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... island ; the surge , which constantly beats on the other sides , rendering an approach difficult and dangerous . So beautiful and regular are these caves , that they appear to have been built up by the hand of man ; the lofty columns ...
... island ; the surge , which constantly beats on the other sides , rendering an approach difficult and dangerous . So beautiful and regular are these caves , that they appear to have been built up by the hand of man ; the lofty columns ...
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... island cotton , which is of long ( Gossypium herbaceum . ) staple , its fibre being much longer than that of any other description : it is strong and even , of silky texture , and has a yellowish tinge , which , in all cotton , when not ...
... island cotton , which is of long ( Gossypium herbaceum . ) staple , its fibre being much longer than that of any other description : it is strong and even , of silky texture , and has a yellowish tinge , which , in all cotton , when not ...
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... island cotton is grown have many advantages ; but , being much exposed to the inclemencies of the weather , the produce varies greatly in quality . Great care is bestowed in America upon the cultivation of the cotton- plant . The seed ...
... island cotton is grown have many advantages ; but , being much exposed to the inclemencies of the weather , the produce varies greatly in quality . Great care is bestowed in America upon the cultivation of the cotton- plant . The seed ...
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... island cot- ton , is still separated from its seeds by rollers , constructed on a large scale , and worked by horse , or steam , or water power . A mill of this kind , capable of cleaning eight or nine hun- dred pounds of cotton in a ...
... island cot- ton , is still separated from its seeds by rollers , constructed on a large scale , and worked by horse , or steam , or water power . A mill of this kind , capable of cleaning eight or nine hun- dred pounds of cotton in a ...
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... island , under- goes this operation . " It is very probable that , but for this invention , the commoner sorts of cot- ton could not have been cultivated with success , as a more costly method of cleaning would have raised their price ...
... island , under- goes this operation . " It is very probable that , but for this invention , the commoner sorts of cot- ton could not have been cultivated with success , as a more costly method of cleaning would have raised their price ...
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Page 264 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 236 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Page 178 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Page 2 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Page 134 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 2 - I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Page 95 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 291 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of great and small cattle, above all that were in Jerusalem before me. I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings ; and of the provinces I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts ; so I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem.
Page 601 - And the man of God said, Where fell it ? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.