A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Bind 2Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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Side 9
... Island into two principal portions ; the American Fall on the east , and the Horse - shoe Fall on the west , or Canada side . A portion of the fall on the Ame- rican side is cut off by a small island on the precipice , and forms a ...
... Island into two principal portions ; the American Fall on the east , and the Horse - shoe Fall on the west , or Canada side . A portion of the fall on the Ame- rican side is cut off by a small island on the precipice , and forms a ...
Side 14
... Island 69,152 76,931 83,059 * 6,128 Delaware 64,273 19,783 72,749 75 Missouri . 20,845 66,586 45,741 230 Illinois 12,282 55,211 42,929 350 District of Columbia 14,093 24,023 33,039 9,016 37 United States and Territories 33 5,319,762 ...
... Island 69,152 76,931 83,059 * 6,128 Delaware 64,273 19,783 72,749 75 Missouri . 20,845 66,586 45,741 230 Illinois 12,282 55,211 42,929 350 District of Columbia 14,093 24,023 33,039 9,016 37 United States and Territories 33 5,319,762 ...
Side 18
... Island is sterile ; but the islands and coast of Narraganset Bay are among the most fertile and well culti- vated spots in the United States , and are cele- brated for excellent cattle , and numerous flocks of sheep 16 AMERICA .
... Island is sterile ; but the islands and coast of Narraganset Bay are among the most fertile and well culti- vated spots in the United States , and are cele- brated for excellent cattle , and numerous flocks of sheep 16 AMERICA .
Side 19
... island is by far the most valuable ; but it can be raised only in a few districts , and chiefly on the low islands which line the coast of the southern states . The green - seed , or up- land cotton , requires so much labour to separate ...
... island is by far the most valuable ; but it can be raised only in a few districts , and chiefly on the low islands which line the coast of the southern states . The green - seed , or up- land cotton , requires so much labour to separate ...
Side 21
... Island has a mine of anthracite ; and another has recently been discovered in Wor- cester county , Massachusetts . 248. The interior is also well supplied with that mineral of the first necessity - salt . The Great Desert of North ...
... Island has a mine of anthracite ; and another has recently been discovered in Wor- cester county , Massachusetts . 248. The interior is also well supplied with that mineral of the first necessity - salt . The Great Desert of North ...
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Side 16 - Court; 10 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years...
Side 16 - To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Side 343 - The cease of majesty Dies not alone; but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it: it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Side 17 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Side 16 - States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Side 16 - To establish post offices and post roads; 8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; 10.
Side 16 - States; 2 To borrow money on the credit of the United States; 3 To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; 4 To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States...
Side 387 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Side 119 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Side 315 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.