An Introductory Discourse: Delivered Before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, on the Fourth of May, 1814David Longworth, at the Shakspeare-gallery. N. Van Riper, print., 1815 - 148 Seiten |
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... wilds of Louisiana . A bed of gypsum begins in the town of Sullivan , in Madison county , and branches in a western direction ; it is very wide , and its depth has not been ascertained : it appears in several places in the towns of ...
... wilds of Louisiana . A bed of gypsum begins in the town of Sullivan , in Madison county , and branches in a western direction ; it is very wide , and its depth has not been ascertained : it appears in several places in the towns of ...
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... wild animals ; driving them into the boundless regions of the northwest , and over the waters of the Mississippi : that the grizzly bear formerly resided in this state , according to the traditions of the Delaware and Mohican indians ...
... wild animals ; driving them into the boundless regions of the northwest , and over the waters of the Mississippi : that the grizzly bear formerly resided in this state , according to the traditions of the Delaware and Mohican indians ...
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... wild state . The latter is not so tall as the former and , perhaps , never exceeds fifteen hands ; and he generally inhabits milder climates . The reindeer has also in former times , in all probability , extended his travels to this ...
... wild state . The latter is not so tall as the former and , perhaps , never exceeds fifteen hands ; and he generally inhabits milder climates . The reindeer has also in former times , in all probability , extended his travels to this ...
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... wild animals have left us , the great hare of the north is extending his excursions in a southern direction . ( 21 ) On the approach of cold weather the birds , as if actuated by an intelli- gent principle , prepare for their departure ...
... wild animals have left us , the great hare of the north is extending his excursions in a southern direction . ( 21 ) On the approach of cold weather the birds , as if actuated by an intelli- gent principle , prepare for their departure ...
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... wild birds be augmented by importing from Europe the red - legged partridge , and the pheasant : it is supposed that pheasants were brought into Europe by the Argonauts , one thousand two hundred and fifty years before the christian era ...
... wild birds be augmented by importing from Europe the red - legged partridge , and the pheasant : it is supposed that pheasants were brought into Europe by the Argonauts , one thousand two hundred and fifty years before the christian era ...
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Seite 64 - Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing — On superior...
Seite 143 - Mischief and true dishonour fall on those Who would to laughter or to scorn expose So virtuous and so noble a design, So human for its use, for knowledge so divine. The things which these proud men despise, and call Impertinent, and vain, and small, Those smallest things of nature let me know, Rather than all their greatest actions do!
Seite 13 - ... circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 13 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation...
Seite 13 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Seite 50 - ... all philosophical experiments that let light into the nature of things, tend to increase the power of man over matter, and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life.
Seite 29 - Part loosely wing the region ; part, more wise, In common ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery caravan, high over seas Flying...
Seite 58 - ... of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell...
Seite 49 - The first drudgery of settling new colonies, which confines the attention of people to mere necessaries, is now pretty well over; and there are many in every province in circumstances that set them at ease, and afford leisure to cultivate the finer arts and improve the common stock of knowledge.
Seite 50 - ... that may be proposed or thought of; surveys, maps, and charts of particular parts of the sea-coasts or inland countries ; course and junction of rivers and great roads, situation of lakes and mountains, nature of the soil and productions...