De Bow's Review and Industrial Resources, Statistics, Etc: Devoted to Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, 9. köideJames Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell J. D. B. DeBow., 1850 |
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... period of twenty years ; and if , at the close of that period , now rapidly approaching , parliament shall refuse , which is not altogether unlikely , to renew the political functions of the company , then the company , within one year ...
... period of twenty years ; and if , at the close of that period , now rapidly approaching , parliament shall refuse , which is not altogether unlikely , to renew the political functions of the company , then the company , within one year ...
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... period , the introduction of slavery became general in all the American colonies , increasing by natural means and by the slave trade , so long as that was permitted , and since , by the ordinary aug- mentation of population . At the period ...
... period , the introduction of slavery became general in all the American colonies , increasing by natural means and by the slave trade , so long as that was permitted , and since , by the ordinary aug- mentation of population . At the period ...
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... period . Philip of Macedon sold the captive Thebans , in which example he was followed by his son , Alexander the Great . In Athens , during the most polished ages , slavery was a well established order , although , it is said , that ...
... period . Philip of Macedon sold the captive Thebans , in which example he was followed by his son , Alexander the Great . In Athens , during the most polished ages , slavery was a well established order , although , it is said , that ...
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... period of American history , were not re- markable for the fidelity with which they transmitted the sums that came into their possession as servants of the crown , and thus it hap- pened that neither the king of Spain nor his kingdom ...
... period of American history , were not re- markable for the fidelity with which they transmitted the sums that came into their possession as servants of the crown , and thus it hap- pened that neither the king of Spain nor his kingdom ...
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... period , were furnished by Mexico alone . * It appears , from these data , that the exhaustion of the mines of Mexico is contradicted by the geognostic facts of the country , and , as we shall hereafter show , by the recent issues of ...
... period , were furnished by Mexico alone . * It appears , from these data , that the exhaustion of the mines of Mexico is contradicted by the geognostic facts of the country , and , as we shall hereafter show , by the recent issues of ...
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Page 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.
Page 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. 46 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.
Page 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.
Page 28 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 587 - There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; And grief may bide an evening guest, But joy shall come with early light.
Page 583 - Though forced to drudge for the dregs of men, And scrawl strange words with the barbarous pen, And mingle among the jostling crowd, Where the sons of strife are subtle and loud — I often come to this quiet place, To breathe the airs that ruffle thy face, And gaze upon thee in silent dream, For in thy lonely and lovely stream An image of that calm life appears That won my heart in my greener years.
Page 594 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 366 - March one thousand six hundred sixty-four, no commodity of the growth, production or manufacture of Europe, shall be imported into any land, island, plantation, colony, territory or place to his Majesty belonging...