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... says , " Vita arborum quærundarum immensa credi potest , " but he mentions no species of trees with certainty of an age equal to what we conjecture of the American firs commonly called pitch pine . There is a white pine tree on the ...
... says , " Vita arborum quærundarum immensa credi potest , " but he mentions no species of trees with certainty of an age equal to what we conjecture of the American firs commonly called pitch pine . There is a white pine tree on the ...
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... says he , by purchase and possession , is our own , without dispute . We apprehend , that they , our .more powerful neighbours , lay their claims under a royal patent , which we are unable hitherto to do in your name . " * Colonel Utie ...
... says he , by purchase and possession , is our own , without dispute . We apprehend , that they , our .more powerful neighbours , lay their claims under a royal patent , which we are unable hitherto to do in your name . " * Colonel Utie ...
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... day , signed according to form , being the first of Septem- ber , have been safely delivered into our hands by your deputies , unto which we shall say , that the rights of his majestie of England , unto any part of Part I. ] 19.
... day , signed according to form , being the first of Septem- ber , have been safely delivered into our hands by your deputies , unto which we shall say , that the rights of his majestie of England , unto any part of Part I. ] 19.
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... to perform * Because they pluck out the hairs . The French writers , who say they have naturally no beards , are mistaken ; and the reasons they assign for it are ridiculous . the latter , the meat is penetrated by a short 7 Part II . ] 49.
... to perform * Because they pluck out the hairs . The French writers , who say they have naturally no beards , are mistaken ; and the reasons they assign for it are ridiculous . the latter , the meat is penetrated by a short 7 Part II . ] 49.
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... say great fire , cĂWAUNNĀ OGILLA , both words would be blended into this one , CO - GILLA - WAUNŇA . The dialect of the Oneidas is softer than that of the other nations ; and the reason is , because they have more vowels , and often ...
... say great fire , cĂWAUNNĀ OGILLA , both words would be blended into this one , CO - GILLA - WAUNŇA . The dialect of the Oneidas is softer than that of the other nations ; and the reason is , because they have more vowels , and often ...
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