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... term is sometimes taken in a larger sense , as equivalent to musical science . ( See FIGURED BASS , HARMONY , and MUSIC . ) WILLIAM STAUNTON , Thorpe ( BENJAMIN ) , b . in England in 1808 ; devoted himself at an early age to the study ...
... term is sometimes taken in a larger sense , as equivalent to musical science . ( See FIGURED BASS , HARMONY , and MUSIC . ) WILLIAM STAUNTON , Thorpe ( BENJAMIN ) , b . in England in 1808 ; devoted himself at an early age to the study ...
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... term , removed to Michigan , where he conducted extensive improvements in that sparsely - settled Territory ... terms of capitulation . It accepted them , and capitulated before Thucydides could reach it , and as a punishment for this ...
... term , removed to Michigan , where he conducted extensive improvements in that sparsely - settled Territory ... terms of capitulation . It accepted them , and capitulated before Thucydides could reach it , and as a punishment for this ...
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... term of service expired Mar. 3 , 1881 ; was prominent among the candidates for the Democratic nomination for President at St. Louis in 1876 . Thurs'day [ " Thor's day ; " Ger . Donnerstag ] , the fifth day of the week . The name seems ...
... term of service expired Mar. 3 , 1881 ; was prominent among the candidates for the Democratic nomination for President at St. Louis in 1876 . Thurs'day [ " Thor's day ; " Ger . Donnerstag ] , the fifth day of the week . The name seems ...
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... terms with her family , and had taken up the idea that her son Roger might still be living , and in 1865 advertised in ... term desig- nates an order remitting a portion of the sentence of a con- vict as a reward for his good behavior ...
... terms with her family , and had taken up the idea that her son Roger might still be living , and in 1865 advertised in ... term desig- nates an order remitting a portion of the sentence of a con- vict as a reward for his good behavior ...
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... terms in the lower branch of the State legislature- first in 1846 , and second in 1872. He took a controlling part in ... term , " declara- tions against both of which were inserted at his special in- stance . His messages were national ...
... terms in the lower branch of the State legislature- first in 1846 , and second in 1872. He took a controlling part in ... term , " declara- tions against both of which were inserted at his special in- stance . His messages were national ...
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Seite 6 - Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external, and by another name is called duration: relative, apparent, and common time, is some sensible and external (whether accurate or unequable) measure of duration by the means of motion, which is commonly used instead of true time; such as an hour, a day, a month, a year.
Seite 182 - Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government and the preservation of the Union.
Seite 218 - Congress has no more power to make a slave than to make a king : no more power to institute or establish slavery than to institute or establish...
Seite 183 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Seite 188 - We believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments contain a revelation of the character of God, and of the duty, interest, and final •destination of mankind. 2. "We believe that there is one God, whose nature is love ; revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of grace, who will finally restore the whole world of mankind to holiness and happiness.
Seite 181 - They were committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult on measures of conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain. They formed no confederacy ; they were not an executive government ; they were not even a legislative body.
Seite 88 - In the beginning of creation, the great Vishnu, desirous of creating the whole world, became threefold : creator, preserver, and destroyer. In order to create this world, the supreme spirit produced from the right side of his body himself as Brahma ; then, in order to preserve the world, he produced from the left side of his body Vishnu ; and in order to destroy the world, he produced from the middle of his body the eternal Siva. Some worship Brahma, others Vishnu, others Siva ; but Vishnu, one,...
Seite 136 - An artificial machine or method for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another, as in writing, whereby all writings whatsoever may be engrossed in paper or parchment so neat and exact as not to be distinguished from print...
Seite 179 - Senate is invested with certain judicial functions, and its members constitute a High Court of Impeachment. The judgment only extends to removal from office and disqualification. Representatives have the sole power of impeachment. The House of Representatives, or Lower House, is composed...
Seite 6 - For times and spaces are, as it were, the places as well of themselves as of all other things. All things are placed in time as to order of succession; and in space as to order of situation. It is from their essence or nature that they are places; and that the primary places of things should be movable is absurd.