An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies |
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Page 35
... ground is uniformly level and low in most of the coun- ties on the eastern fhore , and confequently covered in many places with ftagnant water , except where it is interfected by numerous creeks . Here alfo are large tracts of marth ...
... ground is uniformly level and low in most of the coun- ties on the eastern fhore , and confequently covered in many places with ftagnant water , except where it is interfected by numerous creeks . Here alfo are large tracts of marth ...
Page 37
... ground ; where having continued till the fummer following , he could not difco- ver that it had in the leaft altered , either in tafte or colour . He obferves farther , that , after eating a quantity of them , or drinking the juice ...
... ground ; where having continued till the fummer following , he could not difco- ver that it had in the leaft altered , either in tafte or colour . He obferves farther , that , after eating a quantity of them , or drinking the juice ...
Page 39
... ground on the right and left of the harbour - a grove of trees on the declivity at the right - aftream of water breaking over the rocks at the foot of the hill on the left - all confpire to complete the beauty and grandeur of the profpc ...
... ground on the right and left of the harbour - a grove of trees on the declivity at the right - aftream of water breaking over the rocks at the foot of the hill on the left - all confpire to complete the beauty and grandeur of the profpc ...
Page 51
... ground , which fhall be improved , enjoyed , or ufed only for fuch purpose , or fuch fale , gift , leafe , or devite , fhall be void . XXXV . That no other teft or qualification ought to be re- quired on admiffion to any ofice of truft ...
... ground , which fhall be improved , enjoyed , or ufed only for fuch purpose , or fuch fale , gift , leafe , or devite , fhall be void . XXXV . That no other teft or qualification ought to be re- quired on admiffion to any ofice of truft ...
Page 68
... ground on which the capital is to ftand , is feventy - eight feet above the level of the tide in the fame : the water of Tiber creek may , therefore , be conveyed to the capital , and after water- ing that part of the city , may be ...
... ground on which the capital is to ftand , is feventy - eight feet above the level of the tide in the fame : the water of Tiber creek may , therefore , be conveyed to the capital , and after water- ing that part of the city , may be ...
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