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Page 401
... tion in Poland to take charge of the edu- cation of three children . She departed for this in January , 1841 , traversed the Black Forest , and the whole of South Germany , covered with snow , and joined in Vienna the family with which ...
... tion in Poland to take charge of the edu- cation of three children . She departed for this in January , 1841 , traversed the Black Forest , and the whole of South Germany , covered with snow , and joined in Vienna the family with which ...
Page 411
... tion was that of a body of rules and pre- cepts belonging to a school of Brahmans called Manavas , who lived in the north- west of India not far from Delhi . In all probability the compiler of the code was a learned Brahman , whose ...
... tion was that of a body of rules and pre- cepts belonging to a school of Brahmans called Manavas , who lived in the north- west of India not far from Delhi . In all probability the compiler of the code was a learned Brahman , whose ...
Page 422
... tion . The effects of this great industrial demonstra- tion will be confined to no city , to no state , nor to any one nation . The converging lines of in- fluence and effort which are embodied in this enterprise , connecting it with ...
... tion . The effects of this great industrial demonstra- tion will be confined to no city , to no state , nor to any one nation . The converging lines of in- fluence and effort which are embodied in this enterprise , connecting it with ...
Page 425
... tion from Washington that they try to get from the Union that was to be some little return for their labors in the shape of an interest in lands of the Far West beyond the Ohio , it was from Massachu- setts that the suggestion was acted ...
... tion from Washington that they try to get from the Union that was to be some little return for their labors in the shape of an interest in lands of the Far West beyond the Ohio , it was from Massachu- setts that the suggestion was acted ...
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... tion which promises to do as much for the value of the cotton crop to the planter as Whitney's invention did . It consists of a compress which takes the cotton from the gin and rolls it up into bales more compact by at least fifty per ...
... tion which promises to do as much for the value of the cotton crop to the planter as Whitney's invention did . It consists of a compress which takes the cotton from the gin and rolls it up into bales more compact by at least fifty per ...
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Page 623 - I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
Page 562 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 565 - ... knowledge in the principles of politics and good government, and, as a matter of infinite importance in my judgment, by associating with each other, and forming friendships in juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from, those local prejudices and habitual jealousies which have just been mentioned, and which, when carried to excess, are never-failing sources of disquietude to the public mind, and pregnant of mischievous consequences to this country.
Page 879 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Page 880 - Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Page 879 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Page 680 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 434 - The second * day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to' be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Page 913 - All this may be ; the people's voice is odd ; It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
Page 690 - And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses ; neither after him arose there any like him.