Museum Americanum, Or, Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties, and Varieties, of Nature and Art, in AmericaG. & W.B. Whittaker, W. Baynes and Son, and T. Blanshard, 1823 - 346 pages |
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... yards into the enclosure , they enter the earth and disappear . There is also a small work , whose area is half an acre ; the walls are of earth , and of a few feet only in height . This large stone work contains within its walls forty ...
... yards into the enclosure , they enter the earth and disappear . There is also a small work , whose area is half an acre ; the walls are of earth , and of a few feet only in height . This large stone work contains within its walls forty ...
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... yards ; its diameter , of course , one hun- dred . Its altitude , from measurement , is ninety feet ; and its diameter , at the summit , is forty - five feet . The centre , at the summit , appears to have sunk several feet , so as to ...
... yards ; its diameter , of course , one hun- dred . Its altitude , from measurement , is ninety feet ; and its diameter , at the summit , is forty - five feet . The centre , at the summit , appears to have sunk several feet , so as to ...
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... yards in circumference at the base , ( the exact size of the pyramid of Asychis ) and one hundred feet in height . Mr. Brackenridge , noticed " a mound at New Madrid of three hundred and fifty feet in diameter at the base . " Other ...
... yards in circumference at the base , ( the exact size of the pyramid of Asychis ) and one hundred feet in height . Mr. Brackenridge , noticed " a mound at New Madrid of three hundred and fifty feet in diameter at the base . " Other ...
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... yards in breadth by four hundred and fifty in length , presents a plain at the base of the highest mountain forming the ridge , and in the centre is situated the largest of these structures which has been as yet discovered : it stands ...
... yards in breadth by four hundred and fifty in length , presents a plain at the base of the highest mountain forming the ridge , and in the centre is situated the largest of these structures which has been as yet discovered : it stands ...
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... yards , in length , and three in breadth , supported by plain rect- angular pillars , without either basis or pedestals , upon which there are square smooth stones of more than a foot in thickness , forming an architrave , while , on ...
... yards , in length , and three in breadth , supported by plain rect- angular pillars , without either basis or pedestals , upon which there are square smooth stones of more than a foot in thickness , forming an architrave , while , on ...
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Page 292 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell— and George the third — [' Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason,' echoed from every part of the house.
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Page 104 - This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. Yet here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, are people who have passed their lives within half a dozen miles, and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains, which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre.
Page 101 - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of Incense, from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent Sky, And tell the Stars, and tell yon rising Sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises GOD.
Page 156 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page 101 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon?
Page 165 - ... four of the hunters now fired, and each lodged a ball in his body, two of them directly through the lungs : the furious animal sprang up and ran open-mouthed upon them ; as he came near, the two hunters who had reserved their fire gave him two wounds, one of which breaking his shoulder, retarded his motion for a moment...
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Page 167 - She went off a second time as before ; and having crawled a few paces looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But, still her cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again, and with signs of inexpressible fondness went round first one and then the other, pawing them, and moaning.