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Page 61
... course of the Ohio , and Mississippi ; which must be coursed for lit- tle less than two thousand miles before the waters of the Alle- ghany and Monongahela , uniting at Pittsburgh , can find a vent in the bay of Mexico . A bridge over ...
... course of the Ohio , and Mississippi ; which must be coursed for lit- tle less than two thousand miles before the waters of the Alle- ghany and Monongahela , uniting at Pittsburgh , can find a vent in the bay of Mexico . A bridge over ...
Page 63
... course ; and in freshets to occupy the whole width of the level between the mountains , and to force the weary traveller to climb up their sides to avoid the torrent . This tor- tuous and occasionally impracticable pass at present ...
... course ; and in freshets to occupy the whole width of the level between the mountains , and to force the weary traveller to climb up their sides to avoid the torrent . This tor- tuous and occasionally impracticable pass at present ...
Page 342
... course of conversation , would be meagre , incomplete , and devoid of end or object : they would be mere anecdotes , frequently of the most puerile kind , in- stead of grand operations and results . I eagerly seized the fa- vourable ...
... course of conversation , would be meagre , incomplete , and devoid of end or object : they would be mere anecdotes , frequently of the most puerile kind , in- stead of grand operations and results . I eagerly seized the fa- vourable ...
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