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" This the number of Rivers, is one of the chief Reasons why they have no Towns; for every one being more sollicitous for a private Interest and Conveniency, than for a publick, they will either be for making Forty Towns at once, that is, two in every... "
Miscellanea Curiosa: Being a Collection of Some of the Principal Phaenomena ... - Page 293
by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1707
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MISCELLANEA CURIOSA, Volume 3

Edmond Halley - 1708 - 460 pages
...of Rivers, is one of the chief Reafons why they have no Towns ; for every one being more follicitous for a private Intereft and Conveniency, than for a...return, The Tides in thefe Rivers regularly ebb and flow about two Foot perpendicular at James Town ; there is there, as they call it, a Tide and. half...
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 ...

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1716 - 748 pages
...of River st is one of the Chief Reafons why they have no Towns : For every one being more Solicitous for a Private Intereft and Conveniency, than for a Publick, they will either be for making 40 Towns at once, that is 2 in every Countyj or none at all, which is the Country's Ruine. TheTWfĂ­...
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Miscellanea Curiosa: Containing a Collection of Some of the ..., Volume 3

Edmond Halley - 1727 - 470 pages
...of Rivers, is one of the chief Reafons why they have no Towns : for every one being more follicitous for a private Intereft and Conveniency, than for a...either be for making forty Towns at once, that is, two in every U 4 Country, Country, or none at all, which is the Country's Ruin. But to return, the Tides...
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Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin ..., Volume 3

Peter Force - 1844 - 582 pages
...chief Reasons why they have no Towns : for every one being more sollicitous for a private Interest and Conveniency, than for a publick, they will either be for making forty Towns at once, that is, two in every Country, or none at all, which is the Country's Ruin. But to return, the Tides in these Rivers...
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The Best and Worst Country in the World: Perspectives on the Early Virginia ...

Stephen Adams - 2001 - 326 pages
...the chief Reasons why they have no Towns; for every one being more sollicitous for a private Interest and Conveniency, than for a publick, they will either be for making Forty Towns at once, that is, two in every County, or none at all, which is the Countries Ruine" (Berkeley and Berekeley, Reverend 53)....
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The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia

Christopher E. Hendricks - 2006 - 222 pages
...the chief Reasons why they have no Towns: for every one being more sollicitous for a private Interest and Conveniency, than for a publick, they will either be for making forty Towns at once, that is two in every Country, or none at all, which is the Country's Ruin."4 In 1724 Anglican rector and William...
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