America and Her Resources: Or, A View of the Agricultural, Commercial, Manufacturing, Financial, Political, Literary, Moral and Religious Capacity and Character of the American PeopleH. Colburn, 1818 - 504 pages |
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... labours under all the peculiar circumstances of national infancy — a thin and a scattered population over an immense extent of territory . The unfinished condition of its social habits , the fluctuation of its political institutions ...
... labours under all the peculiar circumstances of national infancy — a thin and a scattered population over an immense extent of territory . The unfinished condition of its social habits , the fluctuation of its political institutions ...
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... labour , averaging , at least , double the rate in England , and quadruple that in France ; so com- paratively scanty the population ; so great the demand for all kinds of work ; so vast the quantity , and so low the price of land ; so ...
... labour , averaging , at least , double the rate in England , and quadruple that in France ; so com- paratively scanty the population ; so great the demand for all kinds of work ; so vast the quantity , and so low the price of land ; so ...
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... labour , time , and expense , necessary to ascend the rapid stream of the Mississippi , the nature of whose banks , annually overflowed on a breadth of several miles , precludes the possibility of towing paths . So that whilst the ...
... labour , time , and expense , necessary to ascend the rapid stream of the Mississippi , the nature of whose banks , annually overflowed on a breadth of several miles , precludes the possibility of towing paths . So that whilst the ...
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... labours of Denmark , Sweden , Russia , and the commercial parts of Germany , to which add the efforts of Spain and Portugal . Hence have arisen , during the last three years , both in the United States and in the British Isles , very ...
... labours of Denmark , Sweden , Russia , and the commercial parts of Germany , to which add the efforts of Spain and Portugal . Hence have arisen , during the last three years , both in the United States and in the British Isles , very ...
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... labour here average more than double their rate in England , and quadruple that in France ; and land is plentiful , cheap , and fertile ; so that those who are straitened and embarrassed in the large cities , have only to fall back into ...
... labour here average more than double their rate in England , and quadruple that in France ; and land is plentiful , cheap , and fertile ; so that those who are straitened and embarrassed in the large cities , have only to fall back into ...
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Page 181 - Judges shall not charge juries with respect to matters of fact, but may state the testimony and declare the law.
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Page 196 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Page 137 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; To establish a...
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