Three Years in North America, Volumen1Robert Cadell, 1833 |
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Página 74
... crop is seen ; some potatoe , but very little turnip . Wheat is cut in July ; but part of the maize , which is sown in rows , and is a most valu- able crop , the great staple of American husbandry , — and of the oats , an indifferent crop ...
... crop is seen ; some potatoe , but very little turnip . Wheat is cut in July ; but part of the maize , which is sown in rows , and is a most valu- able crop , the great staple of American husbandry , — and of the oats , an indifferent crop ...
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... crops good - and we have also to - day seen many patches of buck - wheat . Farm- houses , generally with a portico , piazza , or balcony on one side , and a few locust trees or Lombardy poplars about the buildings , and in all cases ...
... crops good - and we have also to - day seen many patches of buck - wheat . Farm- houses , generally with a portico , piazza , or balcony on one side , and a few locust trees or Lombardy poplars about the buildings , and in all cases ...
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... crops . These had been given in some of the neighbouring counties of the northern part of the State to farmers who had been the successful competitors , for raising 80 bushels of winter wheat per English acre , 44 bushels of spring ...
... crops . These had been given in some of the neighbouring counties of the northern part of the State to farmers who had been the successful competitors , for raising 80 bushels of winter wheat per English acre , 44 bushels of spring ...
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... crop is taken off , there appear pumpkins in considerable quantities , which here are used as food both for man and beast ... crops are raised close to them . Fire is afterwards applied to them , but the stumps remain for a considerable ...
... crop is taken off , there appear pumpkins in considerable quantities , which here are used as food both for man and beast ... crops are raised close to them . Fire is afterwards applied to them , but the stumps remain for a considerable ...
Página 163
... cropping , and in the most wretched state as to agriculture . Yet the manure in a great stable - yard belonging to the hotel where we lodge is thrown into the river , and obviously little use of it is made anywhere . We observed in this ...
... cropping , and in the most wretched state as to agriculture . Yet the manure in a great stable - yard belonging to the hotel where we lodge is thrown into the river , and obviously little use of it is made anywhere . We observed in this ...
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Página 324 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain, or abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press.
Página 405 - We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
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Página 30 - The people of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent...
Página 478 - Sir: The circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the language you have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discovered so justly adapted to the occasion, that I must say that I not only receive with pleasure the assurance of the friendly dispositions of the United States, but that I am very glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister.
Página 477 - I shall esteem myself the happiest of men, if I can be instrumental in recommending my country more and more to your Majesty's royal benevolence, and of restoring an entire esteem, confidence, and affection, or, in better words, the old good nature and the old good humor between people, who, though separated by an ocean, and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood.
Página 199 - I have but to give stretch to the Indian forces under my direction, and they amount to thousands, to overtake the hardened enemies of Great Britain and America; I consider them the same wherever they may lurk.
Página 181 - The Hartford Convention, the victory of Orleans, the peace of Ghent, prostrated the name of federalism. Its votaries abandoned it through shame and mortification ; and now call themselves republicans. But the name alone is changed, the principles are the same.
Página 371 - Where all met my fullest expectations, it would be unjust in me to discriminate. Permit me, however, to recommend to your particular notice my first lieutenant, William H.
Página 47 - It will give a cheap and quick conveyance to the merchandise on the Mississippi, Missouri, and other great rivers, which are now laying open their treasures to the enterprise of our countrymen ; and although the prospect of personal emolument has been some inducement to me, yet I feel infinitely more pleasure in reflecting on the immense advantage that my country will derive from the invention,