New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Том 3Sir Richard Phillips, 1820 |
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... species . On a former occasion , I had been highly diverted by a son of Chief - Justice Jay - himself a limb of the law , to enforce the laws and usages of the steam - boat , with all the affected formalities of legal process . Under ...
... species . On a former occasion , I had been highly diverted by a son of Chief - Justice Jay - himself a limb of the law , to enforce the laws and usages of the steam - boat , with all the affected formalities of legal process . Under ...
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... species of long grass , which grows on some of these islands , called l'herbe - au - lieu , or wild grass , are little bigger than huts , ) in which it very frequently happens that two or three generations of Canadians pig together ...
... species of long grass , which grows on some of these islands , called l'herbe - au - lieu , or wild grass , are little bigger than huts , ) in which it very frequently happens that two or three generations of Canadians pig together ...
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... species have never yet been discovered . " Several of those specimens , which had passeed for remains of that kind , Cuvier examined with attention , and that able naturalist declares , that not a single fragment among them had ever ...
... species have never yet been discovered . " Several of those specimens , which had passeed for remains of that kind , Cuvier examined with attention , and that able naturalist declares , that not a single fragment among them had ever ...
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... species of architecture , the most elegant variety of forms , with the most chaste simplicity of combination . It is al- lowed by all foreigners to do great credit to the taste and talents of the architect , ( Robert Smith . ) Quebec is ...
... species of architecture , the most elegant variety of forms , with the most chaste simplicity of combination . It is al- lowed by all foreigners to do great credit to the taste and talents of the architect , ( Robert Smith . ) Quebec is ...
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... species of substantial wit is carried to its utmost perfection . It is not understood at Paris , where the spirit of satire evaporates in a transient pun , or a temporary distich . وو The little ravager of the world appears on the left ...
... species of substantial wit is carried to its utmost perfection . It is not understood at Paris , where the spirit of satire evaporates in a transient pun , or a temporary distich . وو The little ravager of the world appears on the left ...
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Страница 85 - It actually consists of twenty-six members. But as a representative is allowed for every fifteen thousand citizens, it would be more numerous, if all the provinces had "sent delegates in that ratio of population. With some exceptions, and particularly of that palladium of our rights, which is unknown to the civil law, the trial by jury, the provisional constitution will be found, on an attentive perusal, to contain, a distinct recognition, of many of the vital principles of free government. A church...
Страница 31 - ... with trees which remain in constant verdure ; a climate always temperate. and healthy; small islands scattered here and there,: equally covered with verdure ; the soil extremely productive; all combine to render it in appearance the most delightful country in the world.
Страница 99 - The summit of the Lookout mountain overlooks the whole country. And to those who can be delighted with the view of an interminable forest, penetrated by the windings of a bold river, interspersed with hundreds of verdant prairies, and broken by many ridges and mountains, furnishes in the month of May, a landscape, which yields to few others, in extent, variety or beauty.
Страница 99 - And here, I cannot forbear pausing a moment to call your attention to the grand and picturesque scenery which opens to the view of the admiring spectator. The country is still possessed by the aborigines, and the hand of civilization has done but little to soften the wild aspect of nature. The Tennessee river, having concentrated into one mass the numerous streams it has received in its course of three or four hundred miles, glides through an extended valley with a rapid and overwhelming current,...
Страница 88 - By some it was said, that the inhabitants of the eastern shore were anxious that a reconciliation should take place, whilst the people in the country preferred their present state. I must not omit to take a glance at the situation of Paraguay. This province presents a singular spectacle. It stands aloof from the rest. The people, with the aid of the few remaining royal troops, repulsed an army sent to compel them to join the common standard. Very soon afterwards they expelled the royalists, and set...
Страница 86 - They seem to concur in the proposition, to have a chief magistrate elected for a term of years, and a representative legislature to consist of two branches. A senate, to constitute the most permanent body, and a house of representatives, whose term of service will be of shorter duration.