Lives of American Merchants, المجلد 1Freeman Hunt Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... feet wide . The water , which is always very dirty , must be unhealthy . They are continually filled with boats , which carry up and down cargoes . " The variety of nations , which are easily to be known by their different countenances ...
... feet wide . The water , which is always very dirty , must be unhealthy . They are continually filled with boats , which carry up and down cargoes . " The variety of nations , which are easily to be known by their different countenances ...
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... feet were brought to the instrument and decapitated . The attorney - general was the last to suf- fer , and must have felt at the fall of the axe in every exe- cution as much as he felt when his turn came . They all met their fate ...
... feet were brought to the instrument and decapitated . The attorney - general was the last to suf- fer , and must have felt at the fall of the axe in every exe- cution as much as he felt when his turn came . They all met their fate ...
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... feet . I was astonished to find the price of this severe labor so low . Twelve hours ' labor is exacted in the twenty - four . The time employed in going down and re- turning is not included . And for this the men receive about 18 to 20 ...
... feet . I was astonished to find the price of this severe labor so low . Twelve hours ' labor is exacted in the twenty - four . The time employed in going down and re- turning is not included . And for this the men receive about 18 to 20 ...
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... feet as if he would destroy his opponent , exclaimed : " Scélérat ! scélérat ! Je n'ai jamais trempé mes mains que dans le sang des animaux . Sentez les vôtres . " - ( " Wretch ! wretch that you are ! I have never imbrued my hands but ...
... feet as if he would destroy his opponent , exclaimed : " Scélérat ! scélérat ! Je n'ai jamais trempé mes mains que dans le sang des animaux . Sentez les vôtres . " - ( " Wretch ! wretch that you are ! I have never imbrued my hands but ...
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... feet . " * This great measure presented itself to the minds of re- flecting men , both in a financial and political light . In the latter aspect it was identical with the momentous question of the new government ; and if that could be ...
... feet . " * This great measure presented itself to the minds of re- flecting men , both in a financial and political light . In the latter aspect it was identical with the momentous question of the new government ; and if that could be ...
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الصفحة 126 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
الصفحة 360 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
الصفحة 269 - I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said college ; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college.
الصفحة 266 - When the college and appurtenances shall have been constructed, and supplied with plain and suitable furniture, and books, philosophical and experimental instruments and apparatus, and all other matters needful to carry my general design into execution; the income issues and profits of so much...
الصفحة xvii - ... whatever part of Libya they happened to be sailing, and waited for harvest ; then having reaped the corn, they put to sea again. When two years had thus passed, in the third, having doubled the pillars of Hercules, they arrived in Egypt, and related what to me does not seem credible, but may to others, that as they sailed round Libya, they had the sun on their right hand.
الصفحة xxxii - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
الصفحة 248 - As monumental bronze unchanged his look: A soul that pity touch'd, but never shook : Train'd, from his tree-rock'd cradle to his bier, The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook Impassive — fearing but the shame of fear— A stoic of the woods — a man without a tear.
الصفحة 261 - Pennsylvania charged as aforesaid) unto "the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, their successors and assigns, in trust, to and for the several uses, intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say; so far as regards my real estate in Pennsylvania, in trust, that no part thereof shall be ever sold or alienated by the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia...
الصفحة 584 - ... me. I know him to be a man of honor. He loves me dearly and would lay down his life to save mine, but I am sure he would not sacrifice hi* honor to save my life : and I applaud him.
الصفحة 267 - The fifth direction is as follows : " 5. No orphan should be admitted until the guardians, or directors of the poor, or a proper guardian or other competent authority, shall have given by indenture, relinquishment, or otherwise, adequate power to the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Philadelphia, or to directors or others by them appointed, to enforce, in relation to each orphan, every proper restraint, and to prevent relations or others from interfering with or withdrawing such orphan from the institution.