The new American cyclopædia, ed. by G. Ripley and C.A. Dana, Հատոր 15 |
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... sometimes fall into apparent trances , and become clair- voyant , and reaffirm these raps and physical movements to be the productions of spirits . In Nov. 1849 , at the request of the alleged spirits , a public meeting was called in ...
... sometimes fall into apparent trances , and become clair- voyant , and reaffirm these raps and physical movements to be the productions of spirits . In Nov. 1849 , at the request of the alleged spirits , a public meeting was called in ...
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... sometimes two days be- fore the rain appears ; and another of similar character is said to exist in Concord , Mass . Prof. Brocklesby supposes the phenomenon is due to a diminished atmospheric pressure , which would also be indicated by ...
... sometimes two days be- fore the rain appears ; and another of similar character is said to exist in Concord , Mass . Prof. Brocklesby supposes the phenomenon is due to a diminished atmospheric pressure , which would also be indicated by ...
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... sometimes round the outside and sometimes round the inside of the seed vessels , which finally burst these sud- denly open , and scatter the seeds for the next crop . - Carriage springs contribute not merely to the comfort of the rider ...
... sometimes round the outside and sometimes round the inside of the seed vessels , which finally burst these sud- denly open , and scatter the seeds for the next crop . - Carriage springs contribute not merely to the comfort of the rider ...
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... sometimes red and sometimes white . The juice is viscid and very acrid , but its acrimony partially disappears , without loss of medicinal power , when the bulb is dried . For this pur- pose it is cut into thin slices , and exposed to ...
... sometimes red and sometimes white . The juice is viscid and very acrid , but its acrimony partially disappears , without loss of medicinal power , when the bulb is dried . For this pur- pose it is cut into thin slices , and exposed to ...
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... sometimes deciduous . The food is chiefly vegetable , though some American spe- cies are known to suck eggs and destroy young birds . The family is very abundant in North America , nearly of all the species being found here ; the ...
... sometimes deciduous . The food is chiefly vegetable , though some American spe- cies are known to suck eggs and destroy young birds . The family is very abundant in North America , nearly of all the species being found here ; the ...
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Էջ 308 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
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Էջ 284 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Էջ 141 - VIII." (4to., 1773). His remaining works comprise " Horda- Angel-Cynnan, or a Complete View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c., of the Inhabitants of England from the arrival of the Saxons
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Էջ 29 - that the Flag of the United States be 13 stripes alternate red and white, that the union be 13 stars white In a blue field representing a new constellation.
Էջ 373 - No person who may hereafter be a collector or holder of public moneys shall have a seat in either House of the General Assembly, or...