The Family Magazine, Volume 5Redfield & Lindsay, 1838 |
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Page 4
... various kinds , tin - ware , carriages , fur- niture , combs , bread , crackers , & c . & c . There is no distillery in the town ; previous to the commence . From the first settlement of this place , it has con - ment of the temperance ...
... various kinds , tin - ware , carriages , fur- niture , combs , bread , crackers , & c . & c . There is no distillery in the town ; previous to the commence . From the first settlement of this place , it has con - ment of the temperance ...
Page 4
... various coloure meats , fruits , & c . , fixed on long sticks of wire ; and between them a still more curiou which it would be difficult to describe . 7 of it was composed of green leaves , se which were rolled together , and then ...
... various coloure meats , fruits , & c . , fixed on long sticks of wire ; and between them a still more curiou which it would be difficult to describe . 7 of it was composed of green leaves , se which were rolled together , and then ...
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... various drugs and nos- trums , exciting the curiosity of the idlers that group around them by exhibiting a root bearing a strong resemblance to the human form . This is the far- famed mandrake , of which such wonderful accounts have ...
... various drugs and nos- trums , exciting the curiosity of the idlers that group around them by exhibiting a root bearing a strong resemblance to the human form . This is the far- famed mandrake , of which such wonderful accounts have ...
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... various species , they would present no attraction not too frequently impress on the young naturalist's to the eye , nor add any value to the shells that con- mind , the necessity of observing most attentively tained them ; but the ...
... various species , they would present no attraction not too frequently impress on the young naturalist's to the eye , nor add any value to the shells that con- mind , the necessity of observing most attentively tained them ; but the ...
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... various changes that take place from the slight viscous covering with which the an- imal's body , in the first instance , is coated , or , as it were , merely glazed , till that substance becomes a consistent firm shell , finally ...
... various changes that take place from the slight viscous covering with which the an- imal's body , in the first instance , is coated , or , as it were , merely glazed , till that substance becomes a consistent firm shell , finally ...
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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.