De Bow's Review of the Southern and Western States, Volumen9J.D.B. De Bow, 1850 |
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... greater powers and resources , both physical and pecuniary , than any other like body ever enjoyed . They sit securely , unostentatiously , al- most unobservedly , at the India house , in Londonhall street , London , and yet , at will ...
... greater powers and resources , both physical and pecuniary , than any other like body ever enjoyed . They sit securely , unostentatiously , al- most unobservedly , at the India house , in Londonhall street , London , and yet , at will ...
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... greater resistance in proportion of the perimeter of its cross - section to the area of the same . Confining the water , therefore , in a channel of a normal breadth , by diminishing the perimeter , or the resistance , must add to the ...
... greater resistance in proportion of the perimeter of its cross - section to the area of the same . Confining the water , therefore , in a channel of a normal breadth , by diminishing the perimeter , or the resistance , must add to the ...
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... greater . The bar at the mouth of the Mississippi , composed of a vast accu- mulation of mud and sand , one hundred feet above the bottom of the bed of the river at New Orleans , dams back the water and produces an elevation of its ...
... greater . The bar at the mouth of the Mississippi , composed of a vast accu- mulation of mud and sand , one hundred feet above the bottom of the bed of the river at New Orleans , dams back the water and produces an elevation of its ...
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... greater . The end and object of any system that may be adopted for the improvement of the Mississippi should be to ... greater fall and , consequently , a much greater velocity , in proportion to the volume of water in their channels ...
... greater . The end and object of any system that may be adopted for the improvement of the Mississippi should be to ... greater fall and , consequently , a much greater velocity , in proportion to the volume of water in their channels ...
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... greater than that of the former , and that a much stronger scouring power is at work , gradually clearing out and deepening their channels , which must render them capable of discharg ing , every year , a larger quantity of water ...
... greater than that of the former , and that a much stronger scouring power is at work , gradually clearing out and deepening their channels , which must render them capable of discharg ing , every year , a larger quantity of water ...
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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.