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Page 7
... will materially change our condition , unless , through the. * There were 299
vacant houses in the 2d . municipality in March 1851 , a season of the year when
we should expect to find the population of New Orleans as great as at any other .
... will materially change our condition , unless , through the. * There were 299
vacant houses in the 2d . municipality in March 1851 , a season of the year when
we should expect to find the population of New Orleans as great as at any other .
Page 17
... general undulations of the country only . The machinery and other rolling stock
, as also shops , station houses , engine houses , water stations , are ample for
doing a business equal to three full passenger and three of the heaviest freight ...
... general undulations of the country only . The machinery and other rolling stock
, as also shops , station houses , engine houses , water stations , are ample for
doing a business equal to three full passenger and three of the heaviest freight ...
Page 18
000 00 Freight depot at Vincennes . . . 10 , 000 00 14 small freight depots at 800
11 , 200 00 Total cost of stations and depots . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 115 , 200 00 115 ,
200 00 Engine house at St . Louis . . . . 10 , 000 00 Two engine houses at Central
...
000 00 Freight depot at Vincennes . . . 10 , 000 00 14 small freight depots at 800
11 , 200 00 Total cost of stations and depots . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 115 , 200 00 115 ,
200 00 Engine house at St . Louis . . . . 10 , 000 00 Two engine houses at Central
...
Page 33
I had made many attempts to get some of their inhabitants into my possession ,
but without the slightest success . Shooting seemed to be of no use , for they
were always close to their houses , and , whether killed or wounded , they
invariably ...
I had made many attempts to get some of their inhabitants into my possession ,
but without the slightest success . Shooting seemed to be of no use , for they
were always close to their houses , and , whether killed or wounded , they
invariably ...
Page 35
... stand up and insince your majesty into my plans , for it ' s going to faint I am ,
sure enough , if I dont git somethin to wet my lips with , says the builder . " No , no
, my gossoon " says the king , no wather is iver drunk in my house ; arrah masha
...
... stand up and insince your majesty into my plans , for it ' s going to faint I am ,
sure enough , if I dont git somethin to wet my lips with , says the builder . " No , no
, my gossoon " says the king , no wather is iver drunk in my house ; arrah masha
...
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Page 416 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same : Unerring NATURE, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art.
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Page 341 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
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