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... proper occasion to retrace such occur- rences of the past year as may concern the work , and to look forward to whatever may interest its future progress . The present volume , which forms the first of the second Hexade , or the seventh ...
... proper occasion to retrace such occur- rences of the past year as may concern the work , and to look forward to whatever may interest its future progress . The present volume , which forms the first of the second Hexade , or the seventh ...
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... proper objects of quarantine regulation . The errors and prejudices of many of our own citizens have done much to suggest these chimeri- cal notions to the rulers and people of foreign na- tions ; and as long as such errors continue to ...
... proper objects of quarantine regulation . The errors and prejudices of many of our own citizens have done much to suggest these chimeri- cal notions to the rulers and people of foreign na- tions ; and as long as such errors continue to ...
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... proper to remark , that when I first saw her I could perceive no mark upon the spot where she supposed the spider had bitten her . This was , however , as late as the fortieth day ; and if it had been earlier examined , it is not very ...
... proper to remark , that when I first saw her I could perceive no mark upon the spot where she supposed the spider had bitten her . This was , however , as late as the fortieth day ; and if it had been earlier examined , it is not very ...
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... proper- ties of a Brazilian plant , named there aya - pana . " The aya - pana grows in South - America , on the right bank of the river of the Amazons . The inhabitants of that country have long considered it as an excellent sudorific ...
... proper- ties of a Brazilian plant , named there aya - pana . " The aya - pana grows in South - America , on the right bank of the river of the Amazons . The inhabitants of that country have long considered it as an excellent sudorific ...
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... being so called from their approaching nearly the size of a bullet . The name " taurina " is , therefore , not the most proper . J. M. that even birds will not eat them till winter frosts 22 Species and Hybrids of American Vines .
... being so called from their approaching nearly the size of a bullet . The name " taurina " is , therefore , not the most proper . J. M. that even birds will not eat them till winter frosts 22 Species and Hybrids of American Vines .
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Page iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 392 - His catholic majesty promises and engages on his part, to cede to the French Republic, six months after the full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to his royal highness, the Duke of Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page iii - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, bat to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 432 - About eight o'clock he desired to have three pamphlets which had been looked out by his directions the evening before. He then dictated as clearly and distinctly as he had ever done in his life, the additions and alterations which he wished to have made in each.
Page 79 - Their jurisdiction is to overlook the repairs of sea-banks and sea-walls, and the cleansing of rivers, public streams, ditches, and other conduits whereby any waters are carried off: and is confined to such county, or particular district, as the commission shall expressly name.
Page 432 - We shall all meet finally: we only require different degrees of discipline, suited to our different tempers, to prepare us for final happiness.
Page 48 - Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany, in the University of Pennsylvania.
Page 432 - About half an hour after he desired that he might be removed to a cot. About ten minutes after he was removed to it he died; but breathed his last so easily, that those who were sitting close to him did not immediately perceive it. He had put his hand to his face, which prevented them from observing it.
Page 391 - Louisiana, westwardly of the Mississippi, though very extensive, are at present involved in some obscurity. Data are equally wanting to assign with precision its northern extent. From the source of the Mississippi, it is bounded eastwardly by the middle of the channel of that river to the thirty-first degree of latitude : thence it is asserted upon very strong grounds that according to its limits, when formerly possessed by France, it stretches to the east, as far, at least, as the river Perdigo,...
Page 377 - Indeed, every mechanic art, in the different processes of which heat, moisture, solution, mixture, or fermentation are necessary, must ever keep pace in improvement with this branch of philosophy. To the physician this science is of still greater value, and is daily growing in importance. He learns from it to compound his medicines; to disarm poisons of their force; to adjust remedies to diseases; and to adopt the general means of preserving health.