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Side 14
... says , in India there is a great quantity of canes , so thick , that a man can hardly embrace one of them with both arms . Of these , they make boats which are nev- er attacked by the worms , and last a long time . But when this author says ...
... says , in India there is a great quantity of canes , so thick , that a man can hardly embrace one of them with both arms . Of these , they make boats which are nev- er attacked by the worms , and last a long time . But when this author says ...
Side 15
... says , that this material continued to be used down to the ninth or tenth century , and that it was exported to different parts of the world : " Hence , it was , that the tyrant Firmus , boasted that he had enough of it to subsist his ...
... says , that this material continued to be used down to the ninth or tenth century , and that it was exported to different parts of the world : " Hence , it was , that the tyrant Firmus , boasted that he had enough of it to subsist his ...
Side 16
... say , that Semiramis was the first to use galleys in her invasion of India . The circumstances of the invasion , supposing the accounts of it to be authentic in other particulars , show , however , that the vessels that she employed ...
... say , that Semiramis was the first to use galleys in her invasion of India . The circumstances of the invasion , supposing the accounts of it to be authentic in other particulars , show , however , that the vessels that she employed ...
Side 18
... says Thucidides , until later times , when they had a war with the Ægineta , and were also expecting an attack from the Persians , that , persuaded by Themistocles , they built those ships with which they so successfully opposed the ...
... says Thucidides , until later times , when they had a war with the Ægineta , and were also expecting an attack from the Persians , that , persuaded by Themistocles , they built those ships with which they so successfully opposed the ...
Side 19
... says : 66 As to my opinion , I believe , that , in the biremes and triremes , in the higher and lower ranks , there was but one man to an oar ; but as to the quadriremes and quinquiremes , I do not dare to say whether there was more ...
... says : 66 As to my opinion , I believe , that , in the biremes and triremes , in the higher and lower ranks , there was but one man to an oar ; but as to the quadriremes and quinquiremes , I do not dare to say whether there was more ...
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Side 438 - In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it : he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Side 109 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Side 22 - The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Side 576 - ... new powers shall appear; that a man is the word made flesh, born to shed healing to the nations; that he should be ashamed of our compassion, and that the moment he acts from himself, tossing the laws, the books...
Side 248 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures...
Side 543 - House as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, devoutly to implore the divine Interposition for averting the heavy Calamity, which...
Side 22 - They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir : they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars ; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Side 162 - An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation from this kingdom, of coffee and...
Side 426 - ... in hand; and shall have a right to inspect such general accounts in the books of the bank as shall relate to the said statements. Provided, That this shall not be construed to imply a right of inspecting the account of any private individual or individuals with the bank.
Side 160 - for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and be less a friend to commerce than I am. It has been a maxim with me, during my Administration, to encourage the trade of the American colonies in the utmost latitude...