The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 - 536 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 61
עמוד 10
... force of the wind . If it be foft and gentle , it is called a breeze ; if fresh and violent , a gale ; if the gale be attended with rain and hail , it is called a ftorm . As the air is a Huid , its natural state is reft , which it ...
... force of the wind . If it be foft and gentle , it is called a breeze ; if fresh and violent , a gale ; if the gale be attended with rain and hail , it is called a ftorm . As the air is a Huid , its natural state is reft , which it ...
עמוד 18
... forces of the Shawanees , Mingoes , and Dela- wares , and a detachment of the Virginia militia . The Indians were de- feated , and fued for peace . Logan however difdained to be feen among the fuppliants . But , left the fincerity of a ...
... forces of the Shawanees , Mingoes , and Dela- wares , and a detachment of the Virginia militia . The Indians were de- feated , and fued for peace . Logan however difdained to be feen among the fuppliants . But , left the fincerity of a ...
עמוד 39
... force , a fubtil wind , faid to be of a naufeous fmell ; and if drawn in with the breath of the unwary traveller , will infallibly bring on a decline , that in a few months mult prove mortal . No remedy has yet been found to counteract ...
... force , a fubtil wind , faid to be of a naufeous fmell ; and if drawn in with the breath of the unwary traveller , will infallibly bring on a decline , that in a few months mult prove mortal . No remedy has yet been found to counteract ...
עמוד 41
... force being fufficient for removing them , the mud carried down by the river ferves to bind and cement them together . They are gradually covered , and every inundation not only extends their length and breadth , but adds another layer ...
... force being fufficient for removing them , the mud carried down by the river ferves to bind and cement them together . They are gradually covered , and every inundation not only extends their length and breadth , but adds another layer ...
עמוד 42
... force of the channel being united , the only opening then left would probably grow deep as well as the bar . Mr. Carver has travelled higher up this river , and appears to be better acquainted with its northern parts and fource , than ...
... force of the channel being united , the only opening then left would probably grow deep as well as the bar . Mr. Carver has travelled higher up this river , and appears to be better acquainted with its northern parts and fource , than ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
עמוד 155 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
עמוד 86 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
עמוד 35 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
עמוד 35 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
עמוד 467 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
עמוד 35 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
עמוד 466 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
עמוד 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
עמוד 366 - ... that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from...