America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1841 |
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... least . Let the re- turns here given be received as proofs . In the State of New - York , as we learn from the official records , there were , in the year 1835 , the latest period to which the returns have been completed ( and every one ...
... least . Let the re- turns here given be received as proofs . In the State of New - York , as we learn from the official records , there were , in the year 1835 , the latest period to which the returns have been completed ( and every one ...
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... least 120 feet in breadth ; Market - street and Pearl - street , by which this is inter- sected at right angles , as these streets run nearly parallel to the IMPROVEMENT OF ALBANY . 19 river , are also as 18 STATE OF NEW - YORK .
... least 120 feet in breadth ; Market - street and Pearl - street , by which this is inter- sected at right angles , as these streets run nearly parallel to the IMPROVEMENT OF ALBANY . 19 river , are also as 18 STATE OF NEW - YORK .
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... least connexion with public instruction ; nay , the latter may have continued to exercise its beneficial influence during the whole time that crime was increasing , and may actually have prevented it from still greater increase . Wher ...
... least connexion with public instruction ; nay , the latter may have continued to exercise its beneficial influence during the whole time that crime was increasing , and may actually have prevented it from still greater increase . Wher ...
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... least twenty in the number of con- victs . " Who is there , after this mass of evidence as to ignorance and intemperance being the chief causes of crime , that will not admire and commend the rulers and legislators of America for doing ...
... least twenty in the number of con- victs . " Who is there , after this mass of evidence as to ignorance and intemperance being the chief causes of crime , that will not admire and commend the rulers and legislators of America for doing ...
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... account the infants , the very aged , the sick , and the infirm , there will be always at least 6000 , or one fifth that could not attend public wor- RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS IN ALBANY . 35 ship ; so that 34 STATE OF NEW - YORK ..
... account the infants , the very aged , the sick , and the infirm , there will be always at least 6000 , or one fifth that could not attend public wor- RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS IN ALBANY . 35 ship ; so that 34 STATE OF NEW - YORK ..
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Page 445 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 316 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
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Page 316 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Page 316 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
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