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... Panama ; and by virtue thereof San Francisco becomes the entrepôt of the Pacific coast , the outlet of the richest wheat - lands and orchards on the continent , the reservoir of streams of gold and silver from Nevada and the foot ...
... Panama ; and by virtue thereof San Francisco becomes the entrepôt of the Pacific coast , the outlet of the richest wheat - lands and orchards on the continent , the reservoir of streams of gold and silver from Nevada and the foot ...
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... Panama ; and by virtue thereof San Francisco becomes the entrepôt of the Pacific coast , the outlet of the richest wheat - lands and orchards on the continent , the reservoir of streams of gold and silver from Nevada and the foot ...
... Panama ; and by virtue thereof San Francisco becomes the entrepôt of the Pacific coast , the outlet of the richest wheat - lands and orchards on the continent , the reservoir of streams of gold and silver from Nevada and the foot ...
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... Panama Railway , in 1855 , connecting comparatively short lines of steam - navigation on both sides . In a single year 6,000 tons of biscuit were shipped from New York to San Francisco , around the Horn , passing twice through the ...
... Panama Railway , in 1855 , connecting comparatively short lines of steam - navigation on both sides . In a single year 6,000 tons of biscuit were shipped from New York to San Francisco , around the Horn , passing twice through the ...
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... Panama Railway , in 1855 , connecting comparatively short lines of steam - navigation on both sides . In a single year 6,000 tons of biscuit were shipped from New York to San Francisco , around the Horn , passing twice through the ...
... Panama Railway , in 1855 , connecting comparatively short lines of steam - navigation on both sides . In a single year 6,000 tons of biscuit were shipped from New York to San Francisco , around the Horn , passing twice through the ...
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... Panama Railway , in 1855 , connecting comparatively short lines of steam - navigation on both sides . In a single year 6,000 tons of biscuit were shipped from New York to San Francisco , around the Horn , passing twice through the ...
... Panama Railway , in 1855 , connecting comparatively short lines of steam - navigation on both sides . In a single year 6,000 tons of biscuit were shipped from New York to San Francisco , around the Horn , passing twice through the ...
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Page 111 - The horror of the night, the precipice scaled by Wolfe, the empire he with a handful of men added to England, and the glorious catastrophe of contentedly terminating life where his fame began Ancient story may be ransacked, and ostentatious philosophy thrown into the account, before an episode can be found to rank with Wolfe's.
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Page 67 - Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings, upon Greek and Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conquerors, upon Napoleon dreaming of an Eastern empire, upon battle and pestilence, upon the ceaseless misery of the Egyptian race, upon keen-eyed travellers — Herodotus yesterday and Warburton to-day — upon all and more, this unworldly Sphinx has watched and watched like a Providence, with the same earnest eyes, and the same sad, tranquil mien.
Page 72 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 139 - It has, in fact, nothing which can properly be termed ornament. It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing so exalted a spirit of worship, that I felt humbled, as a Christian, to think that our nobler religion has so rarely inspired its architects to surpass this temple to God and Mohammed.
Page 63 - Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 13. The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
Page 172 - Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair, That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air!
Page 67 - Laugh and mock if you will at the worship of stone idols, but mark ye this, ye breakers of images— that in one regard the stone idol bears awful semblance of Deity — unchangefulness in the midst of change, the same seeming will and intent for ever and ever inexorable. Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings, upon Greek and Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conquerors, upon Napoleon dreaming of an Eastern empire, upon battle and...
Page 215 - Conon said, it was sufficient to read his work on the true religion to be satisfied that he was ignorant of the first principles of theology. Being more of a politician than a theologian, he found the secret of remaining peacefully in China. The kings found in him a man full of complaisance; the pagans a minister who accommodated himself to their superstitions; the Mandarins a polite courtier, skilled in all the trickery of courts; and the devil a faithful servant, who, far from destroying, established...
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