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Page 482
... appears , that the mouth of the Nile , on which Rosetta stands , would answer better than any other . Bulac is the ... appear to have been opened , either from some apprehension that , by turn- ing the course of the Nile into the Red ...
... appears , that the mouth of the Nile , on which Rosetta stands , would answer better than any other . Bulac is the ... appear to have been opened , either from some apprehension that , by turn- ing the course of the Nile into the Red ...
Page 483
... appear to have confirmed the commercial habits of the Egyp- tians ; for , on his death , they seem to have relapsed into their former state ; and , if he was the projector of the canal , the remains of which exist between Suez and Cairo ...
... appear to have confirmed the commercial habits of the Egyp- tians ; for , on his death , they seem to have relapsed into their former state ; and , if he was the projector of the canal , the remains of which exist between Suez and Cairo ...
Page 492
... appear- ance of the Kroomen , they are seldom very tall ; but they are well made , muscular , vigorous , and active . They wear no clothes , except a small piece of East - India cloth wrapped round their loins ; but they are fond of ...
... appear- ance of the Kroomen , they are seldom very tall ; but they are well made , muscular , vigorous , and active . They wear no clothes , except a small piece of East - India cloth wrapped round their loins ; but they are fond of ...
Page 498
... appears to me to be the most probable ; for I cannot conceive , from what is known of the properties of sulphur , that it is an agent in volcanic fires . Klaproth and M. Vauquelin have conjectured that the colour of basalt might be ...
... appears to me to be the most probable ; for I cannot conceive , from what is known of the properties of sulphur , that it is an agent in volcanic fires . Klaproth and M. Vauquelin have conjectured that the colour of basalt might be ...
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... appear- ed the false Decretals , consecrated by the ignorance that universally pre- vailed . By these Decretals , the Roman pontiffs acquired such an ascendant 3 T over over the people , that the papal autho- rity became.
... appear- ed the false Decretals , consecrated by the ignorance that universally pre- vailed . By these Decretals , the Roman pontiffs acquired such an ascendant 3 T over over the people , that the papal autho- rity became.
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Page 194 - And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Page 319 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, unutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.
Page 561 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 562 - ... is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us ; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy ; meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power — submitting to injuries from none.
Page 562 - ... our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference. If we look to the comparative strength and resources of Spain, and those new governments, and their distance from each other, it must be obvious that she can never subdue them. It is still the true policy of the United States to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope that other powers will pursue...
Page 194 - I have trodden the winepress alone ; and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury ; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Page 527 - That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people, are and of right ought to be a sovereign and selfgoverning association under the control of no power other than that of our God and the General Government of the Congress to the maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual co-operation our lives our fortunes and our most sacred honor.
Page 562 - ... principle satisfactory to themselves, to have interposed, by force, in the internal concerns of Spain. To what extent such interposition may be carried, on the same principle, is a question in which all independent powers whose governments differ from theirs are interested, even those most remote, and surely none more so than the United States.
Page 562 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 562 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers...