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... English during this time had not been neglect- ful of their interests in securing a share of this valuable trade . Its importance early engaged the attention of wealthy and influential parties connected with the government of Great Brit ...
... English during this time had not been neglect- ful of their interests in securing a share of this valuable trade . Its importance early engaged the attention of wealthy and influential parties connected with the government of Great Brit ...
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... English market in 1851 , and of the import- ations in 1855 - ' 6 . The number of skins im- ported in 1851 was estimated at about 5,000,000 . The omission of buffalo ( bison ) robes will not fail to be noticed . These , which constitute ...
... English market in 1851 , and of the import- ations in 1855 - ' 6 . The number of skins im- ported in 1851 was estimated at about 5,000,000 . The omission of buffalo ( bison ) robes will not fail to be noticed . These , which constitute ...
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... English dz or zd combined ; hence the correspondence between nos and Ital . geloso , Fr. jaloux , Eng . jealous ; Zevs , Aios , Diespiter , Jupiter , Ital . Giove , like giorno from Lat . diurno , Fr. jour , & c . G is omitted in Latin ...
... English dz or zd combined ; hence the correspondence between nos and Ital . geloso , Fr. jaloux , Eng . jealous ; Zevs , Aios , Diespiter , Jupiter , Ital . Giove , like giorno from Lat . diurno , Fr. jour , & c . G is omitted in Latin ...
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... English language , and writing for the leading English reviews . He was appointed the first professor of the Spanish language and literature of the London university ( 1828 ) , and published in the " Athe- næum " ( 1834 ) a " History of ...
... English language , and writing for the leading English reviews . He was appointed the first professor of the Spanish language and literature of the London university ( 1828 ) , and published in the " Athe- næum " ( 1834 ) a " History of ...
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... English version , " The Systeme of the World , in 4 Dialogues , Inglished from the Original Italian Copy by Thomas Salusbury , " London , 1661 ) ; Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche attenenti alla mecanica ed i movimenti locali ...
... English version , " The Systeme of the World , in 4 Dialogues , Inglished from the Original Italian Copy by Thomas Salusbury , " London , 1661 ) ; Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche attenenti alla mecanica ed i movimenti locali ...
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Página 241 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Página 239 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
Página 68 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Página 268 - Imagine now the centre of such a continent, occupied through nearly its whole extent by a deep unbroken sea of ice, that gathers perennial increase from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking outlets at every fiord and valley, rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it...
Página 174 - the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great preponderance of good — that I ever saw in any character in my life.
Página 245 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Página 334 - I am fond of people, and that every one feels directly — young and old. I pass without pretension through the world, and that gratifies men. I never bemoralise any one — always seek out the good that is in them, and leave what is bad to him who made mankind, and knows how to round off the angles. In this way I make myself happy and comfortable.
Página 142 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Página 107 - He was a member of the convention to revise the constitution of Pennsylvania, in 1789, and for two succeeding years he was representative of the State legislature.
Página 90 - Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor ; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persons of all colors,