A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America: From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Day, Volume 1A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Indians of North America |
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... common wants , and moulded by their circumstances , was disen- cumbered of many of those corruptions and abuses which time and accident accumulate in all old commu- nities . A fortunate combination of circumstances , by bringing them ...
... common wants , and moulded by their circumstances , was disen- cumbered of many of those corruptions and abuses which time and accident accumulate in all old commu- nities . A fortunate combination of circumstances , by bringing them ...
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... common receptacle of the other two . Thus , the surface of Europe is every where broken by high mountains placed near the sea , and near one another ; the vallies are , consequently , narrow and steep in their sides , and the courses of ...
... common receptacle of the other two . Thus , the surface of Europe is every where broken by high mountains placed near the sea , and near one another ; the vallies are , consequently , narrow and steep in their sides , and the courses of ...
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... common reservoir of the streams descending from both , is about three times farther from the higher chain than from ... common views , and common interests , the influence of such a circumstance is not to be disregarded . With regard to ...
... common reservoir of the streams descending from both , is about three times farther from the higher chain than from ... common views , and common interests , the influence of such a circumstance is not to be disregarded . With regard to ...
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... common to every section of the Union . Maize , or Indian corn , an indigenous American plant , is cultivated from Maine to Louisiana , but succeeds best in the middle and western states . It is a most valuable vege- table , adapted to a ...
... common to every section of the Union . Maize , or Indian corn , an indigenous American plant , is cultivated from Maine to Louisiana , but succeeds best in the middle and western states . It is a most valuable vege- table , adapted to a ...
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... common origin are multiplied ; and the connecting links thus formed in the infancy of each new state , acquire the force of habit before it has grown up to maturity . An empire , formed in this way , contains none of the elements of ...
... common origin are multiplied ; and the connecting links thus formed in the infancy of each new state , acquire the force of habit before it has grown up to maturity . An empire , formed in this way , contains none of the elements of ...
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