Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and 1821: In a Series of Letters, with an Appendix Containing an Account of Several of the Indian Tribes and the Principal Missionary Stations, &c. ; Also, a Letter to M. Jean Baptiste Say, on the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave Labour |
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... five acres in each hun- dred , and the half of the road in front . Now these certainly appear to be very easy conditions on which to obtain the fee - simple of a hundred acres : and the proposal to emigrate must therefore be a tempting ...
... five acres in each hun- dred , and the half of the road in front . Now these certainly appear to be very easy conditions on which to obtain the fee - simple of a hundred acres : and the proposal to emigrate must therefore be a tempting ...
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... five shillings for sixty pounds ; but on the American shores of the Lake we found it at twenty - five to thirty - three cents ; and although its introduction into Upper Canada is either prohibited or shackled with hea- vy duties , it of ...
... five shillings for sixty pounds ; but on the American shores of the Lake we found it at twenty - five to thirty - three cents ; and although its introduction into Upper Canada is either prohibited or shackled with hea- vy duties , it of ...
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... five hundred and eighty miles for ships of five hundred tons . After being frequently induced to cast an envious eye on the fine unoccupied land of the south - western part of the United States , I was delighted to find that we too had ...
... five hundred and eighty miles for ships of five hundred tons . After being frequently induced to cast an envious eye on the fine unoccupied land of the south - western part of the United States , I was delighted to find that we too had ...
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... extraordinary ex- ertions by a regard to his reputation . So much for quantity . With respect to price , in his esti- mate of profit , he takes wheat at seventy - five , and Indian corn at forty , cents per bushel . I 26.
... extraordinary ex- ertions by a regard to his reputation . So much for quantity . With respect to price , in his esti- mate of profit , he takes wheat at seventy - five , and Indian corn at forty , cents per bushel . I 26.
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... five to thirty - three , and Indian corn at twelve and a half cents per bush- el : while the fact that he regards it as more de- sirable to buy and transport flour eighteen miles , than to raise it at home , furnishes a strong pre ...
... five to thirty - three , and Indian corn at twelve and a half cents per bush- el : while the fact that he regards it as more de- sirable to buy and transport flour eighteen miles , than to raise it at home , furnishes a strong pre ...
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Page 277 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 56 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Page 124 - No voice well known through many a day To speak the last, the parting word, Which when all other sounds decay Is still like distant music heard, — That tender farewell on the shore Of this rude world when all is o'er, Which cheers the spirit ere its bark Puts off into the unknown dark.
Page 327 - Somerset, had established the axiom, that " as soon as any slave sets his foot on English ground, he becomes free," there were many negroes in London who had been brought over by their masters.
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Page 251 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security, beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment.
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