The City of the Saints: And Across the Rocky Mountains to CaliforniaHarper & brothers, 1862 - 574 էջ |
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... plain and mountain region through which the Pacific Railroad must run has a width of 1100 statute miles near the northern boundary ; in the central line , 1200 ; and through the southern , 1000. Humboldt justly ridiculed the " maddest ...
... plain and mountain region through which the Pacific Railroad must run has a width of 1100 statute miles near the northern boundary ; in the central line , 1200 ; and through the southern , 1000. Humboldt justly ridiculed the " maddest ...
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... plains , to which the discoveries of gold have already given an impetus that will pro- pel it to the fertile valleys of the Rocky Mountains , then will the present frontier of Kansas and Nebraska become the starting - point for all the ...
... plains , to which the discoveries of gold have already given an impetus that will pro- pel it to the fertile valleys of the Rocky Mountains , then will the present frontier of Kansas and Nebraska become the starting - point for all the ...
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... plains . From the seaward base of the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific -- California - the slope is easy , and the land is pleasant , fertile , and populous . After this aperçu of the motives which sent me forth , once more a pilgrim , to ...
... plains . From the seaward base of the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific -- California - the slope is easy , and the land is pleasant , fertile , and populous . After this aperçu of the motives which sent me forth , once more a pilgrim , to ...
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... plains ; some people , however , are uncomfortable without it , not liking " se emungere " after the fashion of Horace's father . In cold weather - and rarely are the nights warm - there is nothing better than the old English tweed ...
... plains ; some people , however , are uncomfortable without it , not liking " se emungere " after the fashion of Horace's father . In cold weather - and rarely are the nights warm - there is nothing better than the old English tweed ...
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... plain , apparently flat as a man's palm , you cross a long ground- swell which was not perceptible before , and on its farther incline you come upon a chasm wide and deep enough to contain a set- tlement . The aspect was by no means ...
... plain , apparently flat as a man's palm , you cross a long ground- swell which was not perceptible before , and on its farther incline you come upon a chasm wide and deep enough to contain a set- tlement . The aspect was by no means ...
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The City of the Saints: And Across the Rocky Mountains to California Sir Richard Francis Burton Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1862 |
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Էջ 311 - That the legislative power of the territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Էջ 378 - And again, as pertaining to the law of the priesthood : If any man espouse a virgin, and desire to espouse another, and the first give her consent ; and if he espouse the second, and they are virgins, and have vowed to no other man, then is he justified...
Էջ 374 - And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed...
Էջ 373 - Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand, to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines: 2.
Էջ 434 - And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.
Էջ 536 - Then in a moment to my view The Stranger darted from disguise ; The tokens in his hands I knew, My Saviour stood before mine eyes : He spake ; and my poor name He named ; " Of me thou hast not been ashamed : These deeds shall thy memorial be ; Fear not, thou didst them unto Me.
Էջ 376 - David's wives and concubines were given unto him, of me, by the hand of Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this power ; and in none of these things did he sin against me, save in the case of Uriah and his wife...
Էջ 434 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Էջ 376 - This promise is yours also, because ye are of Abraham, and the promise was made unto Abraham, and by this law are the continuation of the works of my father, wherein he glorifieth himself.
Էջ 376 - God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to wife. And why did she do it ? Because this was the law, and from Hagar sprang many people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises. Was Abraham, therefore, under condemnation ? Verily, I say unto you, Nay ; for I, the Lord, commanded it.