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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... chief , with a gentle sceptre ; and many traits are recorded of his magnanimity to his foes . His public life began with the conquest of Algiers by the French , in 1830. The Arab tribes of the province of Oran then at once seized upon ...
... chief , with a gentle sceptre ; and many traits are recorded of his magnanimity to his foes . His public life began with the conquest of Algiers by the French , in 1830. The Arab tribes of the province of Oran then at once seized upon ...
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... chief ; and from his residence , or head quarters , at Mascara , he contrived to extend his in- fluence still more and more widely . 11 Kader's power . But these successes re- sulted merely in the partial destruction of that town , and ...
... chief ; and from his residence , or head quarters , at Mascara , he contrived to extend his in- fluence still more and more widely . 11 Kader's power . But these successes re- sulted merely in the partial destruction of that town , and ...
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... chief rivers are the Bahr - el - Azrek or Blue river , long mistaken for the main stream of the Nile , and the Tacazze , with their numerous branches ; some of these being themselves of very considerable magnitude . Both rise in the ...
... chief rivers are the Bahr - el - Azrek or Blue river , long mistaken for the main stream of the Nile , and the Tacazze , with their numerous branches ; some of these being themselves of very considerable magnitude . Both rise in the ...
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... chiefs . Sooffeeism ( or freethinking ) , though denounced by the moollahs or priests , is common , and gains ground among the higher orders . - The Afghans are divided into a great number of tribes , who ac- knowledge the same general ...
... chiefs . Sooffeeism ( or freethinking ) , though denounced by the moollahs or priests , is common , and gains ground among the higher orders . - The Afghans are divided into a great number of tribes , who ac- knowledge the same general ...
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... chief occupation is the raising of sheep . Some tribes of Arabs dwell with their horses in the immediate vicinity of A trade is carried on in spices , gold - dust , and ivory ; the two last - men- tioned articles being probably brought ...
... chief occupation is the raising of sheep . Some tribes of Arabs dwell with their horses in the immediate vicinity of A trade is carried on in spices , gold - dust , and ivory ; the two last - men- tioned articles being probably brought ...
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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.