A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions, المجلد 5A. Fullarton & Company, 1832 |
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... side to the north , falling into the Peiho , near Pekin ; and thence , on the other side , to the south , till it joins the Hoang - ho or Yellow river ; thence to the Yang - tse- kiang , which great stream , with its tributary , the Kan ...
... side to the north , falling into the Peiho , near Pekin ; and thence , on the other side , to the south , till it joins the Hoang - ho or Yellow river ; thence to the Yang - tse- kiang , which great stream , with its tributary , the Kan ...
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... sides being cut in terraces , like those of the Pays de Vaud , between Lausanne and Vevay , and covered with produce ... side of the river Pei - ho , at no great distance from the capital , the gentlemen of the British embassy perceived ...
... sides being cut in terraces , like those of the Pays de Vaud , between Lausanne and Vevay , and covered with produce ... side of the river Pei - ho , at no great distance from the capital , the gentlemen of the British embassy perceived ...
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... side , but the sheets are folded back , and form two pages . When they are bound , they are fastened by the open side , leaving the fold to form the outward margin of the leaf . A few moveable types of the most common character are ...
... side , but the sheets are folded back , and form two pages . When they are bound , they are fastened by the open side , leaving the fold to form the outward margin of the leaf . A few moveable types of the most common character are ...
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... side is very level , and so completely cultivated , as to appear like one vast garden ; but notwithstanding its fertility , commerce does not flourish ; perhaps in consequence of the effeminacy and indolence of the inhabitants . Towards ...
... side is very level , and so completely cultivated , as to appear like one vast garden ; but notwithstanding its fertility , commerce does not flourish ; perhaps in consequence of the effeminacy and indolence of the inhabitants . Towards ...
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... side of the town , add greatly to its beauty . There are open porticoes , supported by pillars and paved with flag - stones , along the edge of the lake , and stone causeways crossing it in various directions , with bridges at intervals ...
... side of the town , add greatly to its beauty . There are open porticoes , supported by pillars and paved with flag - stones , along the edge of the lake , and stone causeways crossing it in various directions , with bridges at intervals ...
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الصفحة 359 - The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
الصفحة 289 - ... of success in any mode of contest where regard should be had to truth, law, or right, have at length, deserting those, attempted to effect their cruel and Impolitic purpose of enslaving these colonies by violence, and have thereby rendered it necessary for us to close with their last appeal from reason to arms.
الصفحة 362 - ... first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which, the proportion shall be so regulated by...
الصفحة 368 - ... offices, which are to be held by appointment of the governor, or the governor and council, or the senate, or the house of representatives, or by the election of the people of the state at large, or of the people of any county, military offices, and the offices of justices of the peace excepted, shall be held by one person. No person holding the office of judge of the supreme judicial court — secretary — attorney-general — solicitorgeneral — treasurer or receiver-general — judge of probate...
الصفحة 362 - After the first enumeration, required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number...
الصفحة 289 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.
الصفحة 352 - When we shall have existed as a people as long as the Greeks did before they produced a Homer, the Romans a Virgil, the French a Racine and Voltaire, the English a Shakespeare and Milton, should this reproach be still true, we will inquire from what unfriendly causes it has proceeded, that the other countries of Europe and quarters of the earth shall not have inscribed any name in the roll of poets...
الصفحة 331 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
الصفحة 323 - Since our arrival at the Falls we have repeatedly heard a strange noise coming from the mountains in a direction a little to the north of west. It is heard at different periods of the day and night, sometimes when the air is perfectly still and without a cloud, and consists of one stroke only, or of five or six discharges in quick succession. It is loud, and resembles precisely the sound of a six-pound piece of ordnance at the distance of three miles.
الصفحة 362 - No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.