ...
... Westmoreland 435 184 619 * Wellington 837 98 935 * Bligh . 577 95 672 * Lachlan 994 251 1245 * Moneroo . 1509 374 1883 * Murrumbidgee 1258 281 1539 * Peel's River . 1424 167 1591 * New England 1003 112 1115 * Clarence River 343 73 416 ...
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... Westmoreland , was created earl of Salisbury in 1422 . His son , the subject of the present notice , in his father's lifetime married Anne , daughter of Richard de Beauchamp , earl of Warwick , who , upon the death of her niece Anne ...
... Westmoreland , was created earl of Salisbury in 1422 . His son , the subject of the present notice , in his father's lifetime married Anne , daughter of Richard de Beauchamp , earl of Warwick , who , upon the death of her niece Anne ...
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... Westmoreland county , Virginia , on the 22nd of February , 1732. The first of the family who settled in Virginia came from Northamp- ton , but their ancestors are believed to have been from Lancashire . George Washington's father ...
... Westmoreland county , Virginia , on the 22nd of February , 1732. The first of the family who settled in Virginia came from Northamp- ton , but their ancestors are believed to have been from Lancashire . George Washington's father ...
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... Westmoreland ; and the next day he went to North Wales to take possession of a sinecure rectory , procured for him from the bishop of St. Asaph by the duke of Grafton , which after his return to Cambridge he was enabled ( also through ...
... Westmoreland ; and the next day he went to North Wales to take possession of a sinecure rectory , procured for him from the bishop of St. Asaph by the duke of Grafton , which after his return to Cambridge he was enabled ( also through ...
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Seite 270 - Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Seite 102 - For his was the singular destiny and merit, of leading the armies of his country successfully through an arduous war, for the establishment of its independence; of conducting its councils through the birth of a Government, new in its forms and principles, until it had settled down into a quiet and orderly train; and of scrupulously obeying the laws through the whole of his career, civil and military, of which the history of the world furnishes no other example.
Seite 234 - They went away then, and returned again when I had the painting finished. Reynolds seated himself before the picture. examined it with deep and minute attention for half an hour ; then rising, said to Drummond, West has conquered — he has treated his subject as it ought to be treated — I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art.
Seite 102 - Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best; and certainly no general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment. The consequence was that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy in station, as at Boston and New York.
Seite 62 - The Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist, from the Omission of the Doctrine of a Future State of Rewards and Punishments in the Jewish Dispensation ;" which being attacked by several opponents, he published a " Vindication
Seite 233 - I have seen them often," he continued, " standing in the very attitude of this Apollo, and pursuing with an intense eye the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
Seite 138 - We have said that Mr. Watt was the great Improver of the steamengine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...
Seite 229 - Be content," said the great John Wesley to his froward wife, "be content to be a private insignificant person, known and loved by God and me. Of what importance is your character to mankind ? If you was buried just now, or if you had never lived, what loss would it be to the cause of God ?" This energetic remonstrance can hardly be said to exhaust the matter.
Seite 102 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation; his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words.
Seite 110 - The right to the use of water rests on clear and settled principles. Prima facie, the proprietor of each bank of a stream is the proprietor of half the land covered by the stream, but there is no property in the water. Every proprietor has an equal right to use the water which flows in the stream ; and consequently no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor.