The Volume of the World: Embracing the Geography, History, and Statistics, of the Nations of the Earth ... with Complete Statistical Tables, from the Latest Authentic Sources, and One Hundred Illustrations ... Also Embellished with a Map of the World, on Mercator's ProjectionJ. & H. Miller, 1855 - 1000 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 104
... house of representatives chooses a president from three candidates hav- ing the greatest number of votes . In the ... houses of Congress . He has a salary of $ 25,000 per annum , and the presidential mansion for his resi- dence during ...
... house of representatives chooses a president from three candidates hav- ing the greatest number of votes . In the ... houses of Congress . He has a salary of $ 25,000 per annum , and the presidential mansion for his resi- dence during ...
עמוד 105
... house of rep- resentatives consists of members chosen for two years by districts . The number of representatives is proportioned to the number of the inhabitants , and the ratio under the new census will be about one for every 93,000 ...
... house of rep- resentatives consists of members chosen for two years by districts . The number of representatives is proportioned to the number of the inhabitants , and the ratio under the new census will be about one for every 93,000 ...
עמוד 125
... house , court house , jail , United States arsenal , and several hospitals and churches . The state house is situated on an eminence , a little south of the city , on the west side of the river . Its central part is 84 feet long and 56 ...
... house , court house , jail , United States arsenal , and several hospitals and churches . The state house is situated on an eminence , a little south of the city , on the west side of the river . Its central part is 84 feet long and 56 ...
עמוד 130
... house , a court house , jail , state prison , & c .; there are also numerous churches and many elegant private buildings . The state house is a beautiful structure of hewn granite , 126 feet long , and 49 feet wide , with a projection ...
... house , a court house , jail , state prison , & c .; there are also numerous churches and many elegant private buildings . The state house is a beautiful structure of hewn granite , 126 feet long , and 49 feet wide , with a projection ...
עמוד 134
... houses of the legislature , and the treasurer is chosen annually by the people . The right of suffrage is enjoyed by ... house built of granite , 72 feet wide in the centre , with two wings , and is each 39 feet , making a whole length ...
... houses of the legislature , and the treasurer is chosen annually by the people . The right of suffrage is enjoyed by ... house built of granite , 72 feet wide in the centre , with two wings , and is each 39 feet , making a whole length ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
abundance acres agricultural Alleghany mountains America amount annually Atlantic banks beautiful branches British building built bushels canal capital Catholic centre chiefly churches climate coal coast College colony commerce Connecticut Connecticut river considerable consists constitution contains cotton court cultivated debt Delaware districts east eastern elected elevated England Erie exports extensive feet high fertile foreign fund governor Gulf of Mexico harbor hills important inhabitants institutions Ireland island kingdom lake lake Champlain Lake Erie lake Michigan land latitude legislature manufactures Mexico miles long Mississippi Missouri mountains mouth navigable North Carolina northern ocean Ohio Ohio river Pennsylvania Peru plains port principal produce provinces railroad region resided river schools Scotland Seminary senate shore situated soil South America southern Spain square miles steamboats streets territory tion town trade United valley vessels Virginia Washington western wheat whole York
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 561 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
עמוד 546 - In every district there are primary schools, in which the elements of education, with geography and history, are taught ; and secondary schools for youths of from twelve to fifteen, in which instruction is given in ancient and modern languages, geometry, natural history, the fine arts, and music.
עמוד 561 - Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...
עמוד 281 - The Legislature shall protect by law, from forced sale, a certain portion of the homestead and other property of all heads of families.
עמוד 170 - Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the state one year next preceding the election, and of the county, township, or ward, in which he resides, such time as may be provided by law, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections.
עמוד 160 - The State shall be divided into eight judicial districts, of which the city of New York shall be one ; the others to be bounded by county lines and to be compact and equal in population as nearly as may be. There shall be four Justices of the Supreme Court in each district, and as many more in the district composed of the city of New York, as may from time to time be authorized by law...
עמוד 256 - No person who denies the being of a God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this State.
עמוד 286 - Congress assembled, that all that part of the territory of the United States included within the following limits, to wit: bounded on the west by the state of California, on the north by the territory of Oregon, and on the east by the summit of the Rocky Mountains, and on the south by the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude...
עמוד 113 - That it shall be lawful for any person or persons to bring to the said mint gold and silver bullion, in order to their being coined ; and that the bullion so brought shall be there assayed and coined as speedily as may be after the receipt thereof, and that free of expense to the person or persons by whom the same shall have been brought...
עמוד 111 - Massachusetts in 1765, and by Connecticut in 1786 ; also the lands within the boundaries of the States of Mississippi and Alabama north of 31° north latitude, as conveyed to the United States by Georgia in 1802. 2d. Within the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, as acquired from France by the treaty of 1803, including the portion of the States of Alabama and Mississippi south of 31°...