Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Volym 14Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1846 |
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... already everywhere acknowledged ; and from no quarter had his praises been more gene- rously and loudly uttered , than from that to which , a few years previously , he had looked for encouragement , and been dis- appointed . The first ...
... already everywhere acknowledged ; and from no quarter had his praises been more gene- rously and loudly uttered , than from that to which , a few years previously , he had looked for encouragement , and been dis- appointed . The first ...
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... already mentioned , a considerable number of very remarkable ones are to be found in Abyssinia ; some of them scarcely met with anywhere else . Among these may be mentioned the ensete , the green leafless the kolqual , whose leaves and ...
... already mentioned , a considerable number of very remarkable ones are to be found in Abyssinia ; some of them scarcely met with anywhere else . Among these may be mentioned the ensete , the green leafless the kolqual , whose leaves and ...
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... already betrayed their intentions by the abject concessions they would have made to our revolted subjects in America . " And he expressed his fear , " should they be called into office , instead of carrying on the war with spirit and ...
... already betrayed their intentions by the abject concessions they would have made to our revolted subjects in America . " And he expressed his fear , " should they be called into office , instead of carrying on the war with spirit and ...
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... already traced , by Lander , to its mouth in the bay of Benin , Laird as- cended this stream in 1832 , and again , accompanied by Oldfield in a steam vessel , in the following year . The latter , in a smaller vessel , succeeded in ...
... already traced , by Lander , to its mouth in the bay of Benin , Laird as- cended this stream in 1832 , and again , accompanied by Oldfield in a steam vessel , in the following year . The latter , in a smaller vessel , succeeded in ...
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... already mentioned must be added the City Hall , the Exchange , a building for a medical college , and one for a female academy ; and there are at least thirty houses of pub- lic worship . This city , too , has become , in a much greater ...
... already mentioned must be added the City Hall , the Exchange , a building for a medical college , and one for a female academy ; and there are at least thirty houses of pub- lic worship . This city , too , has become , in a much greater ...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 14 Francis Lieber Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1850 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 14 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth,Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1847 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volym 14 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth,Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1847 |
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Sida 219 - EVELINA; or, The History of a Young Lady's Introduction to the World. By Miss BURNEY (Madame D'Arolay).
Sida 181 - China who may be guilty of any criminal act towards citizens of the United States, shall be arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China: and citizens of the United States, who may commit any crime in China, shall be subject to be tried and punished only by the Consul, or other public functionary of the United States, thereto authorized according to the laws of the United States.
Sida 56 - That the subjects of examination shall be one of the four Gospels or the Acts of the Apostles in the original Greek, Paley's Evidences of Christianity, one of the Greek and one of the Latin Classics.
Sida 99 - Orientale;' but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his 'Happy Valley' will not bear a comparison with the 'Hall of Eblis.
Sida 173 - De la nouvelle proposition relative au bannissement de Charles X et de sa famille, ou suite de mon dernier écrit : De la Restauration et de la Monarchie élective.
Sida 275 - ... the buying of corn or other dead victual, in any market, and selling it again in the same market, or within four miles of the place.
Sida 513 - Ways and Means for the Inhabitants of Delaware to become Rich : Wherein the several growths and products of these Countries are demonstrated to be a sufficient Fund for a flourishing Trade. Humbly submitted to the Legislative Authority of three Colonies. . . . Printed and sold by S. Keimer, in Philadelphia, MDCCXXV.
Sida 582 - England," says Horace Binney, (art. Edward Tilghman, Encyclopedia Amerkana, vol. xiv.,) ''and by each of them men have succeeded in public estimation to an almost equal extent. One of them, which may be called the old way, is a methodical study of the general system of law, and of its grounds and reasons, beginning with the fundamental law of estates and tenures, and pursuing the derivative branches in logical...
Sida 480 - PEERESS, a woman who is noble by descent, creation or marriage. If a peeress by descent or creation marries a person under the degree of nobility, she still continues...
Sida 259 - Carthage, sustained their deadly struggles upon its waters ; and until the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the commerce of the world passed through the ports of the Mediterranean.