Proceedings of the Essex Institute, Volumes 1-2Essex Institute, 1856 - Natural history |
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... building or buildings which may be actually occu- pied for the purposes of the said corporation ; and they shall also be capable in law to take , receive , and hold per- sonal estate , to an amount , the yearly value of which shall not ...
... building or buildings which may be actually occu- pied for the purposes of the said corporation ; and they shall also be capable in law to take , receive , and hold per- sonal estate , to an amount , the yearly value of which shall not ...
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... buildings exposed to the sea air , were covered with Par- melia parietina , PP . saxicola , oreina and murorum.- The structure of some Medusa was exhibited through the aid of the microscope , and the adjacent shores were dred- ged in ...
... buildings exposed to the sea air , were covered with Par- melia parietina , PP . saxicola , oreina and murorum.- The structure of some Medusa was exhibited through the aid of the microscope , and the adjacent shores were dred- ged in ...
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... buildings . Bows and arrows in use by the Indian tribes westward of the Mississippi river , presented by Wm . Messervy . Malay creis , presented by C. F. Williams . From Edward Lander , an autograph " Toast " of General LaFayette , as ...
... buildings . Bows and arrows in use by the Indian tribes westward of the Mississippi river , presented by Wm . Messervy . Malay creis , presented by C. F. Williams . From Edward Lander , an autograph " Toast " of General LaFayette , as ...
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... building they were deposited , was read to the meeting . G. A. Perkins introduced the following Resolutions : Whereas , the late disasterous fire in Portland , Me . , has destroyed the fine and valuable collection of our sister institu ...
... building they were deposited , was read to the meeting . G. A. Perkins introduced the following Resolutions : Whereas , the late disasterous fire in Portland , Me . , has destroyed the fine and valuable collection of our sister institu ...
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... building , two stories high , of no architectural pretensions , the chambers being occupied by the courts of justice , and the whole area of the lower story , which was supported by columns , was used as a town hall . It was usual for ...
... building , two stories high , of no architectural pretensions , the chambers being occupied by the courts of justice , and the whole area of the lower story , which was supported by columns , was used as a town hall . It was usual for ...
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Page 128 - When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.
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Page 95 - It was not accounted a strange thing in those days to drink water, and to eat samp or hominy without butter or milk. Indeed, it would have been a strange thing to see a piece of roast beef, mutton, or veal ; though it was not long before there was roast goat.