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... Island of St. Helena 667 Communications to the Board of Agricul- ture , Vol . VI . Part 1 ........ ib . 499 503 654 656 674 REVIEW OF BOOKS . Gass's Journal of the Voyages and Travels Parsons's Travels into Asia and Africa .... 33 684 ...
... Island of St. Helena 667 Communications to the Board of Agricul- ture , Vol . VI . Part 1 ........ ib . 499 503 654 656 674 REVIEW OF BOOKS . Gass's Journal of the Voyages and Travels Parsons's Travels into Asia and Africa .... 33 684 ...
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... island , Cumberland .. Bishop of Llandaff's observations on , the agriculture and commerce of G. Britain . Holderness agricultural society . — Som- mercourt wool fair ... 582 arvon ditto . - Sir W. W. Leicestershire . and Rutlandshire ...
... island , Cumberland .. Bishop of Llandaff's observations on , the agriculture and commerce of G. Britain . Holderness agricultural society . — Som- mercourt wool fair ... 582 arvon ditto . - Sir W. W. Leicestershire . and Rutlandshire ...
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... island . For a short space , the importance is not thought to be great : but , on extensive lines of distances , the judicious application of skill is likely to afford extremely beneficial results . Surveys . The best principles of ...
... island . For a short space , the importance is not thought to be great : but , on extensive lines of distances , the judicious application of skill is likely to afford extremely beneficial results . Surveys . The best principles of ...
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... island . time when it was fresh from the hands of the author , it would have had greater pretensions to novelty , than it now has ; nor could that comparison , which now is not to its advantage , have been made . The present state of ...
... island . time when it was fresh from the hands of the author , it would have had greater pretensions to novelty , than it now has ; nor could that comparison , which now is not to its advantage , have been made . The present state of ...
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... island , was a disgrace to human nature , a reproach to the name of Briton , and to the profession of Christianity . But this censure does not attach to those masters who conscientiously endeavoured to dis- charge their duty towards ...
... island , was a disgrace to human nature , a reproach to the name of Briton , and to the profession of Christianity . But this censure does not attach to those masters who conscientiously endeavoured to dis- charge their duty towards ...
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Page 573 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Page 577 - Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the knights, citizens, and burgesses, and the commissioners for shires and burghs, of the House of...
Page 325 - ... where the sheep were feeding at large, in short, the view of the streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus will this fine passage, which has always been admired for its elegance, receive an additional beauty from its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village.
Page 387 - To have submitted our rightful commerce to prohibitions and tributary exactions from others, would have been to surrender our independence. To resist them by arms was war, without consulting the state of things, or the choice of the nation.
Page 393 - Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Page 849 - insurrection," the glorious efforts of the Spanish people in behalf of their legitimate Sovereign, and in defence of the independence of their country ; thus giving the sanction of His Imperial Majesty's authority to an usurpation which has no parallel in the History of the World.
Page 845 - We unite in entreating your Majesty to listen to the voice of humanity, silencing that of the passions ; to seek, with the intention of arriving at that object, to conciliate all interests, and by that means to preserve all the powers which exist, and to ensure the happiness of Europe and of this generation, at the head of which Providence has placed us.
Page 387 - ... and commerce, we have happily so far kept aloof from their calamitous conflicts, by a steady observance of justice towards all, by much forbearance, and multiplied sacrifices. At length however, all regard to the rights of others having been thrown aside, the belligerent Powers have beset the highway of commercial intercourse with Edicts which taken together expose our commerce and mariners, under almost every destination, a prey to their fleets and armies. Each party indeed would admit our commerce...
Page 779 - The bridge is 42 feet wide, and the wooden superstructure is enclosed and covered with a shingle roof. The want of bridges south of Pennsylvania, even on the main post road, is sensibly felt. One lately thrown across the Potomac three miles above the city of Washington, and which without any intervening piers is wholly suspended to iron chains extending from bank to bank, deserves notice on account of the boldness of its construction and of its comparative cheapness. The principle of this new plan,...
Page 325 - As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and natural simplicity of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. We at length reached the spot, whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images; it is on the top of the hill, from which there is a most extensive prospect on all sides: the distant...