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... ; which has proved so unproductive , that though it has been completed five and twenty years , not a single divi- dend has been shared . Redbridge is a place of great an- tiquity . It appears to have been of some consequence 16.
... ; which has proved so unproductive , that though it has been completed five and twenty years , not a single divi- dend has been shared . Redbridge is a place of great an- tiquity . It appears to have been of some consequence 16.
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John Bullar. tiquity . It appears to have been of some consequence even in the times of the Saxons . The ancient historian Bede calls it Reodford , or the ford of reeds . Camden says , that its name was changed to Redbridge , on ac ...
John Bullar. tiquity . It appears to have been of some consequence even in the times of the Saxons . The ancient historian Bede calls it Reodford , or the ford of reeds . Camden says , that its name was changed to Redbridge , on ac ...
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... appear that this mode of ship building has been carried further than these specimens . With respect to the Arrow , it has been asserted in a periodical publication , as a fact communi- cated from an officer on board that ship , that she ...
... appear that this mode of ship building has been carried further than these specimens . With respect to the Arrow , it has been asserted in a periodical publication , as a fact communi- cated from an officer on board that ship , that she ...
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... appear to have been the following . 1. That it was so much overstocked with deer , that many died yearly of want in the winter ; and not less than three hundred died in one week only , in the winter of 1787 . 2. That great waste and ...
... appear to have been the following . 1. That it was so much overstocked with deer , that many died yearly of want in the winter ; and not less than three hundred died in one week only , in the winter of 1787 . 2. That great waste and ...
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... appears to much greater ad- vantage as we rise through it to Lyndhurst , than as we descend to Brockenhurst . ” The felled trees lying on the ground , and the numerous stumps that mark the continual ravages of the axe , excite ...
... appears to much greater ad- vantage as we rise through it to Lyndhurst , than as we descend to Brockenhurst . ” The felled trees lying on the ground , and the numerous stumps that mark the continual ravages of the axe , excite ...
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Page 37 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
Page 37 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 36 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Page 36 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Page 36 - His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery , a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 174 - His meagre corpse, though full of vigour, Would halt behind him, were it bigger. So wonderful his expedition, When you have not the least suspicion, He's with you like an apparition. Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war; A land commander, and a tar : Heroic actions early bred in, Ne'er to be match'd in modern reading, But by his namesake Charles of Sweden.
Page 174 - A skeleton in outward figure ; His meagre corpse, though full of vigour, Would halt behind him, were it bigger. So wonderful his expedition, When you have not the least suspicion, He's with you like an apparition.
Page 205 - A SPEECH intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the Colony of Massachusett's Bay.
Page 209 - And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Page 125 - ... their migration. Now and then, in calm weather, when mast falls sparingly, he calls them perhaps together by the music of his horn to a gratuitous meal ; but in general they need little attention, returning regularly home at night, though they often wander in the day two or three miles from their sty. There are experienced leaders in all herds, which have spent this roving life before, and can instruct their juniors in the method of it. By this management the herd is carried home to their respective...