Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing TractsWilliam and Robert Chambers, 1854 |
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... land assumes all the appearance of polders reclaimed from the sea , the ditches are full of water , and canals are seen on the tops of the broad mounds or dikes . Rich green fields devoted to the pastur ing of cattle , the neat farm ...
... land assumes all the appearance of polders reclaimed from the sea , the ditches are full of water , and canals are seen on the tops of the broad mounds or dikes . Rich green fields devoted to the pastur ing of cattle , the neat farm ...
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... land in Belgium is altogether peculiar . That kind of small farming which is known to produce misery elsewhere , is here carried on with a success which is puzzling to the social economist . The cause of the phenomenon lies ...
... land in Belgium is altogether peculiar . That kind of small farming which is known to produce misery elsewhere , is here carried on with a success which is puzzling to the social economist . The cause of the phenomenon lies ...
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... land , to the extent of five or six acres each family ; and this , with a cottage and garden , is quite enough to render them comfortable . They are all Roman Catholics , and exceedingly devout . Their piety , however , does not render ...
... land , to the extent of five or six acres each family ; and this , with a cottage and garden , is quite enough to render them comfortable . They are all Roman Catholics , and exceedingly devout . Their piety , however , does not render ...
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... land , we come in front of the ironworks of Seraing , the far - famed establishment of Mr Cockerill . Behind a long and useful quay , the works stretch upwards in the form of a series of large quadrangular_brick edifices , surrounding ...
... land , we come in front of the ironworks of Seraing , the far - famed establishment of Mr Cockerill . Behind a long and useful quay , the works stretch upwards in the form of a series of large quadrangular_brick edifices , surrounding ...
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... land passengers , I could not avoid paying a tribute of admiration to the Anglo- Saxon enterprise and power of combination , which here , in a foreign country , had planted a faithful representation of those great factory establishments ...
... land passengers , I could not avoid paying a tribute of admiration to the Anglo- Saxon enterprise and power of combination , which here , in a foreign country , had planted a faithful representation of those great factory establishments ...
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Էջ 8 - All elections shall be by ballot, and every male citizen of twentyone years of age, possessing real estate, shall have the right of suffrage. SEC. 12. The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military...
Էջ 31 - We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion will be built upon this continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
Էջ 25 - They told me that all the religious denominations were believing in incorrect doctrines, -and that none of them was acknowledged of God as his church and kingdom. And I was expressly commanded to
Էջ 29 - Being a person of literary tastes, and his attention having been directed to the notion which at that time excited some interest and discussion, namely, that the North American Indians were the descendants of the lost ten tribes of Israel, it struck him that the idea afforded a good groundwork for a religious tale, history, or novel. For three years he laboured upon this work, which he entitled The Manuscript Found, "Mormon
Էջ 26 - At the bottom of this lay a stone of suitable size, the upper surface being smooth. At each edge was placed a large quantity of cement, and into this cement, at the four edges of this stone, were placed erect four others, their bottom edges resting in the cement at the outer edges of the first stone. The four...
Էջ 3 - And now, concerning the gathering. Let the bishop and the agent make preparations for those families which have been commanded to come to this land, as soon as possible, and plant them in their inheritance. And unto the residue of both elders and members, further directions shall be given hereafter. Even so. Amen.
Էջ 4 - Esq., who gave the mob a barrel of whiskey to raise their spirits ; and many others. With my flesh all scarified and defaced, I preached to the congregation as usual, and in the afternoon of the same day baptized three individuals.