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 6-10 מתוך 65
עמוד 52
... nature , but of a very diftant period of time from the crea- tion of the world ; a time long enough for the frata to have acquired their greatest degree of cohesion and hardness ; and for the teftaceous matter of marine fhells to become ...
... nature , but of a very diftant period of time from the crea- tion of the world ; a time long enough for the frata to have acquired their greatest degree of cohesion and hardness ; and for the teftaceous matter of marine fhells to become ...
עמוד 56
... nature . But it appears from the diffection of one of them by Dr. Tyfon , that their ftructure is fuch as is fitted for generation , like that of other animals ; and of courfe he fup- pofes that they must neceffarily be bred and ...
... nature . But it appears from the diffection of one of them by Dr. Tyfon , that their ftructure is fuch as is fitted for generation , like that of other animals ; and of courfe he fup- pofes that they must neceffarily be bred and ...
עמוד 57
... nature , and fo powerful a fmell , that the air is tainted with it to a furprizing distance . On this account the animal is called by the French Enfant du Diable , the Child of the Devil , or Bête Puante , the Stinking Beaft . The water ...
... nature , and fo powerful a fmell , that the air is tainted with it to a furprizing distance . On this account the animal is called by the French Enfant du Diable , the Child of the Devil , or Bête Puante , the Stinking Beaft . The water ...
עמוד 61
... nature . It receives its name from a thorn , like a dart , in its tail , with which it inflicts its wounds . The JOINT SNAKE is a great curiofity . Its fkin is as hard as parch- ment , and as fmooth as glafs . It is beautifully ftreaked ...
... nature . It receives its name from a thorn , like a dart , in its tail , with which it inflicts its wounds . The JOINT SNAKE is a great curiofity . Its fkin is as hard as parch- ment , and as fmooth as glafs . It is beautifully ftreaked ...
עמוד 62
... nature has kindly provided fufficient anti- dotes against their poifon . Of the astonishing variety of INSECTS found in America , we will mention The Glow Worm Earth Worm Sheep Tick Loufe Butterfly Moth Naked Snail Shell Snail Tobacco ...
... nature has kindly provided fufficient anti- dotes against their poifon . Of the astonishing variety of INSECTS found in America , we will mention The Glow Worm Earth Worm Sheep Tick Loufe Butterfly Moth Naked Snail Shell Snail Tobacco ...
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
affembly alfo almoft America Atlantic Ocean Befides Bofton British called Cape caufe chofen church coaft colony commiffioners confiderable confifting conftitution Congrefs Connecticut Connecticut river courfe court defign diftance eaft England English eſtabliſhed faid fame fecure feet fenate fent feparate fervice fettled fettlement fettlers feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation fmall fociety foil fome foon fource fouth fouthern fpirit fpring ftate ftream fubject fuch fuppofed fupport governor Great-Britain harbour hiftory himſelf houfe houſe hundred increaſe Indians inhabitants interfected iſlands jurifdiction Lake Lake Erie land latitude lefs Lord Cornwallis Maffachuſetts meaſures miles minifters moft Mohawks river moſt mountains mouth navigation neceffary New-England New-Haven New-York obferved occafioned paffed Pennfylvania perfons Plymouth prefent prefident Province of Main purpoſe refpecting reprefentatives rifes river ſhall ſmall ſtate thefe themſelves thence theſe thofe thoſe thouſand town troops United uſed veffels Virginia weft
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...