The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Band 4George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1858 |
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... England , who pronounced , in accordance with principles that would not now be disputed , that " in all indi- visible heritages the more remote in degree of the 1st line of descent is preferable to the nearer in degree of the 2d , " and ...
... England , who pronounced , in accordance with principles that would not now be disputed , that " in all indi- visible heritages the more remote in degree of the 1st line of descent is preferable to the nearer in degree of the 2d , " and ...
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... England , against his wife , his sister , and his other relatives , who had lan- guished so long in captivity . After this suc- cess the Scottish people assumed the offensive and invaded Ireland , where they at first gained considerable ...
... England , against his wife , his sister , and his other relatives , who had lan- guished so long in captivity . After this suc- cess the Scottish people assumed the offensive and invaded Ireland , where they at first gained considerable ...
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... England , where they introduced some of their native arts and manufactures . The town was on 2 occasions the asylum of English kings : once when Ed- ward IV . fled from England , and again during the exile of Charles II . , the latter ...
... England , where they introduced some of their native arts and manufactures . The town was on 2 occasions the asylum of English kings : once when Ed- ward IV . fled from England , and again during the exile of Charles II . , the latter ...
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... England ; Amelia Elizabeth Caroline , the wife of George IV .; and Sophia Charlotte and Sophia Dorothea , queens of Prussia , the latter the mother of Frederic the Great . The first wife of Leopold , the present king of the Belgians ...
... England ; Amelia Elizabeth Caroline , the wife of George IV .; and Sophia Charlotte and Sophia Dorothea , queens of Prussia , the latter the mother of Frederic the Great . The first wife of Leopold , the present king of the Belgians ...
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... England and America in directing the at- tention of the religious public to the promotion of Christianity in India . He was employed in superintending an edition of the Syriao Testa- ment at the time of his death . BUCHANAN , GEORGE , a ...
... England and America in directing the at- tention of the religious public to the promotion of Christianity in India . He was employed in superintending an edition of the Syriao Testa- ment at the time of his death . BUCHANAN , GEORGE , a ...
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Seite 299 - And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Seite 131 - History of his Own Times, from the Restoration of King Charles II. to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace in the Reign of Queen Anne.
Seite 364 - Strength and other Properties of Metals : Reports of Experiments on the Strength and other Properties of Metals for Cannon. With a Description of the Machines for testing Metals, and of the Classification of Cannon in service. By Officers of the Ordnance Department US Army. By authority of the Secretary of War. Illustrated by 25 large steel plates. In one volume, 4to. . $10.00 SULLIVAN.— Protection to Native Industry. By Sir EDWARD SULLIVAN, Baronet, author of " Ten Chapters on Social Reforms.
Seite 169 - Yesterday, a very pretty letter from Annabella, which I answered. What an odd situation and friendship is ours! — without one spark of love on either side, and produced by circumstances which in general lead to coldness on one side, and aversion on the other. She is a very superior woman, and very little spoiled, which is strange in an heiress — a girl of twenty — a peeress that is to be, in her own right — an only child, and a savante, who has always had her own way. She is a poetess —...
Seite 280 - That no person or persons whatsoever within this province, or the islands, ports, harbors, creeks, or havens thereunto belonging, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth be any ways troubled, molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this province or the islands thereunto belonging nor any way compelled to the belief or exercise of any other religion against his or her consent...
Seite 135 - Dumfries was like a besieged place. It was known he was dying, and the anxiety, not of the rich and the learned only, but of the mechanics and peasants, exceeded all belief. Wherever two or three people stood together, their talk was of Burns and of him alone ; they spoke of his history — of his person — of his works, — of his family — of his fame, and of his untimely and approaching fate, with a warmth and an enthusiasm which will ever endear Dumfries to my remembrance.
Seite 130 - Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Seite 393 - No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries; no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Seite 404 - A physical principle has been put-forth" by Prof. Draper,' which seems quite adequate to explain these phenomena. — It appears fully capable of proof, that " if two liquids communicate with one another in a capillary tube, or in a porous or parenchymatous structure, and have for that tube or structure different chemical affinities, movement will ensue ; that liquid which has the most energetic affinity will move with the greatest velocity, and may even drive the other liquid before it.
Seite 29 - BRYANT, JACOB. A new system ; or, An analysis of ancient mythology: wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable ; and to reduce the truth to its original purity.