The African Repository, 2. kötetAmerican Colonization Society., 1827 |
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40. oldal
... hundred and fifty copies , which were sent to America , the same day ; and it will presently appear that it was there reprinted , in many different provinces , within the course of the same year . " Various circumstances thus gradually ...
... hundred and fifty copies , which were sent to America , the same day ; and it will presently appear that it was there reprinted , in many different provinces , within the course of the same year . " Various circumstances thus gradually ...
42. oldal
... hundred leagues towards the north pole ; and it is astonishing , that not- withstanding this considerable transposition , the camel still retains its strength , and has indeed experienced no transmuta- tion except that of having two ...
... hundred leagues towards the north pole ; and it is astonishing , that not- withstanding this considerable transposition , the camel still retains its strength , and has indeed experienced no transmuta- tion except that of having two ...
46. oldal
... hundred and sixty French toises per hour , or the seven - fifths of one of our leagues of two thousand four hundred toises : this is their natural pace , which they can continue during ten hours per day , without being fatigued . At ...
... hundred and sixty French toises per hour , or the seven - fifths of one of our leagues of two thousand four hundred toises : this is their natural pace , which they can continue during ten hours per day , without being fatigued . At ...
47. oldal
... hundred leagues , between them and those whom they have pillaged and despoiled . It is from their education and barbarous mode of living , that they are enabled to support these violent fatigues , which how- ever never take place but ...
... hundred leagues , between them and those whom they have pillaged and despoiled . It is from their education and barbarous mode of living , that they are enabled to support these violent fatigues , which how- ever never take place but ...
48. oldal
... hundred leagues in twenty hours . After the first course , they repose four hours , and the dromedaries are fed with those balls of millet already men- tioned , and are allowed to drink fermented milk , which they carry in leathern bags ...
... hundred leagues in twenty hours . After the first course , they repose four hours , and the dromedaries are fed with those balls of millet already men- tioned , and are allowed to drink fermented milk , which they carry in leathern bags ...
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167. oldal - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
166. oldal - THE Muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme, In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame. In happy climes, where from ‘the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true: In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules; Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools...
234. oldal - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
252. oldal - The importation of slaves into the colonies from the coast of Africa hath long been considered as a trade of great inhumanity, and under its present encouragement, we have too much reason to fear will endanger the very existence of your Majesty's American dominions.
345. oldal - They must blow out the moral lights around us and extinguish that greatest torch of all which America presents to a benighted world — pointing the way to their rights, their liberties, and their happiness.
45. oldal - What if the lion in his rage I meet ! — Oft in the dust I view his printed feet: And, fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger...
108. oldal - Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
171. oldal - Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.
283. oldal - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
252. oldal - Great Britain may reap emoluments from this sort of traffic; but, when we consider that it greatly retards the settlement of the colonies with more useful inhabitants, and may in time have the most destructive influence, we presume to hope that the interest of a few will be disregarded, when placed in competition with the security and happiness of such numbers of your majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects.