Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General KnowledgeRedfield and Lindsay, 1837 |
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... thing , broidery of porcupine - quills , and buckskin moccasins as raisins with cold beef , custard with mince - pie , & c . with em- with the exception of some unfashionable mixtures , orname in a similar manner , broad silver passed ...
... thing , broidery of porcupine - quills , and buckskin moccasins as raisins with cold beef , custard with mince - pie , & c . with em- with the exception of some unfashionable mixtures , orname in a similar manner , broad silver passed ...
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... thing as " disproportion " in nature . The head resembles , in some degree , that of a rab- bit , with round , naked , and very capacious ears , large dark - coloured eyes , and a blunt nose . whiskers are long and plentiful . The fore ...
... thing as " disproportion " in nature . The head resembles , in some degree , that of a rab- bit , with round , naked , and very capacious ears , large dark - coloured eyes , and a blunt nose . whiskers are long and plentiful . The fore ...
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... thing , Hope ever dream'd , or rapture knew , before . A bird of beauty sings among the trees , A silver strain , inviting , ever sweet- The waters ripple in the murmuring breeze , That , to the minstrel , is an echo meet . Their ditty ...
... thing , Hope ever dream'd , or rapture knew , before . A bird of beauty sings among the trees , A silver strain , inviting , ever sweet- The waters ripple in the murmuring breeze , That , to the minstrel , is an echo meet . Their ditty ...
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... things will be readily observed : 1 , a central cellular substance or pith ; 2 , an external cellular and fibrous ring , or ... thing of life , " is in reality a sep- ulchre to her brave inhabitants . She may be fair without , but she is ...
... things will be readily observed : 1 , a central cellular substance or pith ; 2 , an external cellular and fibrous ring , or ... thing of life , " is in reality a sep- ulchre to her brave inhabitants . She may be fair without , but she is ...
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... thing is to shade the light parts by drawing the fine black lines with a small should please not only at a distance but also when brought near the eye . All those subjects which contain deformed figures , ill - proportioned flowers ...
... thing is to shade the light parts by drawing the fine black lines with a small should please not only at a distance but also when brought near the eye . All those subjects which contain deformed figures , ill - proportioned flowers ...
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Page 449 - York, as their medical department, under the name of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York.
Page 113 - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 100 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 99 - But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers...
Page 114 - It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native force.
Page 355 - And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. "And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Page 23 - I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God, that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire; and that America may be free from...
Page 355 - And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Page 23 - In thus admitting their separation from the crown of these kingdoms, I have sacrificed every consideration of my own to the wishes and opinion of my people. I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire...
Page 50 - I do hereby in his majesty's name, offer and promise his most gracious pardon, to all persons who shall forthwith lay down their arms, and return to the duties of peaceable subjects, excepting only from the benefit of such pardon, SAMUEL ADAMS and JOHN HANCOCK, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment.