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Pagina 172
... memoir of John Banister ( in the English Phil . Trans . No. 198. ) on the plants he collected in Virginia . It may be observed , on this occasion , that he fell a victim to the fatigue of gathering them . Shortly after , and before the ...
... memoir of John Banister ( in the English Phil . Trans . No. 198. ) on the plants he collected in Virginia . It may be observed , on this occasion , that he fell a victim to the fatigue of gathering them . Shortly after , and before the ...
Pagina 178
... memoir of the Jesuit Missionary , Joseph Francis Lafitau , on the ginseng of Canada . It appeared in a sepa- rate form at Paris , in 1718. In this traveller's book , entitled Mœurs des Sauvages , compares aux Maurs des Premiers Tems ...
... memoir of the Jesuit Missionary , Joseph Francis Lafitau , on the ginseng of Canada . It appeared in a sepa- rate form at Paris , in 1718. In this traveller's book , entitled Mœurs des Sauvages , compares aux Maurs des Premiers Tems ...
Pagina 180
... Memoirs of the Royal Acade- my of Sciences , for this year , his essay on procur- ing sugar from the maple . He observes , that the best time for collecting the juice is , when the roots are so covered with snow as to freeze during the ...
... Memoirs of the Royal Acade- my of Sciences , for this year , his essay on procur- ing sugar from the maple . He observes , that the best time for collecting the juice is , when the roots are so covered with snow as to freeze during the ...
Pagina 184
... memoir on the pre- paration and use of potash in the transactions of the London Royal Society , No. 489. In the 8th vo- lume of the Acta Natura Curiosorum , there is a pa- per of his containing thirty new genera of plants discovered in ...
... memoir on the pre- paration and use of potash in the transactions of the London Royal Society , No. 489. In the 8th vo- lume of the Acta Natura Curiosorum , there is a pa- per of his containing thirty new genera of plants discovered in ...
Pagina 188
... memoirs of Louisiana . He was a military man who had lived for twenty- five years in the Mississippi country . He describes the rice , grapes , potatoes , reeds , maize , tobacco , long moss , and a number of the native trees and plants ...
... memoirs of Louisiana . He was a military man who had lived for twenty- five years in the Mississippi country . He describes the rice , grapes , potatoes , reeds , maize , tobacco , long moss , and a number of the native trees and plants ...
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Pagina 40 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Pagina 147 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Pagina 148 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; Camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Pagina 147 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Pagina 53 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
Pagina 85 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Pagina 102 - ... company of soldiers, who speaks as if he were dreaming. He says, that he only came to the lake to smoke on the great calumet with the Onondagas. But Grangvla says, that he sees the contrary.; that it was to knock them on the head, if sickness had not weakened the arms of the French.
Pagina 98 - ... considering the wonderful events of the past and present times, and the inscrutable dispensations of an over-ruling Providence, may we not look forward into futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendent genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature*, may rally...
Pagina xi - An Act instituting a lottery for the promotion of literature and for other purposes,