Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 8Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, James Henley Thornwell, William Gilmore Simms Wiley & Putnam, 1845 |
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... party crossed the mountains at the Estroza pass , by a road only wide enough for one at a time , winding round the precipi- tous cliff , and almost overhanging the sea , which is seen at an immense distance below , whilst the pinnacles ...
... party crossed the mountains at the Estroza pass , by a road only wide enough for one at a time , winding round the precipi- tous cliff , and almost overhanging the sea , which is seen at an immense distance below , whilst the pinnacles ...
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... party of officers and naturalists , made an excursion to the summit of Corcovado , which they reached after some hours of laborious exertion . They were amply repaid for their toil , by the magnificent view of the bay , harbour , city ...
... party of officers and naturalists , made an excursion to the summit of Corcovado , which they reached after some hours of laborious exertion . They were amply repaid for their toil , by the magnificent view of the bay , harbour , city ...
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... party could not return , and in an attempt to supply them with provisions , Lieut . Hartstein and three men , who tried to land in the surf - boat , were pre- cipitated into the sea and narrowly escaped being drowned . Captain Wilkes ...
... party could not return , and in an attempt to supply them with provisions , Lieut . Hartstein and three men , who tried to land in the surf - boat , were pre- cipitated into the sea and narrowly escaped being drowned . Captain Wilkes ...
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... party got the provisions before the return of the brig . The Porpoise entered Orange Harbour on the 30th , and found that the Sea Gull had arrived eight days before , after encountering very boisterous weather , and enduring incredible ...
... party got the provisions before the return of the brig . The Porpoise entered Orange Harbour on the 30th , and found that the Sea Gull had arrived eight days before , after encountering very boisterous weather , and enduring incredible ...
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... parties had acted in concert ; but the brothers Carreras , who had distinguished themselves on the 1st April , and ... party were deeply imbued with liberal principles , and had been govern- ed by a settled determination to separate ...
... parties had acted in concert ; but the brothers Carreras , who had distinguished themselves on the 1st April , and ... party were deeply imbued with liberal principles , and had been govern- ed by a settled determination to separate ...
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Page 154 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered.
Page 153 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Page 464 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis. 2. The arts and sciences shall be promoted in one or more seminaries of learning.
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Page 154 - Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Page 374 - In questions of power then let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the claims of the Constitution.
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Page 255 - TIME rolls his ceaseless course. The race of yore Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our marvelling boyhood legends store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or sea, How are they blotted from the things that be ! How few, all weak and withered of their force, Wait, on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks, the tide returning hoarse, To sweep them from our sight! Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Page 260 - Rural Economy, in its Relations with Chemistry, Physics and Meteorology ; or Chemistry applied to Agriculture. By JB BOUSSINGAULT, Member of the Institute of France, etc., etc.
Page 372 - Amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes, delegated to that Government certain definite powers, reserving each State to itself the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force...