A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the Country, and of Several of the Principal Cities; and Remarks on the Social, Moral and Political Character of the People: Being the Result of Observations and Enquiries During a Journey in the United StatesT. Cadell, 1824 - 503 pages |
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... continued to do so during my stay in the country . On looking over them , I thought that I could compile a vo- lume of a nature likely to be generally in- teresting ; an opinion in which I was con- firmed , by an examination of the ...
... continued to do so during my stay in the country . On looking over them , I thought that I could compile a vo- lume of a nature likely to be generally in- teresting ; an opinion in which I was con- firmed , by an examination of the ...
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... continued a Bri- tish colony , the episcopal clergy were supported by tithes , or rather by a smaller provision of the same nature . In whom the superior authority was lodged I cannot state , there being no bishop in the colony . But I ...
... continued a Bri- tish colony , the episcopal clergy were supported by tithes , or rather by a smaller provision of the same nature . In whom the superior authority was lodged I cannot state , there being no bishop in the colony . But I ...
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... continued inoperative . The troublous times which fol- lowed his reign , were not adapted for a calm and judicious examination of abuses in order to their removal . The minds of men were drawn to abuses in the civil government , and ...
... continued inoperative . The troublous times which fol- lowed his reign , were not adapted for a calm and judicious examination of abuses in order to their removal . The minds of men were drawn to abuses in the civil government , and ...
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... continued from age to age , as if their removal were unnecessary . In the United States , there were no large ec- clesiastical possessions to be put in jeopardy ; ' accordingly , almost immediately after the Inde- pendence , and as soon ...
... continued from age to age , as if their removal were unnecessary . In the United States , there were no large ec- clesiastical possessions to be put in jeopardy ; ' accordingly , almost immediately after the Inde- pendence , and as soon ...
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... continued at all ! The creed it- self seems to aim at explicitness on a very mys- terious subject , which it would be better to leave in the words of scripture . The Americans have acted wisely in rejecting it altogether . The Article ...
... continued at all ! The creed it- self seems to aim at explicitness on a very mys- terious subject , which it would be better to leave in the words of scripture . The Americans have acted wisely in rejecting it altogether . The Article ...
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