De Bow's Review of the Southern and Western States, Volumen9J.D.B. De Bow, 1850 |
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... cost of transporting the heavy materials , in a country where there are no navigable rivers extending into the heart of the land , and where the usual mode of transportation is on the backs of mules , by wretched roads over mountains ...
... cost of transporting the heavy materials , in a country where there are no navigable rivers extending into the heart of the land , and where the usual mode of transportation is on the backs of mules , by wretched roads over mountains ...
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... cost of such pain , " What hope is there , sister , Unless the soul part , That the passion you cherish Should yield up your heart ? " Your years will increase , But so will your pains , And this you may learn From the proverb's old ...
... cost of such pain , " What hope is there , sister , Unless the soul part , That the passion you cherish Should yield up your heart ? " Your years will increase , But so will your pains , And this you may learn From the proverb's old ...
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... cost less , in fact , than the thousand lesser means which are employed , one after another , to protect ourselves from the damage of overflows . ( a ) " What an amount is actually spent in repairs of levees when they are carried away ...
... cost less , in fact , than the thousand lesser means which are employed , one after another , to protect ourselves from the damage of overflows . ( a ) " What an amount is actually spent in repairs of levees when they are carried away ...
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... cost of increasing the floods below . A special examination of the river and a laborious study of the subject , based upon the results of such an examination , can only enable us to de- cide , positively , that no relief to the lower ...
... cost of increasing the floods below . A special examination of the river and a laborious study of the subject , based upon the results of such an examination , can only enable us to de- cide , positively , that no relief to the lower ...
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... cost . Above the Red river to the northern boundary of the State , of the west- ern portion of the State , there are numerous large bends which probably can be cut off with ease ; and it is of the highest importance that every in ...
... cost . Above the Red river to the northern boundary of the State , of the west- ern portion of the State , there are numerous large bends which probably can be cut off with ease ; and it is of the highest importance that every in ...
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Página 175 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can any one believe that 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.
Página 284 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Página 285 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Página 237 - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high.
Página 581 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Página 587 - BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN." OH, deem not they are blest alone Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep ; The Power who pities man, has shown A blessing for the eyes that weep. The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears ; And weary hours of woe and pain Are promises of happier years.
Página 581 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Página 284 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever...
Página 28 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Página 618 - Marriage is celebrated by the natives as unconcernedly as possible ; a man thinks as little of taking a wife, as of cutting an ear of corn — affection is altogether out of the question.