A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia: The Seat of the General Government of the United States |
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第 11 頁
The banks of the rivers are still overhung with loose rocks and trees which
impede the navigation , especially when by the melting of the ice and heavy fall
of rains , the streams become resistless torrents which carry away every thing
they meet ...
The banks of the rivers are still overhung with loose rocks and trees which
impede the navigation , especially when by the melting of the ice and heavy fall
of rains , the streams become resistless torrents which carry away every thing
they meet ...
第 12 頁
Several delicious springs issue from a neighbouring hill , which commands an
enchanting prospect . The trees which abound here most are willow , birch ,
cedar , and oaks , of different species . The yellow jessamine - is of a prodigious
size .
Several delicious springs issue from a neighbouring hill , which commands an
enchanting prospect . The trees which abound here most are willow , birch ,
cedar , and oaks , of different species . The yellow jessamine - is of a prodigious
size .
第 13 頁
In digging wells , at the city of Washington , trees , in a sound state , have been
discovered at different depths , from six to forty - eight feel , near the New - Jersey
avenue , and also at the place n ' s Coluber constrictor Crotalus horridus . called
...
In digging wells , at the city of Washington , trees , in a sound state , have been
discovered at different depths , from six to forty - eight feel , near the New - Jersey
avenue , and also at the place n ' s Coluber constrictor Crotalus horridus . called
...
第 14 頁
The stone of which the public buildings are constructed is found to inclose leaves
of trees and ligneous fragments ; and it undergoes a considerable contraction by
exposure to the atmosphere . A large tree , with its roots entire , was lately ...
The stone of which the public buildings are constructed is found to inclose leaves
of trees and ligneous fragments ; and it undergoes a considerable contraction by
exposure to the atmosphere . A large tree , with its roots entire , was lately ...
第 19 頁
Great benefits might result from the constant removal of all putrid substances ,
from draining marshes and planting trees . The condition of the poor might be
ameliorated , and also that of slaves , whose place of repose is generally a cellar
, the ...
Great benefits might result from the constant removal of all putrid substances ,
from draining marshes and planting trees . The condition of the poor might be
ameliorated , and also that of slaves , whose place of repose is generally a cellar
, the ...
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第 89 頁 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
第 69 頁 - Books hath or have been already printed, and published, unless he shall first deposit, and in all other cases, unless he shall before publication deposit a printed Copy of the title of such Map, Chart, Book or Books in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, where the Author or Proprietor shall reside...
第 110 頁 - Society, be, and shall be for ever hereafter able and capable in law to sue, and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all...
第 30 頁 - Rome ! Where tribunes rule, where dusky Davi bow, And what was Goose-Creek once is Tiber now ! This famed metropolis, where fancy sees Squares in morasses, obelisks in trees ; Which travelling fools and gazetteers adorn With shrines unbuilt and heroes yet unborn...
第 24 頁 - And whereas many Foreigners and Strangers from the Lenity of our Government, the Purity of our Religion, the Benefit of our Laws, the Advantages of our Trade, and the Security of our Property, might be induced to come and settle in some of His Majesty's Colonies in America, if they were made Partakers of the Advantages and Privileges which the natural born Subjects of this Realm do enjoy...
第 108 頁 - ... and constituted a corporation and body politic, in law, and in fact, to have continuance for...
第 110 頁 - Title aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court or Courts, before any Judge or Judges, Justice or Justices, in all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands...
第 28 頁 - ... that, situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand miles from any fixed or known meridian, it would be proper, in a national point of view, to establish a first meridian for ourselves; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States. " In examining the maps and charts of the United States, and the particular states, or their...
第 110 頁 - That the said Corporation shall have full power and authority to make, have, and use a common seal...
第 110 頁 - That the said corporation by the name, style and title aforesaid be and shall be forever hereafter able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in any court or courts or...
書目資訊
| 書名 | A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia: The Seat of the General Government of the United States |
| 作者 | David Bailie Warden |
| 出版者 | Smith, 1816 |
| 來源： | 牛津大學 |
| 已數位化 | 2006年12月6日 |
| 頁數 | 212 頁 |
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