The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 3Redfield & Lindsay, 1843 |
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... United States Apparatus for drawing off water Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone 261 main 270 Summer Duck 373 275 Excerpts 277 Civet or Muskcat 374 282 Elias Hicks 350 Canadian Gouse 407 A woman who spoke without a tongue 304 Early History ...
... United States Apparatus for drawing off water Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone 261 main 270 Summer Duck 373 275 Excerpts 277 Civet or Muskcat 374 282 Elias Hicks 350 Canadian Gouse 407 A woman who spoke without a tongue 304 Early History ...
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... united in this enterprise , them , yet the chosen of the Almighty have been ́sus- combining with it an attack upon the picket guard . tained through unexampled vicissitudes and unequal- It is incredible that Jones should not have known ...
... united in this enterprise , them , yet the chosen of the Almighty have been ́sus- combining with it an attack upon the picket guard . tained through unexampled vicissitudes and unequal- It is incredible that Jones should not have known ...
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... united . I should have mentioned that at the further ex- tremity of the church is a magnificent waterfall , over which you may ascend by means of an artificial staircase to the height of forty or fifty feet , and that in the sides of ...
... united . I should have mentioned that at the further ex- tremity of the church is a magnificent waterfall , over which you may ascend by means of an artificial staircase to the height of forty or fifty feet , and that in the sides of ...
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... United States , and 54,568,960 pounds to Europe . POPULATION OF BRAZIL IN 1833 , BY RETURNS TO GOVERNMENT FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE . Provinces . Para Maranham Pianhy 102,500 Free people 153,000 56,500 ...
... United States , and 54,568,960 pounds to Europe . POPULATION OF BRAZIL IN 1833 , BY RETURNS TO GOVERNMENT FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE . Provinces . Para Maranham Pianhy 102,500 Free people 153,000 56,500 ...
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... had given to their dress on leaving the ship , were severely frostbitten . The thermom- eter stood at 30 degrees below zero . United Service Journal . extent of 21,000 square miles , and the anthracite of THE FAMILY MAGAZINE . 31.
... had given to their dress on leaving the ship , were severely frostbitten . The thermom- eter stood at 30 degrees below zero . United Service Journal . extent of 21,000 square miles , and the anthracite of THE FAMILY MAGAZINE . 31.
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Page 293 - For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest — A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 4 - And he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 82 - No, they are all unchained again: The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath, The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges.
Page 5 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 467 - There's a smile on the fruit, and a smile on the flower, And a laugh from the brook that runs to the sea.
Page 464 - Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
Page 467 - Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around ; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground...
Page 271 - I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and towns, where the din of hammers and machinery is constantly heard; that the woods are fast disappearing under the axe by day, and the fire by night; that hundreds of steam-boats are gliding to and fro, over the whole length of the majestic river, forcing commerce to take root and to prosper at every spot...
Page 58 - As blows the north wind, heave their foam, And curl around the dashing oar, As late the boatman hies him home. How sweet, at set of sun, to view Thy golden mirror spreading wide, And see the mist of mantling blue Float round the distant mountain's side ! At midnight hour, as shines the moon, A sheet of silver spreads below, And swift she cuts, at highest noon, Light clouds, like wreaths of purest snow. On thy fair bosom, silver lake, O ! I could ever sweep the oar, When early birds at morning wake,...
Page 425 - twas the self-same power divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine; That you with music, I with light, Might beautify and cheer the night.