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... doubt history . Not many centuries ago , it was a common thing for all the British rivers to freeze up during the win- ter , and to remain so for several months . If space permitted , an interesting state- ment could be made of the ...
... doubt history . Not many centuries ago , it was a common thing for all the British rivers to freeze up during the win- ter , and to remain so for several months . If space permitted , an interesting state- ment could be made of the ...
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... doubt whether the climate of our country has changed its character within the last two hundred years . Jef- ferson and Dr. Rush both contended that it had . Our oldest inhabitants assert that in their day our winters began nearly two ...
... doubt whether the climate of our country has changed its character within the last two hundred years . Jef- ferson and Dr. Rush both contended that it had . Our oldest inhabitants assert that in their day our winters began nearly two ...
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... , If I had been the dying king , About as far as you could sling An elephant by the tail ! GOOD subjects then , as now , no doubt , When a king was dead , were eager to shout In time , " God save " the new one 26 [ July , Treasure - Trove .
... , If I had been the dying king , About as far as you could sling An elephant by the tail ! GOOD subjects then , as now , no doubt , When a king was dead , were eager to shout In time , " God save " the new one 26 [ July , Treasure - Trove .
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... doubt not , it was considered a very creditable piece of Baltimore typography . This unpretend- ing volume was compiled by Chancellor Kilty . It is a very instructive book , con- taining much curious matter , is worthy of better ...
... doubt not , it was considered a very creditable piece of Baltimore typography . This unpretend- ing volume was compiled by Chancellor Kilty . It is a very instructive book , con- taining much curious matter , is worthy of better ...
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... doubt , and give some post- humous fame to the subject of the dis- closure . - In the month of May , 1836 , I had a motive and an opportunity to make a visit to the County of St. Mary's . I had been looking into the histories of our ...
... doubt , and give some post- humous fame to the subject of the dis- closure . - In the month of May , 1836 , I had a motive and an opportunity to make a visit to the County of St. Mary's . I had been looking into the histories of our ...
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Page 355 - They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I' try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere.
Page 355 - HOUR. BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour.
Page 69 - Sit, worthy friends : — my lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth : pray you, keep seat ; The fit is momentary ; upon a...
Page 291 - With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces.
Page 389 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 355 - I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away...
Page 491 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Page 137 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 355 - I hear in the chamber above me • The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together To take me by surprise.
Page 230 - I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...