The Western Journal, Volume 7M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 |
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... earth or sediment would give three additional feet to the depth of the channel across the bar ; and surely there can be some mode devised of raising means sufficient to effect this object without the aid of the General Government . The ...
... earth or sediment would give three additional feet to the depth of the channel across the bar ; and surely there can be some mode devised of raising means sufficient to effect this object without the aid of the General Government . The ...
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... earth - abound here in the greatest profusion , but owing to the vast extent of Territory , watered by the Mississippi , and to our vast geograph- ical and commercial relations with other portions of the continent , it requires an ...
... earth - abound here in the greatest profusion , but owing to the vast extent of Territory , watered by the Mississippi , and to our vast geograph- ical and commercial relations with other portions of the continent , it requires an ...
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... earth taken from the side , a ditch sufficiently wide and deep can be left on either side to drain the bottom without culverts , & c .; and Caho- kia creek should also be made to enter the river above it . It is a question of ...
... earth taken from the side , a ditch sufficiently wide and deep can be left on either side to drain the bottom without culverts , & c .; and Caho- kia creek should also be made to enter the river above it . It is a question of ...
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... earth is so perfectly firm and smooth , that it would appear to have been designed by the Great Architect of the Universe for a railroad , and adapted and fitted by nature's handiwork for the reception of the superstructure . There is ...
... earth is so perfectly firm and smooth , that it would appear to have been designed by the Great Architect of the Universe for a railroad , and adapted and fitted by nature's handiwork for the reception of the superstructure . There is ...
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... ground . At last coming to the conclusion , that the extreme droughtiness of the earth militated against our operations , it was determined , as we could not drown them out , we would dig them up nolens volens . 3 The Prairie Dog . 33.
... ground . At last coming to the conclusion , that the extreme droughtiness of the earth militated against our operations , it was determined , as we could not drown them out , we would dig them up nolens volens . 3 The Prairie Dog . 33.
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Page 414 - 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.
Page 136 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 339 - 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.
Page 119 - While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through. Heaven The Triumph of a soul Forgiven...
Page 194 - Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert ; whence arise But weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion flies O'er the world's wilderness, and vainly pants For some celestial fruit forbidden to our wants.
Page 198 - For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in' the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Page 276 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Page 344 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
Page 195 - By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Page 276 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.