Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, Том 1 |
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... miles to the northwest of Albany . I am credibly informed that the last ravages of the canker worm on the west side of Long Island , were arrested by a strange bird * See Note R. + See Note S. · ( called by the farmers the canker worm ...
... miles to the northwest of Albany . I am credibly informed that the last ravages of the canker worm on the west side of Long Island , were arrested by a strange bird * See Note R. + See Note S. · ( called by the farmers the canker worm ...
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... miles from the city of New - York , on the middle road between Bloomingdale and Kingsbridge . The ground , consisting of about twenty acres , was originally purchased of the corporation of this city . The view from the most elevated ...
... miles from the city of New - York , on the middle road between Bloomingdale and Kingsbridge . The ground , consisting of about twenty acres , was originally purchased of the corporation of this city . The view from the most elevated ...
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... miles from the lake , there is a perpendicular descent which is said to extend from the Genesee river to Black Rock ; between it and the Stone Ridge , which runs from the Genesee river to Lewiston , there is an immense valley , twenty miles ...
... miles from the lake , there is a perpendicular descent which is said to extend from the Genesee river to Black Rock ; between it and the Stone Ridge , which runs from the Genesee river to Lewiston , there is an immense valley , twenty miles ...
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... miles , and in a direction from east to west . Its general altitude above the neighbouring land is thirty feet , and its width varies considerably ; in some places it is not more than forty yards . Its elevation above the level of Lake ...
... miles , and in a direction from east to west . Its general altitude above the neighbouring land is thirty feet , and its width varies considerably ; in some places it is not more than forty yards . Its elevation above the level of Lake ...
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... mile distant from summit to summit , and at least three hundred feet high . The rocks are composed of granite , and many of them are thirty or forty feet thick , and the whole mountain extends , at least , half a mile from east to west ...
... mile distant from summit to summit , and at least three hundred feet high . The rocks are composed of granite , and many of them are thirty or forty feet thick , and the whole mountain extends , at least , half a mile from east to west ...
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Страница 323 - ... terrific. Darkness was only visible at eight o'clock; and the birth of May dawned like the day of judgment : a chaotic gloom enveloped the mountain, and an impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoria, and broken masses of volcanic matter. It was not until the afternoon, the muttering noise of the mountain sunk gradually into a solemn yet suspicious silence.
Страница 107 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all "That system only, but the whole must fall.
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