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... persons , The most extensive Peruvian buildings occur in the table- land of Cuzco , which was the most antient seat of the mo- narchy of the Incas . There are also antient remains within the boundaries of the present republic of Ecua ...
... persons , The most extensive Peruvian buildings occur in the table- land of Cuzco , which was the most antient seat of the mo- narchy of the Incas . There are also antient remains within the boundaries of the present republic of Ecua ...
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... person on record . He had been accustomed from his boyhood to dive for oysters and coral along the coast of his native country . It is re- ported that_king Frederic once asked him to dive into the sea off the ... persons , women PES PES 14.
... person on record . He had been accustomed from his boyhood to dive for oysters and coral along the coast of his native country . It is re- ported that_king Frederic once asked him to dive into the sea off the ... persons , women PES PES 14.
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but it has been observed that old persons , women , and children suffer less frequently and severely from its ... person from an infected district . In support of this opinion , they refer to the histories of the different plagues that ...
but it has been observed that old persons , women , and children suffer less frequently and severely from its ... person from an infected district . In support of this opinion , they refer to the histories of the different plagues that ...
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... persons crowded into a small space , and surrounded by their own filth , acquire a high degree of virulence , even without the morbid action of a febrile affection . If then , to the circumstances above noticed , are superadded corrupt ...
... persons crowded into a small space , and surrounded by their own filth , acquire a high degree of virulence , even without the morbid action of a febrile affection . If then , to the circumstances above noticed , are superadded corrupt ...
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... person has recovered to whom medicine had not been ad- ministered . This appalling statement however is without parallel , and it is gratifying to know that where the premoni- tory symptoms have been combated by early and judicious ...
... person has recovered to whom medicine had not been ad- ministered . This appalling statement however is without parallel , and it is gratifying to know that where the premoni- tory symptoms have been combated by early and judicious ...
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Page 189 - It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Page 190 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Page 189 - ... has it now in his power to come into the service of his country upon any plan of politics he may choose to dictate, with great and honourable terms to himself and...
Page 254 - That it was aquatic is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine is almost equally so, from the remains with which it is universally associated ; that it may have occasionally visited the shore, the resemblance of its extremities to those of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion, however, must have been very awkward on land; its long neck must have impeded its progress through the water, presenting a striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus...
Page 190 - ... patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Page 266 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.
Page 33 - The sides of the mountains, covered with an endless variety of excavated tombs and private dwellings, presented altogether the most singular scene we ever beheld...
Page 32 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 189 - Pardon me, gentlemen [bowing to the ministry], confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. Youth is the season of credulity. By comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an overruling influence.
Page 254 - ... float within its reach. It may, perhaps, have lurked in shoal water along the coast, concealed among the seaweed, and raising its nostrils to a level with the surface from a considerable depth, may have found a secure retreat from the assaults of dangerous enemies ; while the length and flexibility of its neck may have compensated for the want of strength in its jaws, and its incapacity for swift motion through the water, by the suddenness and agility of the attack which they enabled it to make...