The Family Magazine, Volume 5Redfield & Lindsay, 1838 |
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... extremely smooth upon the surface ; of and the bitter chinkareen , which has a bro a dusky - green on the upper side , and paler under- blossom , and a smooth stem . Many plante neath . They are marked by seven nerves or ribs the latter ...
... extremely smooth upon the surface ; of and the bitter chinkareen , which has a bro a dusky - green on the upper side , and paler under- blossom , and a smooth stem . Many plante neath . They are marked by seven nerves or ribs the latter ...
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... extremely violent , and before the boat reaches the of a thousand vines , and may subsist upon the prod - ship the pepper has generally been completely im- uce of their labour . A plan often pursued is , in the first season to raise a ...
... extremely violent , and before the boat reaches the of a thousand vines , and may subsist upon the prod - ship the pepper has generally been completely im- uce of their labour . A plan often pursued is , in the first season to raise a ...
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... extremely liant , and yet so meek that all the eastern compare the eyes of their mistresses to those of animal . The disciple mentioned in Acts ix . 36 which by interpretation signifies Dorcas or the who was raised to life at Joppa ...
... extremely liant , and yet so meek that all the eastern compare the eyes of their mistresses to those of animal . The disciple mentioned in Acts ix . 36 which by interpretation signifies Dorcas or the who was raised to life at Joppa ...
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... extremely curious in many of whom , unfortunately , know not how to themselves , which the shell alone exhibits , and the benefit from the opportunity ; we are therefore com- mind , once excited into action , seldom rests until it ...
... extremely curious in many of whom , unfortunately , know not how to themselves , which the shell alone exhibits , and the benefit from the opportunity ; we are therefore com- mind , once excited into action , seldom rests until it ...
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... extremely temperate , when they say , " He is as moderate as a sturgeon . " The sturgeon ought to be as numerous as it is powerful ; for Leuwenhoek professes to have reckoned one hundred and fifty thousand millions of eggs in a single ...
... extremely temperate , when they say , " He is as moderate as a sturgeon . " The sturgeon ought to be as numerous as it is powerful ; for Leuwenhoek professes to have reckoned one hundred and fifty thousand millions of eggs in a single ...
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Page 101 - And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech: and it came to pass, as they journeyed from the East, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there.
Page 131 - We have mentioned the establishment of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in the city of New York, under the regents of the university.
Page 286 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 453 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Page 101 - Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 287 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Page 304 - They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Page 304 - I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse ; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
Page 316 - Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof And blench not at thy chosen lot, The timid good may stand aloof, The sage may frown — yet faint thou not, Nor heed the shaft too surely cast, The foul and hissing bolt of scorn; For with thy side shall dwell, at last, The victory of endurance born.
Page 453 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone.