Letters from the East and from the WestF. Taylor and Wm.M. Morrison, 1840 - 168 pagina's |
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... rock , to deluge the city , and even the " White House , " mountain high , with floods of red hot lava ? Who knows but Washington , the " city of magnificent distances , " will be a desolation , a literal " mer de glace , " a seat of ...
... rock , to deluge the city , and even the " White House , " mountain high , with floods of red hot lava ? Who knows but Washington , the " city of magnificent distances , " will be a desolation , a literal " mer de glace , " a seat of ...
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... rock - Nashville ; Its conspicuous location . In all respects , the second city of the West - Sunday morning -Quietness in the streets - Sunday school children- Rev. Dr. Lindsley - Professor Troost , the celebrated geologist - The ...
... rock - Nashville ; Its conspicuous location . In all respects , the second city of the West - Sunday morning -Quietness in the streets - Sunday school children- Rev. Dr. Lindsley - Professor Troost , the celebrated geologist - The ...
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... rocks , and examining the fine quarries of granite and gneiss , which are very numerous , and are said to be extremely lucrative to their proprietors . The barren hills are , indeed , alive with human be- ings , hard at work , with the ...
... rocks , and examining the fine quarries of granite and gneiss , which are very numerous , and are said to be extremely lucrative to their proprietors . The barren hills are , indeed , alive with human be- ings , hard at work , with the ...
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... rock , fine specimens of adularia - a name derived from one of the Alps , in Switzerland , once known by the name of Adula , but which is now called Stella , where it was first discov- ered . The mica is jet black , some of it a little ...
... rock , fine specimens of adularia - a name derived from one of the Alps , in Switzerland , once known by the name of Adula , but which is now called Stella , where it was first discov- ered . The mica is jet black , some of it a little ...
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... rock to be opera- ted on is situated four or five rods east from the meeting - house , and is owned by a Mr. Brainard , whose house rests on a part of it . Blasting has , in former times , been executed with success in the cellar ...
... rock to be opera- ted on is situated four or five rods east from the meeting - house , and is owned by a Mr. Brainard , whose house rests on a part of it . Blasting has , in former times , been executed with success in the cellar ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
abundant acquainted appearance argillaceous slate Athens Baltimore beautiful Bellows Falls boat brought called capacious carbonate of lime cattle Cave chalcedony chlorite church Cincinnati coal color Columbite Connecticut Connecticut river crystals distance eight elegant employed England epidote erected feet feldspar forest forty four furnished gentleman granite half Harrodsburg hills honor horse hour hundred inhabitants iron Kentucky Kentucky river land less LETTER limestone Louisville maize manufacturing marble Marietta mica miles mineral morning mountain multitude Muskingum Muskingum river noble o'clock Ohio Ohio river passed Pittsburg plain present President Professor quarry quartz region rich river road rock sandstone seat seen Seminary side Smithland soil specimens splendid steamboats steatite stone stream streets tavern thing thirty thousand tion to-day town townships travelling trees village Washington Wavellite West western Wheeling Zanesville
Populaire passages
Pagina 66 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Pagina 141 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Pagina 61 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Pagina 99 - ... plea of their being a forgery, as no such port was known in the civilized world. With considerable difficulty the captain procured a map of the United States, and pointing with his finger to the mouth of the Mississippi, traced the course of that stream to the mouth of the Ohio ; from thence he led the astonished and admiring naval officer along the devious track of the latter river to the port of Marietta, at the mouth of the Muskingum, from whence he had taken his departure. This explanation...
Pagina 99 - Ohio, she was. seized, upon the plea of their being a forgery, as no such port was known in the civilized world. With considerable difficulty the captain procured a map of the United States, and pointing with his finger to the mouth of the Mississippi, traced the course of that stream to the mouth of the Ohio...
Pagina 98 - At that time Marietta was made " a port of clearance," from which vessels could receive regular papers for a foreign country. " This circumstance was the cause of a curious incident, which took place in the year 1806 or 1807. A ship, built at Marietta, cleared from that port with a cargo of pork, flour, &.C., for New Orleans.
Pagina 145 - None of these branches are nameless, but when they were christened, or by whom, I know not. One of them, the " Solitary Cave," we explored. Its entrance is low. We were obliged, for the distance of five or six yards, to become quadrupeds. That passed, we raised our crouched frames, and stalked along, as men erect, and might have done so, 'had we been ten feet taller. The ceiling and walls are bleached, and look as if they had, not long since, been whitewashed. Here, too, every object has its appellation....
Pagina 145 - Alexander's Pit," " Robber's Kettle," " Tecumseh's Grave," &c. &c. We proceeded onward more than half a mile, without encountering any thing very remarkable. This brought us to the " Fairy Grotto," a splendid grove of stalactites and stalagmites, of all sizes, shapes, and ages. The sound of the drops of lime water, ever and anon falling on the floor, splash, splash, splash, comes to the ear, hollow and solemn, long before you reach the spot.
Pagina 145 - ... bubble, just beginning to rise from below, to the full grown pillar ; that is, to the perfect union of the stalactite and stalagmite in the form of a complete cylinder.
Pagina 9 - It abounds with very distinct and perfect impressions of fish, sometimes a foot or two in length; the head, fins, and scales being perfectly distinguishable. A single specimen sometimes presents parts of three or four fish, lying in different directions, and between different layers. The fish are sometimes contorted, and almost doubled. Their colour, sometimes gray, is usually black; and the tins and scales appear to be converted into coal.